Business and Professions Code section 4984.9

A licensee or registrant shall give written notice to the board of a name change, giving both the old and new names. The written notice shall be submitted to the board within 30 days of the issuance of a new government-issued photographic identification. The licensee or registrant shall certify the information by signing a statement under penalty of perjury. A copy of both of the following documents evidencing the change shall be submitted with the notice:

(a)

A current government-issued photographic identification.

(b)

The legal document authorizing the name change, such as a court order or a marriage certificate.

Source: Section 4984.9, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=4984.­9.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2018; accessed Dec. 29, 2025).

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