§ 27-16-506 — Notice of change of address or name

(a) Whenever any person after applying for or receiving a driver's license shall move from the address named in the application or in the license issued to him or her or when the name of a licensee is changed by marriage or otherwise, the person shall within ten (10) days thereafter notify the Office of Driver Services in writing of his or her old and new addresses or of his or her former and new names and of the number of any license then held by him or her. (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 United States Department of Homeland Security, that is deemed to be satisfactory by the Office of Driver Services as evidence that the name change is in accordance with state and federal laws.

Legislative 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.