California Code of Civil Procedure

§ 1279.5

CCP § 1279.5 Effective Jan 1, 2018Title 8 · Part 3

Statute text

(a)Except as provided in subdivision (e) or (f), this title does not abrogate the common law right of a person to change his or her name.

(b)A person under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation or sentenced to county jail has the right to petition the court to obtain a name or gender change pursuant to this title or Article 7 (commencing with Section 103425) of Chapter 11 of Part 1 of Division 102 of the Health and Safety Code.

(c)A person under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall provide a copy of the petition for a name change to the department, in a manner prescribed by the department, at the time the petition is filed. A person sentenced to county jail shall provide a copy of the petition for name change to the sheriff’s department, in a manner prescribed by the department, at the time the petition is filed.

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Legislative history

Repealed (in Sec. 2) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 856, Sec. 3. (SB 310) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative September 1, 2018, by its own provisions.