Title 8: Change of Names
California Code of Civil Procedure – 2026
§ 1275
Applications for change of names must be determined by the Superior Courts.
§ 1276
(a) (1) All applications for change of names shall be made to the superior court of the county where the person whose name is proposed to be changed r…
§ 1277
(a) (1) If a proceeding for a change of name is commenced by the filing of a petition, except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), (d), and (f), or S…
§ 1277.5
(a) (1) If a proceeding for a change of name to conform the petitioner’s name to the petitioner’s gender identity is commenced by the filing of a peti…
§ 1278
(a) (1) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d), the petition or application shall be heard at the time designated by the court, only if object…
§ 1278.5
In any proceeding pursuant to this title in which a petition has been filed to change the name of a minor, and both parents, if living, do not join in…
§ 1279.5
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (e) or (f), this title does not abrogate the common law right of a person to change his or her name.
§ 1279.6
No person engaged in a trade or business of any kind or in the provision of a service of any kind shall do any of the following: (a) Refuse to do busi…