Legally change your name?

Question

Where do you go, and how much do it cost?
And when you change it does it change in everything, like social security, birth certificate, mail, credit cards, drivers license etc.?
Once you change it, does it show in your record that you had a name change, and what your name was before you changed it?

Thanks =]

Answer 1

You have to go to court to have a legal name change, but you can change your name at anytime as long as you are not changing it for criminal purposes. It is your name, and you can choose to be called Lollipop if that is what want.

When you do get your name change, you are responsible for changing it for everything, but your birth certificate cannot be changed.

Answer 2

You go to your county courthouse and file the paperwork. It costs $140 for the filing fee in Arkansas. You must change it yourself with Social Security, and everyone else as well. Just give a copy of the judgment to each agency & utility, etc.

Answer 3

It does show on your records what your birth name was.