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Acceptable documents may include: marriage or civil partnership certificate. overseas marriage or civil partnership certificate. enrolled deed poll. unenrolled deed poll or change of name deed. statutory declaration or affidavit. baptismal or confirmation certificate (for first names only) birth certificate.
When you file your name change forms, you'll have to pay the California state filing fee. The California name change cost is $435. You might also have to pay a small surcharge depending on what county you're in. If you can't afford the filing fee, you may be able to apply for a waiver.
Name change is the legal act by a person of adopting a new name different from their current name.
Search the internet for a local notary public. Take your original name change document from the court and the copies you need to have notarized to the notary public you choose. The notary confirms and annotates the copy with information about it matching the original.
How To Get A Certified Copy Of Name Change Documents. You can file a petition in California Superior Court. If granted, you can obtain a Decree Changing Name from the clerk. That's a court order and it's the gold standard for change of name documents.
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Included with the application must be the following documents: Proof of name change such as your marriage certificate, divorce decree, or court order. Proof of identity (see list of accepted documents) Proof of citizenship such as your U.S. birth certificate or certificate of citizenship.
You can get a certified copy of your order at your local Clerk's Office. You can request a new birth certificate to be issued with the new name as part of your final name change order. If so, you will need to contact the vital records department where you were born to find out their requirements.
Submit your filing package to a superior court located in your county of residence. File your original documents with the clerk and request that each copy be certified. Have the clerk schedule a hearing for you at least six (6) weeks in the future. The clerk should then return your certified copies.
In California, you can ask for a court order to change your legal name. To do this, you file a petition with the court and publish a notice in a newspaper. Then, you'll either have a court date (a hearing) where a judge will make a decision, or the judge may make a decision without a hearing.
Name change actions can take anywhere from a day to six (6) months (sometimes even longer). The time it takes for such action to be ordered/decreed varies not only from county to county, but sometimes from courthouse to courthouse as well.

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