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# Update your name on your attorney record

## Learn how complete an official name change.

To update your name on your attorney record, please submit the required [Name Change Form](https://apps.docusign.com/webforms/us/b31dd5ef9cb51fe249987847f986f2e8). This form is also accessible through [My State Bar Profile](https://members.calbar.ca.gov/login.aspx) or on the [State Bar's Forms page](https://www.calbar.ca.gov/form/attorney-records-name-change). 

State Bar licensees may use this form to request an official name change or update their name with the State Bar of California. This includes completing an official name change, updating a middle name, registering an AKA, and/or removing an AKA. 

To complete an official name change, your request must include copies of four identity documents; two identity documents showing your former name and two identity documents showing your new name. You will be required to upload necessary identity documents as part of your submission. (Requirements for middle-name updates and AKA registration/removal are outlined in the form.) 

Before submitting, please carefully review the instructions within the form, which include answers to frequently asked questions. 

**Note:** This form applies to State Bar licensees only. If you are registered in the Multijurisdictional Practice Program, this form does not apply to you. Please do not complete and submit this form. For details on updating your name, please contact [MJP@calbar.ca.gov](mailto:MJP@calbar.ca.gov) directly.

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