You are required by law to notify the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles within 30 days of any change to your address or name.
You must apply in person in order to have your name changed on your license or non-driver ID card. To obtain a corrected license, please provide the following documentation:
You can update your address on file in just a few minutes with DMV Express. You can also choose to update your voting address. (Please note that updating your voting address is not immediate and may take 4-6 weeks.)
What you'll need:
To document your Social Security Number, present one of the following original documents that contain your current name (photocopies or faxes will NOT be accepted):
Your SSN will not be listed on your Driver's License or ID. The Vermont DMV will assign you a unique Driver's License or ID number.
If your name is different than the one shown on your birth certificate or other document used to establish identity and date of birth, you must provide certified copies of the legal documents that connect the name on the document used to establish identity and date of birth to your current name. The following documents are acceptable.
Court-ordered name change
This includes:
The title to be changed must contain owner information that matches the owner information on the current vehicle registration. You must complete a registration application form (form #VD-119) providing an updated vehicle odometer reading and updated owner information. Each individual currently listed on the title must sign on the back of the title (as "sellers") and fill in the name of the "buyer(s)". If there are two owners you must indicate the relationship of the two owners.
