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How to Change Your Name (8 steps) Have Fingerprints Taken at Sheriff's Office. Complete National Criminal Background Check. Complete North Carolina Criminal Background Check. Submit Notice of Intent to File Name Change. Complete Forms. File with the Clerk. Pay the Filing Fee. Receive Certificate of Name Change.
The filing fee is payable after your name change has been granted and costs $120. You also need to pay the court for each certified copy of your name change order. Expect to pay around $5 per copy. Finally, there may be some cost in getting your records updated, depending on what ID and records you hold.
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You can change your name in person or by mail ? you cannot change your name online. I went in-person (pre-COVID) to a local office in Charlotte (this one in particular).
Court-Ordered Name Changes $15 for the name change + $24 for the first copy of the requested certificate + $15 for each additional copy.
After you have completed everything, the clerk will review all the information in the application and decide whether you have a good reason to change your name. The clerk will then grant or deny the name change. You will then receive your Order and Certificate of Name Change 6-8 weeks later.
Name Changes Documented proof from the courts establishing that the name change was officially accomplished such as a certified marriage license or certificate, divorce decree or document from the courts or Register of Deeds. ? Execution of a notarized DL-101 (obtained from an DMV office)