The UK Deed Poll Office

Can I get a copy of my Deed Poll?

There are three main ways of obtaining a copy of an original Deed Poll (Deed of Change of Name).

1. Go back to the original supplier. Typically for older name changes (pre circa 2000) this will have been a Solicitor. However if your name change was more recent then it may have been through an online company such as ourselves.

If the original supplier doesn't have a copy, the Deed was not enrolled or the original supplier is no longer in business then please see point three below.

2. Search the National Archives. This is only possible if the original Deed was 'enrolled', in which case the Deed would have been lodged in the Enrolment Books of the Supreme Court of Judicature at the Royal Courts of Justice.

After approximately five years the Deed would have been moved from the Royal Courts of Justice to the National Archives. You can search the National Archives in person or for a fee they will commission a search on your behalf.

Alternatively, if the Deed was enrolled a notice of the name change would have also been published in the London, Edinburgh or Belfast Gazette. You can search for such notices online via www.gazettes-online.co.uk.

3. Obtain a 'new' Deed Poll. We can provide a new Deed which will show your names as they were written on your original Deed but with an amendment to show that the 'new name' has been in use since a certain date.

We issue many of these replacement Deeds for clients who have been asked to obtain a 'copy' of their original name change by for example the Identity & Passport Service (IPS).

Obtaining a replacement Deed is very easy and you simply need to put the date of your original name change next to your old name on the adult order form.

Related Pages:

• Order Now
• What is the Deed Poll process?

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