Changing my name on my title

From 5 October 2009 to change your name as registered owner of your land you will need to lodge at LPI a Change of Name form 10CN (PDF 111 kb) along with two forms of documentary evidence (see LPI Circular 2009/08 PDF 70 kb) and a Notice of Sale or Transfer of Land (NOS) form where the parties changing their name will remain on title following registration.

The previous practice of accepting a statutory declaration as an alternative to lodgment of a change of name form will cease where the parties changing their names will continue to be registered on title.

There are numerous ways by which a person may have changed their name. It may have been by:

  • Marriage/divorce or
  • naturalisation or
  • use and repute (adopting and exclusively using a name for a period of at least one year) or
  • recording a change of name at the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

I have changed my name by use and repute but have not registered a Deed Poll or Instrument Evidencing Change of Name. What evidence do I need?

Where you have changed your name without registering a Deed Poll or Instrument Evidencing Change of Name you must state the full circumstances under which you have used your new name at part 3 on the statutory declaration. Plus two other forms of documentary evidence as indicated in LPI Circular 2009/08 (PDF 70 kb).

I have changed my name by registering a Deed Poll or Instrument Evidencing Change of Name. What evidence do I need?

In Item 3 of the statutory declaration you must include the registration number of the Deed Poll or Instrument Evidencing Change of Name and state that the person named in the Deed Poll or Instrument Evidencing Change of Name is identical with the person recorded as registered proprietor. Plus one other form of documentary evidence from List B as indicated in LPI Circular 2009/08 (PDF 70 kb).

I have changed my name by marriage. What evidence do I need?

Where you have changed your name by marriage it is sufficient to complete part 2 of the statutory declaration stating the date and place of your marriage and the name of your spouse. Plus one other form of documentary evidence from List B as indicated in LPI Circular 2009/08 (PDF 70 kb).

I have changed by name by naturalisation. What evidence do I need?

Where you have changed your name by naturalisation you must attach a copy (certified by a Justice of the Peace or Solicitor to be a true copy) of the naturalisation certificate to the form. You should also state in part 3 of the statutory declaration that you changed your name by naturalisation and the date and place that the naturalisation took place. Plus one other form of documentary evidence from List B as indicated in LPI Circular 2009/08 (PDF 70 kb).

I have changed my name by recording a change of name at the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. What evidence do I need?

Where you have changed your name by recording your change of name at the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, a full copy (certified by a Justice of the Peace or Solicitor to be a true copy) of your Birth Certificate or your Change of Name Certificate must be attached to the form. You should also state in part 3 of the Statutory Declaration that you recorded your change of name at the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Plus one other form of documentary evidence from List B as indicated in LPI Circular 2009/08 (PDF 70 kb).

I have changed my name and was born overseas but do not have evidence indicated in List A of LPI Circular 2009/08. What evidence do I need?

In circumstances where a proprietor, who is staying on title, wishes to change their name, two forms of documentary evidence from List B in LPI Circular 2009/08 (PDF 70 kb) is required.