After court

Update your records in the right order

The big picture: The court does not tell anyone about your change. You do. Start with Social Security, then your license, then your birth certificate, then everything else. This page is a checklist you can print.

Last checked against official sources: November 3, 2026.

Why order matters

Offices check each other. Oregon's DMV, for example, checks your name with Social Security, so it asks you to change your name there first. Source: Oregon DMV

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1. Step 1 Get certified copies of your court order

   Done with step 1: Get certified copies of your court order

   Many offices want a certified copy, not a photocopy. Each one has a fee. Ask your court how to order them.

   • Oregon: $5 per certified copy, plus 25 cents a page for paper copies. Source: Oregon court fee schedule, 2026
   • Washington: about $5 each. WashingtonLawHelp suggests getting 7 or more. Source: WashingtonLawHelp name change guide Not official
   • Utah: $4 per document plus 50 cents per page. Source: Utah Courts fees

2. Step 2 Social Security (name changes)

   Done with step 2: Social Security (name changes)

   Ask for a replacement card with your new name. You may be able to start online. Social Security: change your name (official site). Source: Social Security, change your name

   Social Security is not changing sex markers right now. Read why.

3. Step 3 Driver license or state ID

   Done with step 3: Driver license or state ID
   • Oregon: Oregon DMV: change your gender designation (official site). Choose M, F, or X. In person.
   • Washington: Washington DOL: change your gender designation (official site). Choose M, F, or X. In person or by mail.
   • Utah: Utah Driver License Division: name change (official site). Bring your court order. We could not confirm Utah's process for the sex on a license. Not confirmed

4. Step 4 Birth certificate

   Done with step 4: Birth certificate

   Only the state where you were born can change it.

   • Born in Oregon: a form or your court judgment.
   • Born in Washington: a form for the sex designation; your court order for the name.
   • Born in Utah: your court order and form 902.
   • Born somewhere else: CDC: find your birth state's vital records office (official site).

5. Step 5 Passport: read this first

   Done with step 5: Passport: read this first

   Any new passport application can come back with the sex assigned at birth, even one for a name change. Read before you apply. Source: Human Rights Campaign, April 2026 Not official

6. Step 6 Everyone else

   Done with step 6: Everyone else

   Ask each place what it needs to update your name or sex in its records. Source: Utah Courts name and sex change page

   • Banks, credit cards, and loans
   • Your job and payroll
   • School or college
   • Doctors, pharmacy, and health insurance
   • Public benefits agencies
   • Voter registration
   • State and local tax agencies
   • Post office
   • Phone, internet, and utilities
   • Landlord or mortgage company
   • Car, renters, or life insurance
   • Vehicle title and registration
   • Veterans Affairs, if you are a veteran
   • Library card
   • Your will, power of attorney, and health care directive

Make it easier on your future self

• Keep one folder, paper or digital, with your court order, receipts, and dates you sent things.
• Write down who you talked to and what they said. Offices sometimes give different answers.
• Do one or two places a day. This is a lot of tasks, and there is no prize for speed.

Sources for this page

We read each of these on the date shown. See every source and what each label means.

1. Change Your Gender Designation, Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services (Live page). Checked November 3, 2026.
2. Circuit Court Fee Schedule, effective January 1, 2026, Oregon Judicial Department (Effective January 1, 2026). Checked November 3, 2026.
3. Name Change Guide, WashingtonLawHelp.org (Northwest Justice Project) (Reviewed May 8, 2025). Checked November 3, 2026. Not official
4. Fees, Utah State Courts (Fees effective May 6, 2026). Checked November 3, 2026.
5. Change your name on your Social Security record, U.S. Social Security Administration (Live page). Checked November 3, 2026.
6. Change your gender designation, Washington State Department of Licensing (Live page). Checked November 3, 2026.
7. Name change (Driver License Division), Utah Department of Public Safety, Driver License Division (Live page). Checked November 3, 2026.
8. Where to Write for Vital Records, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics (Last reviewed August 15, 2022). Checked November 3, 2026.
9. Travel and Passport Rights for Transgender People, Human Rights Campaign Foundation (Reflects the law as of April 2026). Checked November 3, 2026. Not official
10. Petition for Name or Sex Change (Gender Marker Change), Utah State Courts (Live page). Checked November 3, 2026.