La. Admin. Code tit. 55, § III-111 - Change of Name or Sex

A. Place of Application, Fees, and Forms to Be Used

1. Application for a driver's license with a change of name and/or sex may be made at any driver's license field office in Louisiana or through the mail by writing the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicles, P.O. Box 64886, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70896, attention Change of Name and/or Sex. Prior to the issuance of the driver's license, the applicant with a change of name and/or sex shall appear at a driver's license field office.

2. The applicant must complete those forms normally used by the Department of Public Safety in applying for either a new driver's license or a renewal of one's drivers license, as the case may be.

3. The fee for the issuance of the new license with the change of sex and/or name shall be the same as those fees charged for the issuance of new licenses or the renewal of an old license.

B. Certification of Change of Name and/or Sex

1. In the case of a change of sex, the applicant must present:

a. a medical statement signed by a physician stating that the applicant has undergone an operation for a sex change, that the operation was successful, and that a sex change has been made. The current sex status must be shown;

b. a corrected copy of a birth certificate showing the change of sex and/or name;

c. a court judgment specifying that there has been a change of sex and what the previous sex was and what the current sex is. Also, there must be an affidavit from the individual and that this change is with no intent to defraud the public.

2. In the case of a name change, the applicant must present a judgment showing that a legal name change has occurred. Further, it is necessary that a birth certificate showing the corrected name also to be presented.

C. Exceptions

1. A person requesting a change of name on his or her driver's license whereby his or her name has been changed by marriage is excepted from the foregoing rules and regulations.

2. Where applicable under the law, a notarial adoption may be used to accomplish a name change.

Notes

La. Admin. Code tit. 55, § III-111

Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of Motor Vehicles, LR 2:118 (April 1976), amended LR 24:2314 (December 1998).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 32:408.