Arizona Name Change Forms – PDF Templates

• Adult Name Change Forms
  • Application
  • Order
• Minor Child Name Change Forms
  • Instructions
  • Maricopa County Minor Name Change Packet
  • Graham County Minor Name Change Packet
  • Individual Forms
    • Civil Cover Sheet
    • Name Change Application
      • Graham County
      • Maricopa County
      • Yavapai County
    • Notice of Hearing (Maricopa County)
    • Consent to Parent (Maricopa County)
    • Consent of Minor (Maricopa County)
    • Affidavit of Service by Mail (Maricopa County)
    • Order Changing Name
      • Maricopa County
      • Yavapai County

These instructions are for adults who don’t like their name, getting a divorce, or have just gotten married. The instructions are in accordance with the Arizona Statute 41-164.

• Step 1

First you must fill in the name change forms which are as follows;

• Application for Change of Name (Petition)
• Order Changing Name

Be sure to have your signature witnessed by a public notary. To get your petition notarized all you have to is go to a branch bank; and if you are actually with a branch bank you can get the notarized services free. You must be 18 years of age or higher to fill out a petition for a name change. If just married or divorced than it is required that you have the original information for both.

The forms to file may be different for every court, be sure to check with the clerk’s office to make sure the forms you have are the ones required.

• Step 2

You are now ready to file your petition for your name change; be sure to have all personal information like you social security card, birth certificate, and your state identification, importantly make sure they are all original. You will have to file your petition at your local county clerks office; you will than get a hearing date from them. How they go about contacting you is either by email or they may contact you through the phone; at this point all you can do is wait to hear from them.

• Step 3

Its hearing time; at the hearing make sure to have your “order changing name”; the official form, so that the judge may authorize it. Now its time to announce; its under Arizona’s State Law that you must legally let all institutions know for name change meaning DMV; Social Security Office; Insurance Companies; etc.