2006 New York Code - Contents.

 
    §  61.  Contents.  1.  The petition shall be in writing, signed by the
  petitioner and verified in like manner as  a  pleading  in  a  court  of
  record, and shall specify the grounds of the application, the name, date
  of birth, place of birth, age and residence of the individual whose name
  is  proposed  to  be  changed  and  the name which he or she proposes to
  assume. The petition shall also specify whether or  not  the  petitioner
  has  been convicted of a crime or adjudicated a bankrupt, and whether or
  not there are any judgments or liens of record against the petitioner or
  actions or proceedings pending to which the petitioner is a party,  and,
  if  so,  the  petitioner  shall  give  descriptive details in connection
  therewith sufficient to readily identify the matter referred to.
    2. If the petitioner stands convicted of a violent felony  offense  as
  defined in section 70.02 of the penal law or a felony defined in article
  one  hundred  twenty-five of such law or any of the following provisions
  of such law sections 130.25, 130.30,  130.40,  130.45,  255.25,  article
  263,  135.10,  135.25, 230.05, 230.06, subdivision two of section 230.30
  or 230.32, and is currently confined as an inmate  in  any  correctional
  facility  or  currently  under  the supervision of the state division of
  parole or a county probation department as a result of such  conviction,
  the  petition  shall  for  each  such  conviction  specify  such  felony
  conviction, the date of such conviction or convictions, and the court in
  which such conviction or convictions were entered.
    3. Upon all applications for change of name by  persons  born  in  the
  state  of  New  York,  there  shall be annexed to such petition either a
  birth certificate or a certified transcript thereof or a certificate  of
  the commissioner or local board of health that none is available.