Amend a Wisconsin Birth Certificate

The state registrar may request the petitioning party to provide the following to their office:

1. Statement indicating what information on the birth certificate is incorrect and what the correct information should be.
2. Current certified copy of the birth certificate that includes the incorrect information
   • Application to obtain a certified copy of birth certificate is available from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services or from the Ozaukee County Register of Deeds.
3. Evidence that the current birth record is incorrect. Evidence includes:
   • Hospital Announcement
   • Baptismal or other birth ceremony record
   • School Record
   • First Communion Register

The Wisconsin Office of Vital Records reviews the documentation provided by the petitioning party and sends an amendment packet to the petitioning party if a court order is required to amend the birth record.

Upon receiving the amendment packet from the Wisconsin Office of Vital Records, an action can be filed with the Ozaukee County Clerk of Courts upon completing the necessary forms and paying the required filing fee.

Forms/Documents Required to Commence an Action

1. Form F-05091– Report of Court Order to Amend a Wisconsin Birth Record
   • This document is included in the amendment packet from the Wisconsin Office of Vital Records. This form is not available at the Clerk of Courts Office.
   • Petitioning party is to complete the pertinent sections.
   • This form cannot contain erasures, cross-outs, write-overs, correction tape or correction fluid.
2. Form CV-472 – Petition to Amend Wisconsin Birth Certificate
   • Petitioning party is to complete and sign this form.
3. Form CV-473 – Order on Petition to Amend Wisconsin Birth Certificate
   • Petitioning party is to complete the caption.
4. Current certified copy of the birth certificate
5. Statement indicating what information on the birth certificate is incorrect and what the correct information should be
6. Any evidence which verifies the current birth certificate is incorrect

Filing Instructions

Once all the necessary forms are completed, the petitioning party may take them along with the current certified copy of the birth certificate, statement, and evidence to the Ozaukee County Clerk of Courts to have them filed.

• A Filing fee of $164.50 must be paid
  • Cash, checks, money orders, debit and credit cards are accepted. An additional 4% service fee is added when paying with a debit or credit card.
  • If the Petition is approved, the Court will sign the Order on Petition to Amend Wisconsin Birth Certificate.
  • If the Petition is not approved, the Court may schedule a court hearing.

  Recording an Amended Birth Certificate

  Upon the court official granting the petition and signing the Order on Petition to Amend a Wisconsin Birth Certificate, the Ozaukee Clerk of Courts office will complete, sign and apply a seal to the Report of Court Order to Amend a Wisconsin Birth Record. The Clerk of Courts Office will mail the Report to the Wisconsin Office of Vital Records with the petitioning party’s check/money order to cover the fees and for any additional copies of the amended birth certificate.

  Vital Records Fees:

  $10.00 vital records fee

  $20.00 for certified copy of the amended marriage certificate

  $3.00 for each additional copy of the amended marriage certificate issued at the same time as the first

  Checks/money orders are to be made payable to State of Wisconsin Vital Records. Cash, debit or credit cards are not accepted for vital records fees.

  An authenticated copy of the Order on Petition to Amend a Wisconsin Birth Certificate, Petition to Amend a Wisconsin Birth Certificate, and any supporting evidence will be returned to the petitioning party by the Ozaukee County Clerk of Courts via first class mail.

  It may take 3-4 weeks for the petitioning party to receive the requested copy(s) of the amended birth certificate from the Wisconsin Office of Vital Records.