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New York le, gas, electric, internet, etc.) [_] Clubs or Memberships [_] Frequent-flyer cards [_] Legal Contracts and Wills savings accounts, etc.) [_] Voter Registration [_] Insurance (life, health, automobile, home or rental insurance, etc.) [_] Doctors, dentists, medical records, etc. [_] Utility Companies (phone, cabnge your name with some or all of the following entities: [_] U.S. Post Office [_] Employer [_] 401K / IRAs / Keoghs / retireme nt plans [_] Credit Card companies [_] Bank Accounts (checking accounts,e near you. United States Department of State http://travel.state.gov/passport/forms_overview.html This link provides information on how to change your name on your passport. You may also wish to cha/fol-home.html Document: www.ssa.gov/replace_sscard.html These links provide information on how to change your name on your social security card, and how to find a social security administration officormation on how to change your name on your driver's license and car registration in the state of New York. Social Security Administration New York Offices search page: http://s00dace.ssa.gov/pro/folcertificate through the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, linked above. New York State Department of Motor Vehicles http://www.nysdmv.com/dmvfaqs.htm#CHANGE This link provides infinal birth certificate, or amend your existing birth certificate, through the New York State Department of Health, linked above. If you were born in New York City, you may obtain a copy of your birth ysdoh/vr/forms/birth.htm New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/vr/vr.html If you were born in the state of New York, you may obtain a copy of your orig entities, is included in Appendix A. CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK! Instructions-Name Change Kit 9 APPENDIX A Relevant Agencies New York State Department of Health http://www.health.state.ny.us/nied order, you may amend your personal documents to reflect your name change. This may take some time, so be patient! A list of agencies that you may wish to contact, and contact information for thoseame change process. Contact your local court to obtain a certified copy of this order, which will cost about $5 per copy. Step 12. Changing your Personal Documents. After you have received your certif UP. Step 11. Getting your Certified Order. Approximately one or two weeks after the court has received your affidavit, it will certify your Name Change Order. This is the final official step of the nan affidavit may be considered perjury, which could lead to a fine, imprisonment or both. You should be very careful that the sworn information you are providing is complete and accurate. C. FINISHINGask your local clerk if there are any local requirements of additional information that must be included with your affidavit. Note that while lying in any of your court documents is illegal, lying in ed in the newspaper or newspapers listed in the order. You should include a copy of the published notice with your affidavit. Unfortunately, there is no standard form for this document, so you should 40) days after the order has been made, you must submit an "affidavit" of the publication of your notice. An "affidavit" is simply a sworn document in which you will state that your notice was publish event, be sure to provide notice of your name change to any organization or person specifically ordered by the court. Step 10. File an Affidavit of the Publication of your Name Change. Within forty (ective Service System, a former spouse, the Bankruptcy Court, New York State Criminal Justice Services or any other party that the court considers appropriate. In Instructions-Name Change Kit 8 anyh your application, the judge may require that you notify additional specific parties of your name change request. This may include such entities as the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the SelPublication Notice: http://www.courts.state.ny.us/forms/ncspn.pdf; or http://www.findlegalforms.com/public/NAMECHG/NYSTATE.pdf Step 9. Notify Additional Entities of Your Name Change. In connection witontact the clerk of your local court to explain your situation. They may require additional information from you, and you should make every effort to comply with their additional instructions. Sample rmi nes that the publication of your name change might jeopardize your personal safety. If this is a concern for you, be sure to explain this to the judge at your hearing or, if there is no hearing, c___; the place of my birth is ___________; and my present name is ________________. NOTE: There is a possibility that you may be exempted from the publication requirements discussed, if the court dete the office of the clerk, located at ___________, in room number_____, grants me the right to assume the name of _____________. My present address is ___________________; the date of my birth is _____ral form: Notice is hereby given that an order entered by the _____________ court, ____________county, on the _______ day of ______, bearing Index Number___________, a copy of which may be examined atk has created a sample publication notice for you to review and assist in your own drafting. In addition, the statutes governing name change law explain that your notice should take the following gene must publish a notice of your name change in at least one newspaper in your county. The precise newspaper or newspapers in which you must publish this information will be stated in the order. New Yorme change to other parties, as explained in Step 9. Step 8. Publish a Notice of Your Name Change. Pursuant to New York law, within twenty (20) days of the judge's signing of the Name Change Order, yougrant your name change. Once he does, he will give you further instructions on publishing your notice of name change, as explained in Step 8. In addition, he may order you to provide notice of your na be nervous ­ the judge will guide you through any proceedings that do happen. If a hearing is held, and the order wasn't previously signed, the judge will probably sign the document at that time and g), your birth certificate and any other items that you think might be needed. At the hearing, make note of and comply with all Instructions-Name Change Kit 7 instructions given by the judge. Don'tre that you know where the courtroom is and be certain to bring all relevant papers with you, including the file-stamped Petition, the Order (if the clerk did not take it from you at the time of filing, if necessary. You should contact your court to determine if a hearing will be held on your name change request and, if so, to confirm the date and time of that hearing. If there is a hearing, be sustions about the status of your name change request, or other specific questions about your case, you can use this number to allow court personnel to assist you more efficiently. Step 7. Attend Hearinstablish a file. The "index number" is the number assigned to your request for a name change. This is the reference number that you will use for the duration of your time in court. If you have any queand stamped envelopes with your documents, so that the clerk can return both a file-stamped copy of the forms and, where possible, the signed order. Step 6. The court will assign an index number and et hearing. Additionally, you should ask that if the order can be signed without a hearing, that the clerk return the executed order to you in one of the envelopes provided. Include two self-addressed r letter should request that the court file the necessary forms and that the judge execute the order. You should also state that, if a hearing is needed, the letter serves as a request to schedule thaMail ­ If you decide to mail your forms, you should include a cover letter that explains that you are requesting a name change and that includes a list of all of the forms that you are submitting. Youine where you will need to file the documents, or can ask at the courthouse. You will be required to pay the filing fee at the time you bring in your documents, which will be between $150 and $200. · hange your name, it will not be official until the judge has signed your order and you have completed your publication requirements, as discussed below. You can contact your court in advance to determthe court in which you are filing. In any event, you should listen carefully to the clerk's instructions and follow them precisely. NOTE: Even though you have completed the filing of your request to ce with you for this purpose. She may instruct you to bring the order with you to a court hearing, at which time the judge would complete and sign it. She may provide additional directions specific to Ask the clerk if you need to file your Name Change Order at this time. She may take this document, have it signed by a judge and mail it back to you - you should have a self-addressed stamped envelopling clerk that you are Instructions-Name Change Kit 6 filing a Petition for a Name Change. The clerk will then take your original documents, and return to you a file-stamped copy for your records.d out about any defects in the documents you are filing. · In Person ­ You should bring in the original copies of your completed forms, as well as at least three copies of those documents. Tell the fiur local court. You can file the forms in person, or you may mail in your completed documents. It is usually a better idea to go into court, as the process tends to be faster and you are likely to fin contact your local court for more information, or locate a nearby notary public in your local phone book. B. GOING TO COURT. Step 5. File the signed and notarized Petition and Spousal Consent with yofront of the Notary Public as well. This too will then become a verified document. In many areas, there are notaries located in courthouses, or available in close proximity to those buildings. You maypresence. Once you have done this, your petition becomes what is known as a "Verified Petition" or a "Notarized Petition." If you are married, your spouse must sign his or her Spousal Consent form in ng the spousal consent form. Step 4. Sign the Petition and Spousal Consent in front of Notary. After you have completed your documents, you must bring them to a Notary Public and sign them in his/her nds that you are changing your name from "A" to "B," and that he or she has no objection. Your spouse SHOULD NOT SIGN THIS FORM AT THIS TIME. Review Step 4 below for additional information about signiis a form that needs to be completed if you are married and requesting a name change for yourself only. The form is self-explanatory, and requires simply that your spouse state that he or she understaECHG/NYCITY.pdf Spouse Consent (Queens County): http://www.nycourts.gov/queenslib/27.pdf; http://www.nycourts.gov/queenslib/26.pdf; or http://www.findlegalforms.com/public/NAMECHG/QUEENSCTY.pdf This me change. [_] Spousal Consent Form (IF NECESSARY) · · Spouse Consent (New York City): http://www.nycourts.gov/courts/nyc/civil/pdfs/NameChangeConsent.pdf; or http://www.findlegalforms.com/public/NAMt is part of New York law that this publication must occur. · DO NOT SIGN THE ORDER. Leave the spaces below this section blank, as this is where the judge will sign and date the Order granting your na an announcement of your name change in this paper, so that the public will be informed of your request and have an opportunity to object. There will probably not be objections to your name change, buThis is the space in which the court will insert the name of a newspaper in the county in which you reside. You will be 5 · · · · · · · · · · · Instructions-Name Change Kit required to publish "Assume the name_____." In this space, you should put your complete proposed name. "County of______." In this space, put the name of the county in which you reside. "Published in the _____________." is requested. This should be easy to locate on your birth certificate, but you can contact either the relevant government agency, links to which are provided in Appendix A, if you have any questions.n..." You may insert your birth month, day and year, as well as the city and county in which you were born into the next set of spaces. Also include your birth certificate number in the space where it in this blank. If you are making this request without assistance, you may insert your full current name in this blank. "Petitioner." You may insert your full current name in this blank space. "Born on the second blank, insert your proposed complete name. "On Motion of_____." If you are employing an attorney to assist you in this name change request, you will insert his name or his law firm's namech you brought your petition to be notarized and signed it. More information about this is provided in Step 4, below. "From ___ to _____." In the first blank here, insert your current complete name. Iinstructions provided above. "Petition Of_____." This is the space in which you are to insert your current full name. "Verified the Date of_____." On the line requesting a date, insert the date on whiox. This is the same Heading Box as on the Petition for Change of Name of Adult. Provide the same information in the same spaces as you did on your Petition. If you become confused, refer back to the pdf Index No. You will not be able to fill out this number. The court will assign your petition an index number at a later time, and at that point you can complete this part of the document. Heading Bpdf; or http://www.findlegalforms.com/public/NAMECHG/NYSTATE.pdf Name Change Order (Queens County): http://www.nycourts.gov/queenslib/24.pdf; or http://www.findlegalforms.com/public/NAMECHG/QUEENSCTY., your name remains as it was before and you must continue to use that name officially. Instructions-Name Change Kit 4 · · Name Change Order (general): http://www.courts.state.ny.us/forms/ncorder. this section is provided in Step 4, below. · · · · · [_] Name Change Order. This is the order that will be signed by the court to complete your name change. Note that until this order is signedThis provides another blank in which you will again provide the complete proposed name that you are asking to use. Signature. DO NOT COMPLETE THIS SECTION. Additional information about how to completefirm that you have not previously requested a name change to your proposed name. If this is not the case, you should contact your local court, or consult an attorney for more information. Conclusion. in this section. Do not worry that your reasons are inadequate: the courts do tend to accept most reasons for a name change. Item 10. This item requires no action on your part, but does ask you to aftheir names are reclamation of a birth name, reversion to an ancestral name or embracing of a name more suited to their personality. You should provide true and complete information about your requestuld contact an attorney to proceed with your name change request. Item 9. This section asks you to provide information about why you wish to change your name. Some examples of why people have changed ord or judgments against you, or proceedings pending to which you are a party. If you are not certain whether or not certain of these are true of you personally, you should not use these forms and shoizen of the United States; (2) have never been convicted of a crime or violent felony offense as further explained on the form; (3) have never been adjudicated a bankrupt; and (4) have no liens of reccorrect. Items 5-8 These items require no action on your part, but in completing this form you are asserting under penalty of law that they are true statements for you. You therefore must (1) be a cit This item is the point at which you provide your proposed name, that is, the name that you wish to adopt. Insert the complete name that you wish to have and check to make sure that it is legible and BE FILED WITH THE COURT AND WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO YOU. · · · · Instructions-Name Change Kit 3 Information about obtaining a copy of your birth certificate is provided in Appendix A. · Item 4.ocal court if you are unsure whether or not you have appropriate out-of-state materials to effect your name change. DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR ONLY COPY OF THESE DOCUMENTS WITH YOUR APPLICATION, AS THEY WILL a copy of your birth certificate, your baptismal certificate, your passport or another legal document that indicates the date and place of your birth as proof of your birth. You should contact your lr birth certificate, or a certificate from the Commissioner or your local Board of Health that no such certificate is available. If you were born outside of the state of New York, the judge may permit birth certificate, with the raised seal of the local government agency, is required. If you are unable to obtain a copy of your birth certificate, you may include either a certified transcript of youde your date of birth, including the month, day and year, as well as the city and state in which you were born and your current age. If you were born in the state of New York, a certified copy of youruse. Even if you have already been using your proposed name, write your old name here. Item 2. This item requests information about your current address and the county in which you live. Item 3. Proviiation. If you go by more than one name, list your official present name (the name that appears on your official documents), then write "a.k.a." ("also know as"), followed by any other names that you requests your current full name, write your complete current name here. Do not use any initials unless those initials appear on your birth certificate, and would not be considered a nickname or abbrevwords "For Leave to Change His/Her Name To," you should insert your complete proposed name. Preamble. This is a blank in which you must again insert your current full name. Item 1. Where the document a later time. · "Application of"/ "For Leave to Change His/Her Name To." In the first blank, after the words "Application of," you should insert your full current name. In the second blank, after the the "Index Number" blank on the right side of the page. This is a number that will be assigned to your request by the court after you have completed your filing. The court will fill in this blank at ourts, you may look in your local telephone directory or on the Internet at http://www.ncsconline.org/D_KIS/CourtWebSites/CtWeb_NYcounty.htm. Instructions-Name Change Kit 2 Do not be concerned withe using a general form, you must complete this information. If you are using a form for a specific county, this information is already printed on the form. For a list of New York counties and county ced to include similar information at the top of each of the forms. Every form has a space for the name of the county in which you reside and in which you are filing your name change request. If you ar significant difference between the forms, additional information will be provided in this package. · Heading Box/County Information. This is the box of text at the top of the page. You will be requiron your document. However, the forms are very similar and substantially the same information is requested by each; it should be fairly simple to determine what information goes where. Where there is ancluded with this package that is for use in a specific city or county (either the New York City or Queens County forms), then the numbering of these instructions may be slightly different from those lic/NAMECHG/QUEENSCTY.pdf NOTE: The instructions below provide step-by-step directions for completing the general New York State Name Change Petition, Order and Consent. If you decide to use a form i/courts/nyc/civil/pdfs/NameChangeAdultform.pdf; or http://www.findlegalforms.com/public/NAMECHG/NYCITY.pdf Queens County: http://www.nycourts.gov/queenslib/25.pdf; or http://www.findlegalforms.com/pub court to change your name. · · · New York State: http://www.courts.state.ny.us/forms/ncpetition.pdf; or http://www.findlegalforms.com/public/NAMECHG/NYSTATE.pdf New York City: http://www.nycourts.gov be delayed or rejected. You should check with your local county court to determine whether they will accept documents completed by hand. [_] Name Change Petition. This is your official request to thend, you should use black ink and print as legibly and as neatly as possible. The court may reject forms that are difficult to read or may input the information incorrectly, causing your application to Step 4 will provide additional information about the signing your petition and consent. These Adobe Acrobat PDF forms may be completed by typewriter or by hand. If you are filling out the forms by haling Out the Forms. You must complete the Name Change Petition and the Name Change Order. If your situation requires it, you must complete the Spousal Consent form. DO NOT SIGN ANY OF THESE DOCUMENTS.ty.htm #y County Clerks: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/lists/coclerks.html Instructions-Name Change Kit 1 Supreme Courts: http://www.ncsconline.org/D_KIS/CourtWebSites/CtWeb_NYsupreme.ht m Step 3: Fil · · For New York City courts: http://www.nycourts.gov/courts/nyc/civil/locations_civil.shtml For other New York state courts: County Courts: http://www.ncsconline.org/D_KIS/CourtWebSites/CtWeb_NYcounither a supreme court or county clerk in your county you may locate its address and telephone number in your local telephone directory. You may also use the addresses listed at the following websites:in your county; (3) if there are any additional, non-standard forms needed for the county in which you live; and (4) any additional questions that you may have specific to your situation. To contact eur filing. Specifically, you will need to request information about the following: (1) the number of copies of the completed forms that you are required to file; (2) the filing fees for a name change additional assistance. Step 2: Contact your Court's Clerk. Given the extreme rule variations between local courts, you will need to contact your local court clerk to obtain additional details about yolibrary of your local court, or on the Internet at the following link: http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?cl=17&a=11 If you find this law difficult or confusing, you may wish to contact an attorney for so review New York name change law before beginning this process. The relevant law may be found at sections 60 to 65 of the New York Civil Rights Code. You can locate these sections in either the law of the documents. The forms included in this package are not complicated, but any inadvertent mistakes or omissions may delay your case, and could cause the court to reject your request. You should al: Read the Instructions Carefully. You should read this package of instructions and information, as well as the instructions contained in the official forms, carefully before you begin completing any ttorney should be consulted for all serious legal matters. Information-Name Change Kit 5 INSTRUCTIONS New York Petition for Change of Name -- Adult A. GETTING STARTED ­ COMPLETING THE FORMS Step 1terruption), however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict liability or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of the use of these materials. An a any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary or consequential damages (including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods or services, loss of use, data, or profits or business ineness of any of the materials for your particular needs. The materials are used at your own risk. 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Information-Name Change Kit 4 You should fill out the forms manually, either with a typewriter or by hand. If you are not using a typewriter, uroper purposes. Materials This packet contains: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Information for the Name Change Packet; Instructions for the Name Change Packet; Name Change Petition; Name Change Order; Consent of e been adjudicated a bankrupt; Have judgments or liens of record against you, or actions or proceedings pending to which you are a party; or Are changing your name for fraudulent, illegal or other impou will file your petition. You may not use this packet if you: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Are under the age of 18; Are requesting a name change on behalf of someone else; Have been convicted of a felony; Have process will probably take between 3 and 4 months. Requirements To use this packet you must be: 1. 2. 3. Over the age of 18; A resident of the state of New York; and A resident of the county where yrder. After that, you are required to publish a notice of your name change in the newspaper, several weeks after which a certified copy of your name change order will be available. In total, the entirfficult to state with certainty how long it will take to complete the name change process. After you have completed and filed your forms, it may take one or two months before the court has signed an oified Order issued by the court as proof of that change. A list of agencies that you may need to contact is attached as Appendix A. How long will it take before my name is officially changed? It is diriver's license/birth certificate/social security card/credit cards change automatically? No. You must contact the appropriate agencies, and inform them of your name change. You may show them the cert the order granting your request, you should continue to use your old name in any official capacity. Information-Name Change Kit 3 After I have received the order granting my name change, will my dmore information. After I have filed my request for a name change, can I start using my new name? No. Your request for a name change is simply that: a request. Until the judge has signed and certifiedor on parole, there are certain special steps that must be taken before a name change can take place. If this describes your situation, you may not use this package and should consult an attorney for f the forms attached here. If I was convicted of a crime, can I still change my name? If you have been convicted of a violent felony offense, or certain other felonies, and are currently incarcerated at child. You may not use this package to file a family petition or to complete your child's name change; you must be 18 years of age or older and filling out the form for yourself alone to make use oas well? No. If you wish to change your child's name, you will need either to file a petition as a family to change the names of your entire family or to complete a separate name change request for thr identification cards. If you did not select change your name through your divorce decree, you may use this package to change your name at this time. If I change my name, will my child's name change the equivalent of a name change order. It will be recognized by the DMV and the Social Security Administration as proof of your new name, and may be used by those entities to change your name on theito file for a name change? Your name will automatically change back to your maiden name only if you specified this in your divorce decree. If you have made this election in your decree, that decree isnnot later change your marriage license to reflect the name you wish to use after your marriage. You may, however, use this package to change your name at this time. If I just got divorced, do I need e name change. You may use this certificate to change your name on other documents, including your driver's license and credit cards. If you did not select this option on your marriage license, you cay filled out the information requested on that certificate. If an individual has completed the marriage certificate to indicate that he wishes to change his name, that document provides a record of thk the court to schedule another hearing. If I just got married, do I need to file a name change request? Under New York law, a person may change his name on his marriage certificate, if he has properl there was simply a procedural problem (e.g., you did not sign your documents in front of a Notary Public, or you did not complete your publication requirements), you can simply fix the problem and asr different evidence to support it before you attempt to file again. You cannot simply resubmit your document with the same information that you did the first time. Information-Name Change Kit 2 Ifcourt, or he may write it on the order that he enters denying your request. If the judge finds that there was not enough evidence to support your request, you will have to wait until there is enough oange request will be granted, there is still a possibility that your request will be denied. If that is the case, be sure to find out why your request was denied; the judge may explain this to you in of any such objection, may also have an impact on the final determination of your name change request. What can I do if my name change request is denied? While it is true that in most cases a name chre that the public is aware of your request and may bring any objections to the court's attention. Whether or not any individual brings an objection into court, and the court's reaction to the contentfraud creditors or planning the commission of a crime. In addition, as previously noted, you are required to publish notice of your name change in your local newspaper. This action is designed to ensuar case. However, in most cases, the court will grant a name change request, as long as it is not being pursued for an improper purpose. An improper purpose could, for example, include intending to de. These added costs will vary from person to person. Is the court going to grant my name change request? Obviously, there is no guarantee that the court will take any particular action in any particul your birth certificate for submission to the court. Other entities, including the DMV and the Social Security Administration, may charge for reissued identification cards imprinted with your new nameme court. There may be additional costs not mentioned above requiring payment, both before and after you receive your name change. You will need to pay a fee if you wish to obtain additional copies ofaper, the cost for publishing a notice of your name change may be as much as $120. Certified copies of the final order granting your name change will cost $5 each in civil court, or $8 each in a supre complete your request, including publication of a notice of your name change in at least one newspaper in your county, as designated by the court. Depending on the prices demanded by your local newsp either in the Supreme Court or the Civil Court, the Supreme Court charges a $170 filing fee, as opposed to the Civil Court's $50. There are a number of other fees that may need to be paid in order tocosts $50 to complete your initial filing in civil court (i.e., to obtain a civil court index number). Note that in New York City, though you have the option of filing Information-Name Change Kit 1 uld contact your local clerk's office for additional information. How much does it cost to change my name? In the state of New York, it costs about $175 dollars to change your name with the court. It s complete and properly filed. In addition, your local court may require that you appear at a hearing in support of your name change request. This requirement varies widely between courts, and you shoo file your papers by mail, if at all possible you should file your forms in person at the courthouse after you have completed them. That way, you can confirm with the filing clerk that your request itate, you must generally have lived in that state for at least 6 months. Can I complete all of my forms at home, or will I have to make a court appearance to change my name? Though you are permitted tho can use the forms included in this package? You must be at least 18 years of age and a resident of the state of New York to use the forms provided in this package. Note that to be a resident of a s your personal documents to reflect your new name (e.g., birth certificate, passport, credit cards, etc.). Below are answers to some common questions that you may have about the name change process: W of the civil court of New York City. If your local court approves your request for a name change, which they will most likely do, you will be awarded an official decree that you may then use to amendg an official request of the county court, or the Supreme Court of the county in which you reside, to change your name. If you are a resident of New York City, you may make your petition to any branchormation, instructions and forms that will allow you to obtain a name change in New York by petitioning the Court. Petitioning the Court means that you, as resident of the state of New York, are makinng marriage, divorce, convenience, honoring an ancestral name or simply personal preference. There are a number of different ways to change your name in the state of New York. This packet provides infFindLegalForms.com New York Name Change Kit ©FindLegalForms, Inc., 2004 INFORMATION New York Petition for Change of Name -- Adult Overview People change their name for many different reasons, includi New York