Changing your name after marriage in Utah
What Utah asks for, where your marriage certificate comes from, and the order that works. Every figure below is dated and linked to the agency that publishes it.
To change your name after marriage in Utah you need a certified marriage certificate, then Social Security, then Utah Driver License Division.
Social Security comes first. Every state checks your new name against its record before issuing a license.
In Utah, a certified marriage certificate comes from either the state vital records office or the county that issued your marriage license.
The state office charges $25.00 for one copy.
The marriage certificate Utah wants to see
This is the part that differs by situation. Everything downstream of it is the same sequence whichever document you hold.
| What | Value | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where to get it | either the state vital records office or the county that issued your marriage license Utah's state office holds marriage records for 1978 through 2010 only. For a marriage before 1978 or after 2010 you go to the county clerk where it took place. | Utah Office of Vital Records and Statistics | |
| What a copy costs | $25.00 | Utah Office of Vital Records and Statistics | |
| What Utah Driver License Division charges | Utah does not publish a name-change figure; the replacement fee for your license or ID card applies. | Utah Driver License Division |
If you married in another state, order from that state instead. The record sits where the license was filed, not where you live now.
What after marriage changes about it
- In Utah, a certified marriage certificate comes from either the state vital records office or the county that issued your marriage license — Utah Office of Vital Records and Statistics.
- The Utah state office charges $25.00 for one certified copy.
- Utah's state office holds marriage records for 1978 through 2010 only. For a marriage before 1978 or after 2010 you go to the county clerk where it took place.
- The license is the permission to marry and is issued before the wedding. The certificate is the record of it and is issued afterward. Agencies want the certificate.
- Social Security accepts a certified marriage document as evidence of the new name on form SS-5.
Source: Utah Office of Vital Records and Statistics · checked
The sequence in Utah
- Get a certified marriage certificate. Order more than one — several agencies want to see it and not all return it quickly.
- Submit form SS-5 to Social Security. It is free, and it has to be first.
- Apply at Utah Driver License Division once the Social Security record has updated.
- Update your passport, then your vehicle title, then your voter registration.
- Tell your bank, your employer, your insurers, your utilities and your subscriptions.
Questions people ask
- What does Utah accept as proof of a name change after marriage?
- Utah Driver License Division asks for: A certified marriage certificate from the state, a divorce decree, an updated passport, a new birth certificate, adoption papers, a citizenship or naturalization certificate, or court papers showing the change and sealed by the court.
- Is a marriage license the same as a marriage certificate?
- No. The license is the permission to marry and is issued before the wedding. The certificate is the record of it and is issued afterward. Agencies want the certificate.
- Can I go to Utah Driver License Division before Social Security?
- Do Social Security first — it’s the record most agencies check against, so getting it done first is what keeps the rest in step. A few states require it outright and say so on their own page.
All Utah name change requirements · The national guide to changing your name after marriage
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