New York Civil Rights Law Article 6 - CHANGE OF NAME

• 60 - Petition for Change of Name.
  A petition for leave to assume another name may be made by a resident of the state to the county court of the county or...
• 61 - Contents.
  1. The petition shall be in writing, signed by the petitioner and verified in like manner as a pleading in a court of record, and...
• 62 - Notice.
  1. If the petition be to change the name of an infant, notice of the time and place when and where the petition will be...
• 63 - Order.
  If the court to which the petition is presented is satisfied thereby, or by the affidavit and certificate presented therewith, that the petition is true,...
• 64 - Effect.
  If the order shall be fully complied with, and within ninety days after the making of the order, an affidavit of the publication thereof shall...
• 64-a - Exemption From Publication Requirements.
  1. If the court shall find that the publication of an applicant's change of name would jeopardize such applicant's personal safety, based on totality of...
• 65 - Optional Change of Name Upon Marriage, Divorce or Annulment.
  1. Any person may, upon marriage, elect to assume a new name according to the provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section fifteen...

Last modified: February 3, 2019