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How to Legally Change Your Name
How to legally change your name: the petition, background check, and notice steps most states share, where they diverge, and what happens after the order.
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How Much Does It Cost to Change Your Name?
Name change costs by state: court filing fees, publication, fingerprinting, and certified copies, plus the free paths through marriage and divorce.
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Hawaii Name Change Laws: How to Legally Change Your Name
Hawaii routes most adult name changes through the Lieutenant Governor's office, not court. Here is how the administrative process, fees, and restrictions work.
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Georgia Name Change Laws: How to Legally Change Your Name
How to change your name in Georgia: the superior court petition, publication requirements, fraud restrictions, and how divorce name restoration works.
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Florida Name Change Laws: How to Legally Change Your Name
How to change your name in Florida: the circuit court petition under Fla. Stat. §68.07, fees, the fingerprint background check, and divorce restoration.
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DC Name Change Laws: The $60 Process and No Publication Since 2013
How to legally change your name in DC Superior Court, the flat $60 fee, no newspaper notice since 2013, and how minors and divorce fit in.
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Delaware Name Change Laws: No More Publication, Which Court to File In
Delaware repealed newspaper publication for name changes in 2022. Learn which court to use, the $85 fee, minor rules, and DOC restrictions.
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Connecticut Name Change Laws: Two Courts, One Possibly Free Option
Connecticut lets you choose Superior Court or Probate Court for a name change, with probate fees reportedly eliminated in 2023. Rules explained.
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Colorado Name Change Laws: Fingerprints, Felony Bar, and How to Petition
Colorado's name-change process under C.R.S. 13-15-101, the mandatory fingerprint check, the felony bar, and DV publication exemptions explained.
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California Name Change Laws: Court Process, Fees, and the New Confidentiality Option
California's name-change process under CCP Section 1276-1279.6, the new HSC 103437 confidentiality track, fees, marriage-based changes, and SOR rules.
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Arkansas Name Change Laws: The 2023 Redaction Reform and How to Petition
How to change your name in Arkansas after the 2023 law required a verified petition and redacted court file, plus fees, minors, and restrictions.
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Arizona Name Change Laws: Court Process, Fees, and Restrictions
How adults and minors change their name in Arizona, county filing fees from about $188 to $301, and why there is no publication requirement.
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