New Mexico Name Change Notification Form

An affidavit duly signed by the applicant and attested by Judicial Magistrate/Notary. Original newspaper in which name change ad is given. Prescribed proforma (should be computer typed and not handwritten) with signatures of applicant and two witnesses.

When you file your name change forms, you'll have to pay the California state filing fee. The California name change cost is $435.

In order to a get a court order changing your name or a child's name, you must file a petition in the District Court in the county where you live. After you file your petition to change the name, you will get a court hearing.

In order for residents to change their last name when getting married, they will need to request the name change when they apply for and purchase a marriage license, in person, at their local County Clerk's office.

You must be fourteen (14) years of age or older. You must have proper and reasonable cause for the requested change of name. You are not changing your name to avoid debts or to defraud creditors or anyone else.

The process requires a $132 filing fee and the cost to publish the name change in a newspaper for two weeks most people subjected to the process estimated their costs will top $200.

The Social Security Administration has its own form which you can get for free. The good folks at SSI will also let the IRS know about the name change, so you're good to go. When you go to the DMV, you'll just need to bring the certified copy of the marriage certificate and you'll be done.