23-2506. Designation of new legal name, procedure; certified copy of marriage license and certificate of marriage proof of identity. (a) At the time of marriage, a person may designate a new legal name, by which such person shall subsequently be known. Such name may include a combination of the person's prior existing name and the prior existing name of such person's spouse, or derivative versions thereof.
(b) A person's name, as designated pursuant to subsection (a), shall be recorded on the marriage license issued to such person, along with such person's name at the time of the person's application for such license, which shall be described thereon as the person's former name.
(c) The change to the person's new legal name shall be effective upon the endorsement of the person's marriage license with the certificate of marriage of the person who performed the marriage ceremony pursuant to K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 23-2511, and amendments thereto.
(d) A certified copy of a person's marriage license endorsed with a certificate of marriage pursuant to K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 23-2511, and amendments thereto, shall constitute proof of identity for the purposes of issuance of any Kansas driver's license or nondriver's identification card.
History: L. 2007, ch. 162, ยง 1; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 23 - Kansas Family Law Code-revised
23-2501 Nature of marriage relation.
23-2503 Incestuous marriages void.
23-2504 Solemnizing marriage; persons authorized to officiate.
23-2508 Validity of marriages contracted without state.
23-2509 Forms for licenses, issuance; photocopy to applicant; computer generated licenses.
23-2510 License fee; authorized only by legislative enactment; disposition.
23-2512 Records of marriages; indexing; certified copies or abstracts.
23-2513 Penalty for not complying with statutory requirements.
23-2514 Copy of licenses returned kept by court personnel.
23-2516 Validation of certain marriages; performance of marriage by Baha'is assembly.
23-2517 Solemnizing marriage; persons not authorized; penalty.