Primary sources

Every fee, court, rule, and form on this site traces to an official government source. Here is the master list. Each state page also lists the exact URLs it uses.

Federal sources

Social Security — change your name (Form SS-5) — www.ssa.gov
US Dept of State — change or correct a passport (DS-5504 / DS-82 / DS-11) — travel.state.gov
IRS — name changes & SSN matching — www.irs.gov
USPS — change of address & mail — www.usps.com
Vote.gov — register or update voter registration by state — vote.gov

State judiciary & DMV sources

The primary court and DMV name-change page for each state. Full per-type citations are on each state page.

State	Judiciary / court	DMV
California	selfhelp.courts.ca.gov	www.dmv.ca.gov
Texas	guides.sll.texas.gov	www.dps.texas.gov
Florida	www.flcourts.gov	www.flhsmv.gov
New York	www.nycourts.gov	dmv.ny.gov
Pennsylvania	www.pacourts.us	www.pa.gov
Illinois	www.illinoiscourts.gov	www.ilsos.gov
Ohio	www.supremecourt.ohio.gov	www.bmv.ohio.gov
Georgia	georgiacourts.gov	dds.georgia.gov
North Carolina	www.nccourts.gov	www.ncdot.gov
Michigan	www.courts.michigan.gov	www.michigan.gov
New Jersey	www.njcourts.gov	www.nj.gov
Virginia	selfhelp.vacourts.gov	www.dmv.virginia.gov
Washington	www.courts.wa.gov	dol.wa.gov
Arizona	www.azcourts.gov	azdot.gov
Tennessee	www.tncourts.gov	www.tn.gov
Massachusetts	www.mass.gov	www.mass.gov
Indiana	www.in.gov	www.in.gov
Missouri	www.courts.mo.gov	dor.mo.gov
Maryland	www.mdcourts.gov	mva.maryland.gov
Wisconsin	www.wicourts.gov	wisconsindot.gov
Colorado	www.coloradojudicial.gov	dmv.colorado.gov
Minnesota	mncourts.gov	dps.mn.gov
South Carolina	www.sccourts.org	dmv.sc.gov
Alabama	eforms.alacourt.gov	www.alea.gov
Louisiana	www.lasc.org	expresslane.la.gov
Kentucky	kycourts.gov	drive.ky.gov
Oregon	www.courts.oregon.gov	www.oregon.gov
Oklahoma	www.oscn.net	oklahoma.gov
Connecticut	jud.ct.gov	portal.ct.gov
Utah	www.utcourts.gov	dld.utah.gov
Iowa	www.iowacourts.gov	iowadot.gov
Nevada	selfhelp.nvcourts.gov	dmv.nv.gov
Arkansas	arcourts.gov	www.dfa.arkansas.gov
Mississippi	courts.ms.gov	www.driverservicebureau.dps.ms.gov
Kansas	self-help.kscourts.gov	www.ksrevenue.gov
New Mexico	nmcourts.gov	www.mvd.newmexico.gov
Nebraska	nebraskajudicial.gov	dmv.nebraska.gov
Idaho	courtselfhelp.idaho.gov	itd.idaho.gov
West Virginia	www.courtswv.gov	transportation.wv.gov
Hawaii	www.courts.state.hi.us	hidot.hawaii.gov
New Hampshire	www.courts.nh.gov	www.dmv.nh.gov
Maine	www.courts.maine.gov	www.maine.gov
Montana	courts.mt.gov	mvdmt.gov
Rhode Island	www.sos.ri.gov	dmv.ri.gov
Delaware	courts.delaware.gov	dmv.de.gov
South Dakota	ujs.sd.gov	dps.sd.gov
North Dakota	www.ndcourts.gov	www.dot.nd.gov
Alaska	courts.alaska.gov	doa.alaska.gov
Vermont	www.vermontjudiciary.org	dmv.vermont.gov
Wyoming	www.wyocourts.gov	www.dot.state.wy.us
District of Columbia	www.dccourts.gov	dmv.dc.gov

Master list last reviewed July 16, 2026. See our methodology.