Name of the Organization : Province of Nova Scotia
Type of Facility : How to Changing Your Name in Certificate
Country : Canada
Website : http://novascotia.ca/sns/access/vitalstats/changing-name.asp
Nova Scotia Changing Your Name in Certificate
Who May Apply :
The applicant must be :
** 16 (sixteen) years of age or over and;
** either born in the province of Nova Scotia, OR have resided in the province of Nova Scotia for at least one year immediately before the change of name application.
Related : Province of Nova Scotia Birth Certificate & Registration Canada : www.statusin.org/25441.html
** An applicant may be a person changing their own name, spouse’s name or, a parent making application to change their minor child’s name (15 years of age or younger).
Fees
** Applications must be accompanied by the required fee.
** For the applicable fee, please visit Vital Statistics Fees.
| Certificates | |
| Fee Item | Current Fee |
| Short Form Certificates (birth, death, marriage, domestic partnership) | $33.00 |
| Long Form / Detailed Certificates (birth, death) | $39.90 |
| Certified Copy of Registration (birth, death, marriage, domestic partnership) | $39.90 |
| Search of records (3 year search) | $6.25 |
| Genealogy | |
| Fee Item | Current Fees |
| Search | $18.65 |
| (3 year search) | |
| $12.45 for additional 3 year periods | |
| All other services (amendments to records where a fee is prescribed, delayed registrations, re-registrations of birth, change of sex designation) | $24.95 |
| Legal Change of Name | |
| Fee Item | Current Fee |
| Legal Change of Name (includes Change of Name Certificate) | $165.70 |
| Each additional change to a birth or marriage record on the same change of name | $24.95 |
| Duplicate Change of Name Certificate | $18.65 |
| Marriage Licenses | |
| Fee Item | Current Fee |
| Marriage License | $132.70 |
| Deputy Issuer Portion of Marriage License | $18.65 |
| Domestic Partnership | |
| Fee Item | Current Fee |
| Registration of a Domestic Partnership | $24.95 |
| Certificate of Domestic Partnership: | $33.00 |
| Short Form | |
| Certificate of Domestic Partnership: | $39.90 |
| Long Form | |
| Registration of Termination of Domestic Partnership | $24.95 |
| Certificate of Termination of Domestic Partnership | $33.00 |
Change of Name (one person) :
** This fee includes one change of name certificate showing all name changes.
Each additional change :
** This fee includes items such as marriage registration, spouse’s name, children’s names.
Documentation Requirements
Applicants must provide :
** A birth certificate for each person whose name is to be changed if born outside Nova Scotia.
** Immigration documents if born outside Canada (Record of Landing)
** Marriage certificate if the marriage occurred elsewhere in Canada (not in Nova Scotia).
** The certificate must have been issued by the provincial or territorial Vital Statistics office.
** Detailed birth certificates showing parentage for minor children born outside Nova Scotia.
** All birth certificates issued prior to the change of name
** Documents in other languages will need an official translation.
Fingerprinting :
** Every person who is 12 years of age or older and legally changing their name MUST have fingerprints taken by an approved agency.
** Fingerprints can be taken and submitted at any Canadian policing agency and at the Nova Scotia Commissionaires office at 1505 Barrington Street, Halifax.
** Any fees for fingerprinting are paid directly to the fingerprinting agency.
** They are not part of the Legal Change of Name fee.
How to Apply
In Person :
** Service Nova Scotia
** Vital Statistics Office
** 300 Horseshoe Lake Drive Halifax, NS
** B3S 0B7
Hours :
** 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday (except Holidays)
Postal Address:
** Vital Statistics
** P.O. Box 157
** Halifax, NS B3J 2M9
Fax:
** 902-450-7311