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Preparing a Statutory Declaration

Once you have chosen your name, the first thing to do is to prepare a statutory declaration of name change.

A solicitor will charge you a fee (usually betwen £20 and £50) for drafting your statutory declaration. However, you can type your own statutory declaration, and then pay a much smaller fee to have it sworn (or "notarised").

You can draw up a statutory declaration based on the sample below ... but you will probably find it easier to use our online name-changer, which will create it for you.

(We do recommend that you use the online name-changer. There is less chance of making a mistake!)

Sample statutory declaration

This is what a statutory declaration should look like:

SAMPLE Statutory declaration for change of name

Note: The format varies, depending on whether you are changing your first names, your surname or both. This sample is for someone who is only changing their first names.

I Jane Maria Campbell of 123 High Street, Somewheretown, Borsetshire BX45 1QA

DO SOLEMNLY AND SINCERELY DECLARE as follows:-

  1. I absolutely and entirely renounce relinquish and abandon the use of my former christian name of Peter and assume adopt and determine to take and use the christian names of Jane Maria in substitution for my former christian name of Peter.
  2. I shall at all times hereafter in all records deeds documents and other writings and in all actions proceedings as well as in all dealings and transactions on all occasions whatsoever use and subscribe the said names of as my names in substitution for my former names of Campbell so relinquished as aforesaid to the intent that I may hereafter be called known or distinguished not by my former names of Peter Campbell but by my names of Jane Maria Campbell only.
  3. I authorise and require all persons at all times to designate describe and address me by the adopted names of Jane Maria Campbell
  4. AND I make this solemn Declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the provisions of the Statutory Declarations Act 1835.
SIGNED AND DECLARED at )
in the County of )
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this                 day, the                           of                                200 )
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Before me                                                    )
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Solicitor/Commissioner for Oaths )

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