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How to Change Your Name in Missouri Form

In the case of wanting to change your legal name in the State of Missouri, the following instructions can be used as a reference.

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Step 1 - Get the Missouri Name Change Petition and completely fill it out.  Step 2 - Sign your forms in front of a notary public.  Step 3 - Mail or hand-deliver your forms to the court where you reside. If you do not know the court simply look it up by using our List of Chancery Court Clerks in Missouri.  Step 4 - You will be instructed after filing by the clerk to announce your new name publicly. You can do this by contacting a newspaper that serves your area and publishing your ad once per week for 3 consecutive weeks. After you have published for the 3rd time you must submit to the clerk a 'Publication of Name Change' that the newspaper will provide you that proves your public announcement of name change. You must do this within 10 days of the last publication in the newspaper.  Step 5 - Upon showing up to your hearing you will receive your Name Change Decree that will be your official certificate for changing your name at any public or private institution. !
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