Current Version
| Region | New Mexico |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | Apr 9, 1981 |
| End Date | Jun 15, 2019 |
| Description | The existing administrative practice was formally codified into state law with the passage of the Vital Statistics Act (ch. 309, 1981 N.M. Laws 1521). Based on the Model State Vital Statistics Act, this legislation provided explicit statutory recognition and legal guidance for attorneys regarding the amendment of birth certificates, strictly conditioning any revision on the legal proof of a completed surgical gender change. |
| Sources | http://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/2006/nmrc/jd_24-14-25-b2ad.html https://digitalcommons.law.uidaho.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1193&context=idaho-law-review |
Revision History (4)
| Old Value | New Value (Current) | |
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| Start Date | 2006 | Apr 9, 1981 |
| Description | Requires notarized statement from attending physician or person in charge of an institution that sex has been changed via surgery, along with a name change order. No options for non-surgical and non-binary trans people. No intersex gender marker. | The existing administrative practice was formally codified into state law with the passage of the Vital Statistics Act (ch. 309, 1981 N.M. Laws 1521). Based on the Model State Vital Statistics Act, this legislation provided explicit statutory recognition and legal guidance for attorneys regarding the amendment of birth certificates, strictly conditioning any revision on the legal proof of a completed surgical gender change. |
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| Sources | http://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/2006/nmrc/jd_24-14-25-b2ad.html | http://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/2006/nmrc/jd_24-14-25-b2ad.html https://digitalcommons.law.uidaho.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1193&context=idaho-law-review |
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0 | Old Value | New Value | |
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| End Date | (none) | Jun 15, 2019 |
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | Requires notarized statement from attending physician or person in charge of an institution that sex has been changed via surgery, along with a name change order. | Requires notarized statement from attending physician or person in charge of an institution that sex has been changed via surgery, along with a name change order. No options for non-surgical and non-binary trans people. No intersex gender marker. |
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Reports (3)
- Newer law has been passed "https://transequality.org/documents/state/new-mexico
Gender Reassignment Surgery is no longer required to change gender on IDs, as per NM Stat. §§ 24-14-25."
- Newer law has been passed "Surgery is no longer required as of 2019"
- Newer law has been passed
| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Legal, no restrictions |
| Start Date | 2006 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Requires notarized statement from attending physician or person in charge of an institution that sex has been changed via surgery, along with a name change order. |
| Sources | http://law.justia.com/codes/new-mexico/2006/nmrc/jd_24-14-25-b2ad.html |