N.Y. Civil Rights Law § 64: Effect

§ 64. Effect. 1. If the order is entered, the petitioner shall be

known by the name which is thereby authorized to be assumed. If the

surname of a parent be changed as provided in this article, any minor

child of such parent at the time of such change may thereafter assume

such changed surname.

2. (a) If the petition states that the petitioner stands convicted of

a violent felony offense as defined in section 70.02 of the penal law or

a felony defined in article one hundred twenty-five of such law or any

of the following provisions of such law sections 130.25, 130.30, former

sections 130.40 and 130.45, sections 255.25, 255.26, 255.27, article two

hundred sixty-three, 135.10, 135.25, 230.05, 230.06, subdivision two of

section 230.30 or 230.32, the clerk of the court in which the order has

been entered shall deliver, by first class mail, a copy of such

certified order to the division of criminal justice services at its

office in the county of Albany and (b) if the petition states that the

petitioner is responsible for spousal support or child support

obligations pursuant to court order, upon review of the petitioner's

application for name change and subsequent inquiry, the court shall

order the petitioner to deliver, by first class mail, the petitioner's

new name with such certified order to the court of competent

jurisdiction which imposed the orders of support. If a party to the

order is receiving child support services pursuant to title six-A of

article three of the social services law, a copy shall be mailed to the

support collection unit of the applicable social services district

providing such services to a party. Such certification shall appear on

the original order and on any certified copy thereof and shall be

entered in the court's minutes of the proceeding.

3. A name change order or other government issued document or court

issued documentation of a name change shall be sufficient to change the

petitioner's name on any document or record issued or maintained by the

state of New York or any subdivision thereof, or any private entity,

including but not limited to, all school records for current and past

students, archival records and marriage certificates. This section shall

not apply when archival records cannot be accessed or when modifying

archival records is otherwise prohibited by law. Failure of a public or

private entity to comply with such a request may constitute a violation

of section two hundred ninety-six of the executive law, section forty-c

of this chapter and any applicable local non-discrimination law and may

be the basis for a complaint to the New York state division of human

rights and any other applicable enforcement entity.