(a) The court shall order a change of name under this subchapter for a person other than a person with a final felony conviction or a person subject to the registration requirements of Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, if the change is in the interest or to the benefit of the petitioner and in the interest of the public.(b) A court may order a change of name under this subchapter for a person with a final felony conviction if:
(1) in addition to the requirements of Subsection (a), the person has:
(A) received a certificate of discharge by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or completed a period of community supervision or juvenile probation ordered by a court and not less than two years have passed from the date of the receipt of discharge or completion of community supervision or juvenile probation; or (B) been pardoned; or (2) the person is requesting to change the person’s name to the primary name used in the person’s criminal history record information. (c) A court may order a change of name under this subchapter for a person subject to the registration requirements of Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, if the person:
(1) meets the requirements of Subsection (a) or is requesting to change the person’s name to the primary name used in the person’s criminal history record information; and (2) provides the court with proof that the person has notified the appropriate local law enforcement authority of the proposed name change. (d) In this section:
(1) “Criminal history record information” has the meaning assigned by Section 411.082, Government Code. (2) “Local law enforcement authority” has the meaning assigned by Article 62.001, Code of Criminal Procedure.
Tex. Fam. Code ยง 45.103
Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 232,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2019.Amended By Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87, Sec. 25.057, eff. September 1, 2009.Amended By Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008, Sec. 2.06, eff. September 1, 2005.Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1300, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
