(a) Whenever any person after applying for or receiving a driver's license shall move from the address named in such application or in the license issued to him or when the name of a licensee is changed by marriage or otherwise, such person shall within ten (10) days thereafter notify the Office of Driver Services in writing of his old and new addresses or of his former and new names and of the number of any license then held by him.
(b) An application submitted by a licensee to change the licensee's name on the licensee's driver's license must be accompanied by the original or a certified copy of one (1) of the following official documents that provides evidence of the change of the licensee's name:
(1) A recorded marriage license;
(2) A court order;
(3) A divorce decree; or
(4) Any other document, including a document issued by the Department of Homeland Security, that is deemed to be satisfactory by the office as evidence that the name change is in accordance with state and federal laws.
History. Acts 1937, No. 280, § 23; Pope's Dig., § 6847; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-327; Acts 1993, No. 445, § 9; 1999, No. 1077, § 2; 2007, No. 492, § 1.
Amendments. The 1999 amendment substituted “Office of Driver Services” for “office” in (a); added (b); and made minor stylistic changes.
The 2007 amendment rewrote (b).