PIERRE, S.D. \u2014 Same-sex couples in South Dakota can now use a marriage certificate and a number of other documents to change a name on a South Dakota-issued driver’s license.<\/p>\n
The state’s Driver’s Licensing Program says individuals can request name changes starting Monday.<\/p>\n
For a name change on a license with a gold star, individuals need to provide a South Dakota driver’s license and two documents proving residential address.<\/p>\n
In addition, individuals are asked to bring documents that connect their current full legal name to that on their existing license. Acceptable documents are a certified marriage certificate and the following three court orders: under petition for name change; for name change in a divorce decree or decree of annulment; and for name change in a decree of adoption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PIERRE, S.D. \u2014 Same-sex couples in South Dakota can now use a marriage certificate and a number of other documents to change a name on a South Dakota-issued driver’s license. The state’s Driver’s Licensing Program says individuals can request name changes starting Monday. For a name change on a license with a gold star, individuals …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52569,93476,71497],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-briefs-blogs","category-from-the-courts","never_free"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n