Deed Polls
How do you change your name?
From time to time persons may encounter situations where they would be required to change their name as it appears on their birth certificate. For example, someone may have joined a religion that requires them to change their name or their name was spelt incorrectly on their birth certificate. The primary means of achieving this is by means of a Deed Poll.
What is a Deed Poll?
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As the name suggests, a Deed Poll is a deed by which an individual renounces their current name and undertakes to assume a new name going forward.
What is the process of preparation and execution?
The Deed Poll is prepared by an Attorney-at-Law after taking instructions from you about the changes that you would like to be made to your name. It is then signed by yourself together with one witness and the Attorney-at-Law who prepared the Deed Poll. This document is then registered with the Land Registry and a Certified Copy is requested. Upon receipt of your certified copy, you now have your new name and you can now be identified by the same.
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