Article 18 of the Regulations on Household Registration in People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that citizens who change their names shall be handled in accordance with the following provisions:

1. When a person under the age of 18 needs to change his name, his parents or adopters shall apply to the household registration authority for registration of change;

Two, people who have reached the age of eighteen need to change their names, and I shall apply to the household registration authority for registration of change.

When I was in college, the average citizen had reached the age of 18, and I only needed to apply for change registration with the household registration authority.

The application materials required for renaming are: I or my parents apply; Household registration book; Reasons for name change and correction and relevant certificates.

Extended data:

Special reminder to the public to change their names.

Renaming must be cautious, because it will involve a series of problems such as your bank card, social security, medical insurance and property right certificate. If it is not handled well, it will also cause a lot of trouble.

1,/kloc-citizens under the age of 0/6 who want to change their current names, their parents or guardians shall hold their resident identity cards and household registration books, fill out an application report, and apply to the local police station where their household registration is located, and handle the change after being examined and approved by the police station.

2. Citizens who have reached the age of 16 and want to change their current names shall fill out an application report, hold their resident ID card, household registration book, original documents and relevant certificates (if there is a unit, they must have a resume or recruitment form of cadres and be verified by the unit, signed and sealed), apply to the local public security police station where the household registration is located, and report to the county-level public security organ for examination and approval before handling the change.

3. After the parents divorce, if one party requests to change the name of a minor child, it must be agreed by both parties through consultation and an agreement can be signed before applying for change.

4, after the parents divorced, one party died, and the other party remarried and asked to change the name of the minor children:

(1)/kloc-minors under the age of 6 18, whose main source of income is their own labor, can decide to change their names. If their father and stepmother, or their mother and stepfather want to change their names, they must get their consent;

(2)/kloc-If the father, stepmother, or mother and stepfather of a minor aged 0 or above agree to change the name of the minor through consultation, they shall obtain their consent;

(3) The name change of a minor under the age of 10 shall be decided by his father and stepmother or his mother and stepfather through consultation.

5. If a citizen requests to add a "previous name", the "previous name" that needs to be added must be the name that the citizen used when applying for registration in the household registration authority in the past.

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