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2017 Georgia Code
Title 19 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 12 - Change of Name
§ 19-12-3. Certificate of change of name; use as evidence; form of certificate
Universal Citation: GA Code § 19-12-3 (2017)
- (a) At any time after the entry of the final order of change of name, upon the request of the petitioner requesting the change of name, the clerk of the court granting the same shall issue to the petitioner a certificate of change of name, under the seal of the court, upon payment to the clerk of the fee provided in paragraph (4) of subsection (g) of Code Section 15-6-77. The certificate shall be received as evidence of the facts contained in the certificate.
- (b) The certificate of change of name shall be in substantially the following form:
This is to certify that ____ (name of petitioner) has obtained
final order of change of name in the Superior Court of ____
County, Georgia, on the ____ day of ____, ____, as shown by the
records of the court.
The name (or names) of ____ (full name prior to entry of the
final order of change of name) has (or have) been changed to
____ (full name after entry of the final order of change of
name).
Given under the hand and seal of said court, this the ____ day of
____, ____.
(Seal of court)
____
Clerk
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