Get the order recognizing your child's change of gender

Get your Order from clerk if you don't already have one

• If you did not have to go to a hearing, or you did go but you didn’t get the Order at the hearing, go to the clerk’s office. 
• If you have the Order Recognizing Minor's Change of Gender and Sex Identifier and for Issuance of New Birth Certificate (form NC-530), take it with you to the clerk’s office.
• If the clerk kept it when you filed, tell the clerk they have it. The clerk will process your Order and return it to you, signed by the judge and filed. 

Once you have a signed Order, you will need to ask the court clerk to get a certified copy.

To change your child’s legal ID documents, you will need at least one certified copy of the Order. The clerk can do this for you. Depending on how many IDs or documents you need to change, you may need more than one certified copy.

There is a $40 fee for each copy. If you have a fee waiver, you will not have to pay this fee. 

Take the certified copy of your Order to the different agencies that issued the IDs with gender markers or sex identifiers.

For example, take it to the:

• If your child was born in California, within 30 days file a certified copy of the order with the State Registrar and pay the fee.

• DMV to change your child’s driver’s license or ID, if they have one. 

• Social Security Administration to update their social security record

Learn how to contact each agency where you might need to update your child's records

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