Free Deed Poll Template
Use this free template to change your name. Copy and customise it.
DEED POLL (CHANGE OF NAME)
BY THIS DEED POLL made on [Date]
I, [Your new full name], of [Your address],
formerly known as [Your previous full name],
a [British citizen / citizen of Country], born on [Date of birth],
DO HEREBY:
1. Absolutely and entirely renounce, relinquish, and abandon the use of my former name [Previous full name] and in place thereof assume and adopt the name [New full name].
2. Declare that I shall at all times hereafter in all records, deeds, and instruments in writing, and in all actions and proceedings, and in all dealings and transactions, and upon all occasions whatsoever, use and sign the name [New full name] as my name.
3. Authorise and require all persons at all times to designate, describe, and address me by my adopted name of [New full name].
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have signed this deed poll on the date written above.
Signed as a deed:
Signature: _ [New name printed below]
Witness 1: Signature: _ Full name: [Name] Address: [Address]
Witness 2: Signature: _ Full name: [Name] Address: [Address]
Notes:
- You must be 16 or over to change your name by deed poll
- Witnesses must be 18 or over and must not be related to you
- Send copies to your bank, employer, GP, HMRC, DVLA, and passport office
- This is an unenrolled deed poll (not recorded at the Royal Courts of Justice)
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