A Virginia name change runs through the circuit court where the person resides. What the sworn application must contain, the $20 clerk’s fee, the narrow grounds for refusal, the extra process for probationers and registrants, and how to update the birth record, Social Security card, and IDs afterward.
An adult name change in New Jersey is a Superior Court case with a $250 filing fee, a 20-day notice to the Division of Criminal Justice, and post-judgment filings with the Division of Revenue, Vital Statistics, the MVC, and Social Security.
Arizona splits personal records among the state and county vital records registrars, the clerk of the superior court, and the Secretary of State. This reference explains which office holds which document, who is eligible for a certified copy, and which changes require a court order.
Massachusetts issues birth, marriage, and death records only as certified copies, priced from $20 in person to $54 online. Name changes run through the Probate and Family Court, criminal records through the Commissioner of Probation, and everything else through the public records law.
An orientation to personal and government records in Ohio: vital records, legal name changes, criminal record sealing and expungement, REAL ID and vehicle records, and the state’s public records law, with the office or court that handles each one.
How an Arizona legal name change works in superior court: venue, the statutory disclosures, the statewide forms, the $252 filing fee and deferral, notice and hearings, minor cases, and what the signed order changes.
A plain-language map of personal and government records in New York: birth and death certificates, legal name changes, criminal-record sealing, notarization, and state IDs, with the office and law behind each.
An adult name change in Massachusetts runs through the Probate and Family Court in the petitioner’s county on form CJP 27. This article covers the documents the court requires, the $165 filing fee and waiver route, the CARI and WMS check, the 2025 changes to notice and impoundment, and which agencies take the decree afterward.
A plain-language overview of Pennsylvania’s personal-records processes: name changes, birth and death records, criminal-record relief, notaries, and apostilles, and the state and county agencies that handle each.
How a court-ordered Pennsylvania name change works under 54 Pa.C.S. §§ 701-705: where to file, what the petition must state, the fingerprint check, newspaper publication and judgment search, the hearing, and which changes skip the petition.
New York adults change a name by petition under Civil Rights Law Article 6, filed in Supreme or County Court, or in NYC Civil Court for city residents. This covers the court choice, the disclosures the petition must make, the $210 and $65 fees and the waiver, how a judge decides, sealing for safety, and what the signed order does.
New Jersey spreads personal records across the Superior Court, the Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, the Motor Vehicle Commission, and the Division of Revenue. This page maps each record type to the office that issues it, with the governing statutes and current fees.