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Name change after marriage in Arizona: checklist and DMV steps
The order to change your name after marriage in Arizona, and what the Arizona Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) asks for, from its own pages. Each step links its source.
How to change your name after marriage in Arizona
Get certified copies of your marriage certificate first. Then change your name with Social Security, then at the Arizona Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) for your license or ID, then on your passport, then with your bank, employer and everything else.
The steps, in order
- Certified copies of your marriage certificate. The clerk of the superior court supplies certified copies. The statutory fee table lists $30 for a certified copy or abstract of a marriage license. (Source: azleg.gov, checked October 30, 2026)
- Social Security. You change your name with Social Security by requesting a replacement card. Depending on your situation you may be able to request it online; if not, you make an appointment at a local office. (Source: ssa.gov, checked October 26, 2026)
- Your Arizona driver's license or ID. The Arizona Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division (MVD): what its pages say is below.
- Your passport. The U.S. Department of State handles passports. Its site did not let us read it automatically when we checked, so open its passport pages for the form that fits your passport.
- Everything else. Bank and credit accounts, your employer, insurance, voter registration and the rest: the name change after marriage checklist lists them in order.
USAGov lists the agencies to tell after a name change, including Social Security, your state driver license office and the U.S. passport office, and says to use certified copies of documents such as a marriage certificate as proof. (Source: usa.gov, checked October 26, 2026)
Changing your name at the Arizona Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division (MVD)
From the agency’s own pages, last checked October 30, 2026. Open the Arizona Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) page. Fees and rules change: confirm on that page before you go.
- What to do
- Not stated on the pages we read. Check the agency page. Official page
- Documents accepted as proof of the new name
- Not stated on the pages we read. Check the agency page. Official page
- Fee
- Not stated on the pages we read. Check the agency page. Official page
- In person or online
- Not stated on the pages we read. Check the agency page. Official page
- Social Security first
- Not stated on the pages we read. Check the agency page. Official page
- Deadline
- No deadline for a name change is stated on the pages we read. Official page
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