NY Civ Rights L § 63 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVR - Civil Rights Article 6 - Change of Name 63 - Order.

* §  63.  Order.  If  the  court to which the petition is presented is   satisfied  thereby,  or  by  the  affidavit  and  certificate  presented   therewith,  that  the  petition is true, and that there is no reasonable   objection to the change of name proposed, and  if  the  petition  be  to   change  the  name of an infant, that the interests of the infant will be   substantially promoted by the change, the  court  shall  make  an  order   authorizing  the petitioner to assume the name proposed. The order shall   further recite the date and place of birth of the applicant and, if  the   applicant  was born in the state of New York, such order shall set forth   the number of his birth certificate or  that  no  birth  certificate  is   available.  The  order shall be directed to be entered and the papers on   which it was granted to be filed prior to  the  publication  hereinafter   directed  in  the  clerk's  office of the county in which the petitioner   resides if he be an individual, or in the office of  the  clerk  of  the   civil  court of the city of New York if the order be made by that court.   Such order shall also direct the  publication,  at  least  once,  within   sixty  days  after the making of the order, in a designated newspaper in   the county in which the order is directed  to  be  entered  and  if  the   petition  is  made  by a person subject to the provisions of subdivision   two of section sixty-two of this article, in a designated  newspaper  in   any  county  wherein  such  person  was  convicted if different from the   county in which the order is otherwise directed  to  be  entered,  of  a   notice  in substantially the following form: Notice is hereby given that   an order entered by the ............ court,............ county,  on  the   ......  day  of......., bearing Index Number..........., a copy of which   may  be  examined   at   the   office   of   the   clerk,   located   at   .................,  in room number......., grants me the right to assume   the name of ...................   The  city  and  state  of  my  present   address  are  .........................;  the month and year of my birth   are ................; the place of my birth is ....................;  my   present name is .................................* NB Effective until December 21, 2021* §  63.  Order.  If  the  court to which the petition is presented is   satisfied  thereby,  or  by  the  affidavit  and  certificate  presented   therewith,  that  the  petition is true, and that there is no reasonable   objection to the change of name proposed, and  if  the  petition  be  to   change  the  name of an infant, that the interests of the infant will be   substantially promoted by the change, the  court  shall  make  an  order   authorizing  the petitioner to assume the name proposed. The order shall   further recite the date and place of birth of the applicant and, if  the   applicant  was born in the state of New York, such order shall set forth   the number of  the  applicant's  birth  certificate  or  that  no  birth   certificate  is available. The order shall be directed to be entered and   the papers on which it was granted to be filed in the clerk's office  of   the county in which the petitioner resides if they are an individual, or   in the office of the clerk of the civil court of the city of New York if   the order be made by that court.* NB Effective December 21, 2021