You must make an appointment to visit a driver license office and bring documentation showing your name change.
To update your name on your vehicle title or registration, please visit your local county motor vehicle office.
Please note: All name changes must be on file with the Social Security Administration before visiting a driver license office. It takes about 24-48 business hours for changes to be processed with the Social Security Administration.
Adult regular license and ID holders are required to renew their license/ID to change their name. You will be required to provide proof of address documents along with one of the acceptable name-change documents listed below. Proof of address documents can have your previous name on them.
Customers are required to notify the Department of Revenue within 30 days of changing their name due to marriage, divorce, separation or civil union.
Acceptable name change documents include:
- Certified marriage certificate: US, city, county, state, US territory, or foreign.
- Foreign marriage certificates must be translated into English.
- No church documents are accepted.
- Certified civil union certificate: city, county, state or US territory
- Certified tribal court marriage certificate showing a file registration number and Bureau of Indian Affairs seal with the tribal name
- Certified divorce decree: US, city, county, state or US territory with case number and official signature
- Certified decree of separation: signed by the judge, with the name restored
- Certified court order of name change: US, city, county, state or US territory
- Certified Birth certificate
Coloradans may change their name to names present on their marriage/civil union certificate or court-ordered document.
The Process for Translation
All documents provided to the Department by the applicant shall be in English or have been translated into English.
The original and corresponding translated documents shall be presented together at the time of application.
All translated documents must have the following statement included at the end - must be typed or electronically printed on the same page as the translation, not on separate pieces of paper, or the translation will not be accepted by the Department:
- I, ___________, affirm that the foregoing is a complete and accurate
translation from (insert name of foreign language) to the English language to the
best of my ability. I further affirm that I am fully competent to translate from
(insert name of foreign language) into the English language and that I am
proficient in both languages.
If a person is interpreting during the test, the interpreter must provide an unexpired driver’s license or identification card. The interpreter’s full legal name and driver license or identification card number shall be included with the applicant’s permanent motor vehicle record.
Applicants are responsible for all costs of translation.