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Kentucky

Conditions / barriers

Allowed; Requires Name Change & Proof of Surgery

Laws cited

KY Rev Stat § 213.121

Amendment method

Visibly Amended Certificate

“Since” date reported by Transitics

July 13, 1990

Transitics rating

Restrictive

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

• KY Rev Stat § 213.121↗(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 11 other captures for Kentucky 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 Kentucky in this area

• July 13, 1990 Source-reported date

  Allowed; Requires Name Change & Proof of Surgery

  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) · KY Rev Stat § 213.121↗(opens another site)

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