Entry #2002: Right to change legal gender in Nevada

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RegionNevada
IssueRight to change legal gender
StatusLegal, but requires surgery
Start DateJan 9, 2004
End DateFeb 10, 2017
DescriptionNAC 440.130 provides allowance for persons to change gender on birth certificates and other vital records so long as a certifying physicians signs off on the persons gender identity.
Sourceshttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/NAC/NAC-440.html#NAC440Sec130

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Start DateJan 6, 2015Jan 9, 2004
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StatusLegal, but requires surgery
Start DateJan 6, 2015
End Date(none)
DescriptionNAC 440.130 provides allowance for persons to change gender on birth certificates and other vital records so long as a certifying physicians signs off on the persons gender identity.
Sourceshttps://www.leg.state.nv.us/NAC/NAC-440.html#NAC440Sec130
Reports (5)
  • Newer law has been passed "Letters of affidavit required; not surgery."
  • Status is not correct "Check again "
  • Status is not correct "I and many others have changed markers without surgery "
  • Status is not correct "The law requires only affadavits from friends, family, or medical professionals in order to change your birth certificate; you also don't need to publish your name in the newspaper anymore. http://www.transequality.org/documents/state/nevada https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/2017-legislature/transgender-name-change-bill-unanimously-passes-nevada-assembly/"
  • Status is not correct "Nevada recently reformed their birth certificate regulations, and now have the most progressive such laws in the country. Not even a doctor's note is required anymore. http://www.transequality.org/blog/victory-nevada-passes-the-most-progressive-birth-certificate-gender-change-policy-in-the-nation "