Application; persons who may file

  1. Law
  2. District of Columbia Code
  3. Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]
  4. Change of Name or Gender
  5. Application; persons who may file

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Whoever, being a resident of the District and desiring a change of name, may file an application in the Superior Court setting forth the reasons therefor and also the name desired to be assumed. If the applicant is an infant, the application shall be filed by his parent, guardian, or next friend.

(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 595, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 560, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 145(i).)

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 16-2501.

1973 Ed., § 16-2501.

Cross References

Adopted persons, change of name, see § 16-312.

Superior court, jurisdiction, see § 11-921.

Editor's Notes

D.C. Law 20-37 added “or Gender” at the end of the chapter heading.


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