Let's change your name.

Answer a few quick questions. We'll prepare every form, letter, and to-do you need, matched to your state and situation.

What brings you here? *

Just marriedTaking a new name with your marriage certificate. Married abroad? Your foreign certificate works; we'll show the extra steps.Restoring a name after divorceGoing back to a prior name, usually your former name, as your divorce decree allows.I have a court orderA judge already granted your name change. We handle every update that comes after. No order yet? You first ask a court for one (a petition). We can't file that part, but everything here is ready the day it's granted.I'm changing my name by choiceA new name for your own reasons — no marriage, no divorce. In the U.S. a judge grants it, so you'll need a court order and we can't file that part. Elsewhere it's your country's own route, like a UK deed poll; your checklist names the office and the form.

Widowed and returning to a former name? Read how that works first. Changing your name for your safety (abuse or stalking)? Please read this before you start.

Where do you live? *

The United StatesAnother country

Which state or territory?Which country do you live in?Your country isn't listed yet? See the free country guides. Pick the last option if the records you're changing are American.

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