Changing your name after marriage in Wyoming
What Wyoming 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 Wyoming you need a certified marriage certificate, then Social Security, then Wyoming Driver Services.
Social Security comes first. Every state checks your new name against its record before issuing a license.
In Wyoming, a certified marriage certificate comes from either the state vital records office or the county that issued your marriage license.
The marriage certificate Wyoming 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 A Wyoming marriage is filed first with the registrar in the county where it happened, then recorded with the state. Vital Records Services in Cheyenne handles certificate ordering statewide. | Wyoming Department of Health, Vital Records Services | |
| What a copy costs | We could not retrieve Wyoming's fee from the agency's pages. | Wyoming Department of Health, Vital Records Services | |
| What Wyoming Driver Services charges | Wyoming charges the standard renewal fee for a name change, not a duplicate fee. | Wyoming Driver Services |
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 Wyoming, a certified marriage certificate comes from either the state vital records office or the county that issued your marriage license — Wyoming Department of Health, Vital Records Services.
- We could not retrieve Wyoming's fee from the agency's pages.
- A Wyoming marriage is filed first with the registrar in the county where it happened, then recorded with the state. Vital Records Services in Cheyenne handles certificate ordering statewide.
- 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: Wyoming Department of Health, Vital Records Services · checked
The sequence in Wyoming
- 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 Wyoming Driver Services 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 Wyoming accept as proof of a name change after marriage?
- Wyoming Driver Services asks for: A court order, marriage certificate, divorce decree indicating you are taking back a former name, or other legal verification of the change signed by a judge; Your current Wyoming license or ID card, to surrender.
- 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 Wyoming Driver Services 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 Wyoming name change requirements · The national guide to changing your name after marriage
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