Copy to department of health and human services.

When the court grants a decree of change of name, the clerk of the court shall furnish the petitioner with a certified copy of the decree and mail an abstract of a decree requiring a name change to be reflected on a birth certificate to the state registrar of vital statistics of the department of health and human services on a form provided by the state registrar. [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §674.7 ] 2023 Acts, ch 19, §1289