CHANGING YOUR NAME AND GENDER IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY

(as of 1/1/05, subject to change)

You will need specifically:
982.2(b)(1) Civil Case Cover Sheet
NC-100 Petition for Name Change
NC-110 Attachment to Petition for Name Change
NC-120 Order to Show Cause for Change of Name
These Forms can be found at: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/forms.cgi

Once you fill out the forms, sign them and make 4 copies, you'll need to take the forms,, one SELF
ADDRESSED, STAMPED envelope, and somewhere around $240 to the County Clerk and file the forms. It's
a simple procedure.
The SASE is used to mail you notification of the formal case assignment which simply tells you that
your case is now in the system. You'll get this in 1-2 weeks from filing.
When you file, you will be asked to select a date for the court hearing. Pick a date 6-8 weeks away.
You will be handed a copy of the filing (with the assigned case number) along with hearing date
filled in by the clerk. Take this package to a newspaper (Goleta Valley Voice is cheapest and real
simple - about $175) and have them run the legal notice that must be published once a week for 4
weeks.
At the end of the 4 weeks, the paper will send a "Proof of Publication" to the Court. At least a
week after the legal notice has finished, drop into the County Clerk's office and ask to see your
case file. You want to make sure the "Proof" is there. If not, go back to the newspaper and have
them resubmit the "Proof" (I had to do this as the mailing from the paper didn't make it into my
case file 1st time) If the case gets to the judge without the proof, he won't approve it and may
dismiss it, meaning you'll have to start all over (filing fees and newspaper charge all over, plus
another 8 weeks.)

CHANGING YOUR NAME AND GENDER ON YOUR CALIFORNIA DRIVERS LICENSE

(as of 1/1/05, subject to change)

The DMV provides a form for this process (DL328). This form will require a doctors verification and signature indicating that the individual has gone through the necessary procedures to effect one's gender change.

The desired name and gender marker will appear on your new license, however if your name and gender change have not been updated with the Social Security Administration, this will only be an alias - Your original name may still remain as the legal name with the DMV.