Legal Question in Consumer Law in Virginia

Re: name change for business purposes

The website for the courts of Virginia is www.courts.state.va.us

You will find many forms there, for free.

An application for a change of name for an adult can be found at:

http://www.courts.state.va.us/forms/circuit/cc1411.pdf

You can call the Clerk of the CIRCUIT Court for the County in which you reside and ask them the filing fee, if any. It will be minor.

However, I believe there are additional steps involved, such as showing that you are not changing your name to escape a criminal charge, that sort of thing. If you are determined to save money, you can certainly try it and they will tell you if you left something out.

For that reason, I am not a fan of companies selling legal forms (even though I strongly defend people's freedom to do it and as much freedom as possible).

At least 50% of the important tasks and considerations are NOT what is in the form, but knowing how and where to use the form. And knowing which form to use.

You also have to beware of the fact that many legal forms you can buy from companies are written generally nation-wide, but each State has its own format and its own rules.