A party may request on the application for a marriage license a name change to that of the other party or to some other surname mutually agreed upon by the parties. The names used on the marriage license shall become the legal names of the parties to the marriage. The marriage license shall contain a statement that when a name change is requested and affixed to the marriage license, the new name is the legal name of the requesting party. If a party requests a name change, other than a change of surname to that of the other spouse or to a combination of the surnames of both spouses, the party shall request approval of the court pursuant to chapter 674 and shall submit to the court the information required by section 674.2. Upon approval of the court and solemnization of the marriage, the county registrar shall send a certified copy of the return of marriage to the recorder's office in every county in this state where real property is owned by either of the parties. The judge may approve the name change. The new names and the immediate former names shall appear on the return of marriage, and the return of marriage shall be recorded in the miscellaneous records in the recorder's office. An individual shall have only one legal name at any one time.
[C79, 81, § 595.5]
88 Acts, ch 1142, §1; 95 Acts, ch 124, § 15, 26
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