Okla. Admin. Code § 670:15-1-16 - Procedure to make a change of name on a driver license or an identification card
(a)
Procedure. Any person may request a change of name on a driver
license or identification card upon providing the appropriate identification
and paying the required fee to a Licensed Operator or to Service
Oklahoma.
(b)
Name changes
allowed. Name changes must result from:
(1) a marriage;
(2) a court order; or
(3) using a valid, unexpired U.S. Passport. A
person requesting a legitimate name change shall submit, without exception, the
certified document which indicates the name change.
(c)
Documentation required. A
person requesting a name change using a marriage certificate, common law
affidavit, or court order shall comply with the identification requirements in
OAC 670:15-1-3(b) and OAC 670:15-1-3(c) in order to identify the person by his
or her former name and OAC 670:15-1-10 in order to identify the person by his
or her new name. The required documents for a name change shall include:
(1) Court-ordered name change, which shall be
in addition to the forms of identification required by OAC 670:15-1-3(b) and
OAC 670:15-1-3(c). Only the following types of court orders may be considered
when a name change is requested:
(A) divorce
decree,
(B) adoption
decree,
(C) name change decree,
or
(D) establishment of record of
birth, pursuant to 63 O.S. §1-315,
(2) Marriage certificate, which may serve
only as the secondary form of identification required by OAC 670:15-1-3(b). For
a marriage certificate issued in Oklahoma, the name change shall be to the name
signed by the person on the marriage certificate, or
(3) For a common law marriage, "Affidavit of
Common Law Marriage" containing the notarized signatures of the husband and
wife. Identification as prescribed in OAC 670:15-1-3(b) and OAC 670:15-1-3(c)
must be submitted in addition to this affidavit.
(4) REAL ID Compliant credential issued by
another state, or
(5) A valid
military identification card.
(d)
Form of new name. A name
change resulting from marriage, court order, or divorce shall appear on the
driver license or identification card exactly as stated on the Oklahoma
marriage certificate, court order, or divorce decree. If the marriage
certificate is from a state other than Oklahoma, the names shall be in one of
the following forms:
(1) [Surname of spouse],
[first name] [middle name or initial],
(2) [Surname of spouse], [first name] [former
surname or initial],
(3)
[Surname-surname of spouse] [first name] [middle name or initial], or
(4) [Surname of spouse-surname], [first name]
[middle name or initial].
(e)
Titles or ecclesiastical
names. Titles or ecclesiastical names will not be placed on an Oklahoma
credential .
(f)
Retention of
information. The former name shall be entered into the "Alias" field in
the driver license or identification card database to provide historical
information to Service Oklahoma.
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