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Any adult wishing to change their name must go to the Permits Bureau Office of the Sheriff's Department which is located at 700 E. 4th Street, Charlotte, NC 28202. The building is in between the Government Center and the County and Courts Office Building.

After you have completed everything, the clerk will review all the information in the application and decide whether you have a good reason to change your name. The clerk will then grant or deny the name change. You will then receive your Order and Certificate of Name Change 6-8 weeks later.

The filing fee is payable after your name change has been granted and costs $120. You also need to pay the court for each certified copy of your name change order. Expect to pay around $5 per copy. Finally, there may be some cost in getting your records updated, depending on what ID and records you hold.

A Notice of Intent to File Name Change must be filed with the civil clerk at the local superior court to be posted on their bulletin board for a period of 10 days. (This step can be skipped if the applicant is a victim of domestic violence, sexual offense, or stalking.) There is no fee to file the notice.

North Carolina's court system, called the General Court of Justice, is a state-operated and state-funded unified court system. The General Court of Justice consists of three divisions: appellate, superior court, and district court.

The motion must be filed with the clerk of court in the district where the defendant was indicted, and be served on the district attorney. See G.S. 15A-1420(b1). The clerk must put the matter on the calendar, and promptly bring it to the attention of the senior resident superior or district court judge.