N.Y. CVR Law § 63
This is the official text of N.Y. CVR Law § 63, part of New York’s CVR Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "CVR Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.
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§ 63. Order. If the court to which the petition is presented is\nsatisfied thereby, or by the affidavit and certificate presented\ntherewith, that the petition is true, and that there is no reasonable\nobjection to the change of name proposed, and if the petition be to\nchange the name of an infant, that the interests of the infant will be\nsubstantially promoted by the change, the court shall make an order\nauthorizing the petitioner to assume the name proposed. The order shall\nfurther recite the date and place of birth of the applicant and, if the\napplicant was born in the state of New York, such order shall set forth\nthe number of the applicant's birth certificate or that no birth\ncertificate is available. The order shall be directed to be entered and\nthe papers on which it was granted to be filed in the clerk's office of\nthe county in which the petitioner resides if they are an individual, or\nin the office of the clerk of the civil court of the city of New York if\nthe order be made by that court.\n
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