§ 60-1401 Jurisdiction and costs.

If you want to legally change your name, or the name of a township, town, or city in Kansas, you need to go through the district court. The court has the power to approve these name changes.

The person asking for the change has to pay the costs involved. This is true whether it's an individual changing their own name or someone asking to change the name of a local government area.

Changing a name this way does not take away or affect any legal rights. For example, if a person changes their name, their contracts, debts, property, and other legal obligations stay exactly the same. Only the name is different, nothing else about their legal standing changes.