Form VS-405, Application for Legal Name Change serves the source to change the legal name of the applicant before the Court. This name change is effective in Alaska birth record through the Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics, Juneau, AK. Form VS-405 has blank spaces for inputs and filling each particular truthfully and accurately is necessary. The applicant must sign Form VS-405 in acceptance of the particulars furnished in it. Notarization of the document or the signature of the applicant is not necessary. However, ensure that the clerk of the court signs the document in conformity to granting the change of name. Form VS-405 has 11 sections requiring particulars from the applicant. Complete the form legibly. …show more content…
Proceed to section 1 by furnishing the first, middle, and last name as per the Birth Record held by the Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics. Insert date of birth in Section 2. Mention the state and/or country of the birth of the applicant as applicable in Section 3. Specify the city, town, and location of the birth in section 4 of Form VS-405. Section 5 of the form requires the input of father’s name of the applicant in first-middle-last order. Furnish the maiden name of the applicant’s mother in first-middle-last order.
Proceed to Section 7 by furnishing particulars of the applicant like applicant’s name in first-middle-last order in 7a, address in 7b, telephone number in 7c, and email address in 7d. Applicant must sign in the space offered and insert the date in front of the signature.
Continue by inserting the name of the place of change of name granted in Section 8. Continue by furnishing the date of change in section 9 and then specify the total number of persons for whom the change of the name is granted under the same order in Section 10. The concluding section 11 has spaces for entering the name changed to in first-middle-last