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Usually, they require you to file a form in-person and submit a certified marriage certificate and updated SS card. Next, update your name with your credit card companies, mortgage providers, loan providers, utilities, and professional licensing boards.

KANSAS: Named for the Kansas or Kanza tribe of the Sioux family that lived along a river in the area and gave it the tribal name. The name translates as "south wind people," or "wind people." KENTUCKY: Origin and meaning controversial.

Changing an individual's name for any reason other than marriage or divorce will be accomplished through the submission of a written petition to a local Circuit County Clerk. Generally, this is done without much questioning by the judge, but a court appearance may be required.

In 1881, the General Assembly in Arkansas put to rest the debate over how to both spell and pronounce the state's name correctly. Note there is no mention of the illegality of mispronouncing the name, nor any penalty associated with mispronunciation. The law simply clarifies how to say the name correctly.

The Circuit Clerk will require a filing fee of around $165. An exact amount can be determined by contacting the Clerk's Office in the county where you live. Payment will be accepted in cash or by check/money order made payable to ?[County Name] County Circuit Court Clerk.?

The word ?Arkansas? came from the Quapaw Indians, by way of early French explorers. At the time of the early French exploration, a tribe of Indians, the Quapaws, lived West of the Mississippi and north of the Arkansas River. The Quapaws, or OO-GAQ-Pa, were also known as the ?people who live downstream,? or UGAKHOPAG.