69.0969.09 Corrections prior to filing. If prior to filing a vital record a local registrar determines that the record has an omission or error in information, the local registrar shall return the record to the filing party for correction or replacement, except as provided under s. 69.10 (2). The filing party shall correct or replace any such record within 5 working days after it is received by the filing party.

69.10(1)(1) Until 365 days after the occurrence of an event which is the subject of a vital record, the state registrar or a local registrar may correct an error in the record if he or she determines that the error is obviously inadvertent.

69.10(2)(2) A person with a direct and tangible interest in a vital record may petition a court to order a correction in the record under this section if the state or local registrar with whom the record is filed fails to make the correction.

69.11(1)(1) In this section, “amend” means to change information in an item on a vital record that was incorrect when the vital record was filed or to insert information omitted from an item on a vital record when the vital record was filed.

69.11(3)(a)(a) Until 365 days after the occurrence of an event which is the subject of a vital record, the state registrar, with satisfactory evidence that information in an item on a vital record was incorrect or omitted when the record was filed, may amend the record except as provided under par. (b).

69.11(3)(b)(b) Until 365 days after the occurrence of an event which is the subject of a vital record, the state registrar may amend the following information on a vital record:

69.11(3)(b)1.1. Name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, parents’ surnames and marital status of parents, if the vital record is a birth record and if the amendment is accompanied by a statement which the filing party has submitted to support the amendment.

69.11(3)(b)2.2. Cause of death, if the vital record is a death record and if the amendment is accompanied by a statement that the person who signed the medical certification has submitted to support the amendment.

69.11(3)(c)(c) The following, prepared in the method prescribed by the state registrar, may request the state registrar to act under this subsection:

69.11(3)(c)1.1. Any person with a direct and tangible interest in the record.

69.11(3)(c)2.2. A certifier of the cause of death.

69.11(3)(d)1.1. Notifies the filing party, a certifier of the cause of death or the county clerk responsible for the vital record of the need for correct information;

69.11(3)(d)2.2. Obtains the correct information from the person notified under subd. 1.;

69.11(3)(d)3.3. Changes the information on his or her copy of the vital record; and

69.11(3)(d)4.4. Sends a notice of the amendment under subd. 3. to the state registrar.

69.11(3)(e)1.1. If the state registrar determines that a vital record should be amended under this subsection, he or she shall send a notice of the need for an amendment to the filing party, the certifier of the cause of death or the county clerk responsible for the vital record or to the local registrar who filed the record. If the local registrar receives the notice, he or she shall obtain the correct information from the filing party, certifier of the cause of death or county clerk responsible for the vital record and provide the correct information to the state registrar in the manner prescribed.

69.11(3)(e)2.2. A filing party who receives a notice under subd. 1. shall respond to the person who sent the notice within 10 working days after receipt of the notice.

69.11(4)(a)(a) Except as provided under par. (b), the state registrar may not amend any vital record if 365 days have elapsed since the occurrence of the event which is the subject of the vital record unless the state registrar has received a court order to make the amendment under s. 69.12.