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Depending on where you live, your legal name change process could be as easy as filling out an online form, or as intensive as attending a formal hearing and getting fingerprinted by the FBI. You'll also need to pay a filing fee, which could cost anywhere from $50 in Hawaii to $450 in California.

DOCUMENTS INVOLVED IN THE WHOLE PROCESS Name Change Affidavit. Newspaper Publication. Name Change Deed. Request letter to the Secretariat. Name Change Statement. Reply Letter from the Secretariat. Publication Money Receipt. Gazette Notification.

Where can I obtain a copy of my legal name change? Legal name changes are under the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Please contact the Court at (213) 830-0803 for assistance in this matter. You may also visit The Los Angeles Superior Court Website.

Basic steps to change a name You pay a $435-$450 filing fee. If you can't afford the fee, you can ask the court to waive it. The clerk will give you a date when a judge will make a decision.

Adding a Middle Name to a Child's Name To add a middle name, when the child already has one or more middle names, you will need to get a Superior Court Order, Granting the new middle name, and then you can have the child's ID and Official Records changed to match.

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. Every US state has a set of laws allowing for this kind of Petition case within the state.

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.