Draft Affidavit: Write the affidavit, including spouses' names, birth dates, marriage date, location, and witness details. Notarize the Document: Visit a notary public to authenticate the affidavit with signatures and official stamps.
If one or both parties to a marriage license discover an error on the recorded marriage license, both parties to the marriage shall execute a notarized affidavit stating the error.
Contact the Division of Vital Records for detailed instructions and forms. Complete the required forms. Prepare a formal correction request letter. Submit the request along with documentation and fees. Wait for the processing time. Verify the corrected marriage certificate upon receipt.
Amending marriage certificates is done in order to correct errors found on the original certificate. Amendments are not used to make changes on the document. Examples of errors include: spelling errors, grammatical errors, adding information to empty "blank" lines.
(e) To amend the marriage license, both parties are responsible for executing a notarized affidavit stating the error. (4) the corrected statement.
To correct/amend the affidavit, license, and certificate of marriage record by mail, please complete and sign the Affidavit for Correction of Marriage form (DOH-1827). If you are unable to download the application, please call (855)-322-1022.
City/Municipal Civil Registry Office where the event has taken place and has been registered. Reminder: For authorization letter/Special Power of Attorney (SPA) received from abroad, the document owner should provide a scanned/copy of the passport as the valid ID.
1 Making Corrections on Marriage Certificates. 2 Changing Your Name on Marriage Certificates.