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Delaware

Conditions / barriers

Allowed; Requires Some Medical Treatment

Laws cited

Delaware Vital Statistics Gender Reassignment Packet

Amendment method

New Certificate; Original Sealed

“Since” date reported by Transitics

February 2, 2017

Transitics rating

Progressive

Transitics two-year risk

Low

Litigation

Not Challenged

Captured

September 13, 2026 (Retrieval date of this capture; not a legal effective date)

Sources

Policy sources

• Delaware Vital Statistics Gender Reassignment Packet↗(opens another site)

A record is what a source reported on the date it was captured, not a legal effective date. An unobserved record is not a finding that no restrictions exist.

Other captures of this record

The atlas also holds 22 other captures for Delaware in this area, such as earlier versions of a source's charts. They show how a source described the policy when it was captured. A difference in wording between captures is not by itself a change in the law, and these captures are not a timeline of the policy.

Dated records for Delaware in this area

• February 2, 2017 Source-reported date

  Allowed; Requires Some Medical Treatment

  Date explicitly reported in Transitics’ Since column. The description is the source’s captured wording; this entry does not establish prior policy or uninterrupted enforcement.

  Date basis: Transitics source-reported Since date. Captured September 13, 2026.

  Inspect date source↗(opens another site) · Delaware Vital Statistics Gender Reassignment Packet↗(opens another site)

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