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2025 Utah Code
Title 42 - Names
Chapter 1 - Change of Name
Section 1 - By petition to district court -- Contents.
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Effective 5/7/2025
42-1-1. By petition to district court -- Contents.
Amended by Chapter 291, 2025 General Session
Amended by Chapter 299, 2025 General Session
42-1-1. By petition to district court -- Contents.
- (1)Except as provided in Subsection (2) and subject to Subsection (3), any natural person, desiring to change the natural person's name, may file a petition in the district court of the county where the natural person resides, setting forth:
- (a)the cause for which the change of name is sought;
- (b)the name proposed; and
- (c)that the natural person has been a bona fide resident of the county for the year immediately prior to the filing of the petition.
- (2)A natural person who is an offender, as that term is defined in Section 64-13-1, may not file a petition in district court to change the natural person's name.
- (3)
- (a)A natural person petitioning for a name change under this section shall indicate on the petition whether the individual is required to register under Title 53, Chapter 29, Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry.
- (b)The court may request additional information from a natural person who is required to register under Title 53, Chapter 29, Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry, to make the determination described in Subsection 53-29-303(3).
- (4)The provisions of Title 76, Chapter 8, Part 5, Falsification in Official Matters, apply to this section when applicable.
Amended by Chapter 291, 2025 General Session
Amended by Chapter 299, 2025 General Session
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