2023 New York Laws › CVR - Civil Rights › Article 6 - Change of Name › 64 - Effect.

§  64.  Effect.  1.  If  the order is entered, the petitioner shall be
  known by the name which is thereby authorized  to  be  assumed.  If  the
  surname  of  a  parent be changed as provided in this article, any minor
  child of such parent at the time of such change  may  thereafter  assume
  such changed surname.
* 2.  (a)  If the petition states that the petitioner stands convicted
  of a violent felony offense as defined in section 70.02 of the penal law
  or a felony defined in article one hundred twenty-five of  such  law  or
  any  of  the  following  provisions of such law sections 130.25, 130.30,
  130.40, 130.45, 255.25, 255.26, 255.27, article two hundred sixty-three,
  135.10, 135.25, 230.05, 230.06, subdivision two  of  section  230.30  or
  230.32, the clerk of the court in which the order has been entered shall
  deliver,  by  first  class  mail,  a copy of such certified order to the
  division of criminal justice services at its office  in  the  county  of
  Albany and (b) if the petition states that the petitioner is responsible
  for  spousal  support  or  child  support  obligations pursuant to court
  order, upon review of the petitioner's application for name  change  and
  subsequent  inquiry, the court shall order the petitioner to deliver, by
  first class mail, the petitioner's new name with such certified order to
  the court of competent jurisdiction which imposed the orders of support.
  If a party to the order is receiving child support services pursuant  to
  title six-A of article three of the social services law, a copy shall be
  mailed  to the support collection unit of the applicable social services
  district providing such services to a party.  Such  certification  shall
  appear on the original order and on any certified copy thereof and shall
  be entered in the court's minutes of the proceeding.
* NB Effective until September 1, 2024
* 2.  (a)  If the petition states that the petitioner stands convicted
  of a violent felony offense as defined in section 70.02 of the penal law
  or a felony defined in article one hundred twenty-five of  such  law  or
  any  of  the  following  provisions of such law sections 130.25, 130.30,
  former sections 130.40 and  130.45,  sections  255.25,  255.26,  255.27,
  article   two  hundred  sixty-three,  135.10,  135.25,  230.05,  230.06,
  subdivision two of section 230.30 or 230.32, the clerk of the  court  in
  which  the  order has been entered shall deliver, by first class mail, a
  copy of such  certified  order  to  the  division  of  criminal  justice
  services  at  its office in the county of Albany and (b) if the petition
  states that the petitioner is responsible for spousal support  or  child
  support  obligations  pursuant  to  court  order,  upon  review  of  the
  petitioner's application for name change  and  subsequent  inquiry,  the
  court  shall  order  the petitioner to deliver, by first class mail, the
  petitioner's new  name  with  such  certified  order  to  the  court  of
  competent  jurisdiction  which imposed the orders of support. If a party
  to the order is receiving child support services pursuant to title six-A
  of article three of the social services law, a copy shall be  mailed  to
  the  support  collection unit of the applicable social services district
  providing such services to a party. Such certification shall  appear  on
  the  original  order  and  on  any  certified  copy thereof and shall be
  entered in the court's minutes of the proceeding.
* NB Effective September 1, 2024
3. A name change order or other government issued  document  or  court
  issued  documentation of a name change shall be sufficient to change the
  petitioner's name on any document or record issued or maintained by  the
  state  of  New  York  or any subdivision thereof, or any private entity,
  including but not limited to, all school records for  current  and  past
  students, archival records and marriage certificates. This section shall
  not  apply  when  archival  records cannot be accessed or when modifying
  archival records is otherwise prohibited by law. Failure of a public  or

  private  entity to comply with such a request may constitute a violation
  of section two hundred ninety-six of the executive law, section  forty-c
  of  this chapter and any applicable local non-discrimination law and may
  be  the  basis  for  a complaint to the New York state division of human
  rights and any other applicable enforcement entity.