Changing your name with Vanguard 529 College Savings Plan
What Vanguard 529 College Savings Plan requires, transcribed from its own help page and last checked on 25 July 2026.
Vanguard's 529 plan requires an Account Information Change form carrying a signature guarantee from a bank or broker officer. A notary is explicitly not enough.
Vanguard 529 College Savings Plan handles this by mail.
You will need: a signature guarantee from an authorized officer of a bank, broker, or other qualified financial institution.
Do the government agencies first — most companies ask for photo ID in your new name, which means your license has to be done already.
What Vanguard 529 College Savings Plan asks for
| What | Value | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| How | By mail | Vanguard 529 College Savings Plan Account Information Change Form | |
| Documents | A signature guarantee from an authorized officer of a bank, broker, or other qualified financial institution | Vanguard 529 College Savings Plan Account Information Change Form |
What to have ready
- A signature guarantee from an authorized officer of a bank, broker, or other qualified financial institution
How to do it
- Complete the 529 Account Information Change form with the new legal name.
- Skip the standard signature section and complete the one-and-the-same signature guarantee section instead.
- Sign your former and new signatures in front of an authorized officer, who guarantees both.
- Mail the form to the plan's Boston address.
The details that catch people out
- A notary public cannot provide the required signature guarantee.
- You cannot guarantee your own signature.
Check us
Everything on this page comes from Vanguard 529 College Savings Plan’s own published guidance. Company policies change without notice, so the link below is the authority and this page is a transcription of it.
Vanguard 529 College Savings Plan Account Information Change Form
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