Name Change & ID Law: Name Change

Filing court order of change of name - new birth certificate.

Registration of unrecorded birth or correction of birth record.

Ohio Legal Help.org

Offers virtual legal clinics explaining how to change your name and gender marker

Use if • I want to change all or part of my name to a new name
• I want to change my last name and I did not recently get married
• I want to restore my maiden name following a divorce and I did not choose to do it when the divorce was pending

Use if • The error on my or my minor child's Ohio birth certificate is a true error, not a desired change or alternate spelling acquired following birth
• I would like to change the gender marker on my or my minor child's Ohio birth certificate

Use if • I want to change all or part of my child's name

Use if • My name does not match on one or more of my official identity documents (Birth Certificate, Social Security Card, Driver's License, Passport, Marriage Certificate, or Divorce Decree)
• An inconsistency in my name is prohibiting me from getting a driver's license
• The name I currently use is a name on one or more of my official identity documents