License or ID name correction

Driver’s license – $9 

ID – $10 

If you don’t inform the Social Security Administration of your name change, the Secretary of State’s office can’t process your name change. The department verifies all names and Social Security Numbers before issuing a license or ID. If your name and date of birth don’t match with what is on file at the Social Security Administration, your application will be denied.

To process a name change with the Social Security Administration, you must provide proof of your identity, legal presence and name change. Additional proof may be requested. 

You will need to bring documented proof of your legal name change, such as a court order, marriage license, certified divorce decree, etc.

You may also provide other evidence that you have been using the name for at least six months.

Multiple documents may be needed if your name has changed more than once. Name-change documents must show both the changed name and the previous name.

Divorce decrees may be used if they are certified (copies aren’t accepted) and if they show the changed name and the previous name.

If your driving record doesn’t indicate you are a U.S. citizen, you will need proof of U.S. citizenship (certified birth certificate, U.S. passport, etc.) or proof of your immigration status. Immigration documents must be verified through the federal government’s SAVE application. Verification may take more than one day.

Our staff will take a photo and you will be issued a temporary paper credential while at the office to use until your permanent document arrives. Licenses and IDs are printed at a secure off-site facility and will be mailed to you.