- Certificate
- $20 each · Clark County
- License
- $8.50 · DMV
- Wait after SSA
- 2+ business days
- Credential deadline
- None published
Assumes: Clark County copy benchmark plus a noncommercial driver license.
The DMV wants the filed certificate, not the license you signed at the ceremony.
Nevada guideThe receipt
- Certificate
- $25 with search, $2 after
- License
- $11 · MVC
- Wait after SSA
- No interval published in reviewed source
- Credential deadline
- Report within 2 weeks of legal name change
Assumes: State OVS first-and-additional-copy route plus a corrected credential; municipal fees vary.
The $25 state OVS route includes the search; municipal issuing-office fees can differ.
New Jersey guideThe receipt
- Certificate
- $10 each · town or city clerk
- License
- $12.50 · DMV, by mail
- Wait after SSA
- No interval published in reviewed source
- Credential deadline
- None published
Assumes: Outside-NYC issuing-clerk copies plus an eligible Standard driver license change by mail.
NYC marriages use the City Clerk, on its own fee schedule.
New York guideThe receipt
- Certificate
- $10 each, set by statute
- License
- $16.75 · DMV
- Wait after SSA
- 24 to 36 hours
- Credential deadline
- Within 60 days of name change
Assumes: Two statutory certified copies plus a duplicate credential.
One of the few states with a real deadline on the license.
North Carolina guideThe receipt
- Certificate
- $2 each, certified abstract
- License
- $29 · BMV
- Wait after SSA
- No interval published in reviewed source
- Credential deadline
- None published
Assumes: Two statutory certified abstracts plus a driver license transaction; confirm recipient acceptance.
The $2 copy is an abstract. Confirm each agency accepts it.
Ohio guideThe receipt
- Certificate
- $20 each · Allegheny benchmark
- License
- $0 correction · PennDOT
- Wait after SSA
- No interval published in reviewed source
- Credential deadline
- Written notice within 15 days
Assumes: Allegheny County copy benchmark plus the no-fee correction-only credential route.
A correction-only credential is free. Optional title replacement totals conflict in official sources: $67 or $72; confirm before paying.
Pennsylvania guideThe receipt
- Certificate
- $15 each · state office
- License
- $8 first duplicate
- Wait after SSA
- No interval published in reviewed source
- Credential deadline
- None published
Assumes: Two state-office copies plus a first standard Class D duplicate.
Your first duplicate is $8. It rises to $12 after that.
Tennessee guideThe receipt
- Certificate
- $6 each · Harris Co. benchmark
- License
- $11 · DPS
- Wait after SSA
- No interval published in reviewed source
- Credential deadline
- Office visit within 30 days
Assumes: Harris County one-page copy benchmark plus a replacement credential.
Texas requires an in-office credential update within 30 days; the certificate amount is a Harris County benchmark.
Texas guideThe receipt
- Certificate
- $15 each, effective July 2026
- License
- $20 · DMV
- Wait after SSA
- No interval published in reviewed source
- Credential deadline
- None published
Assumes: Two state vital-record copies plus a standard replacement driver license.
DMV outlets can issue the certificate too, with a small add-on.
Virginia guideThe receipt
- Certificate
- $25 each · state DOH
- License
- $20 · DOL
- Wait after SSA
- No interval published in reviewed source
- Credential deadline
- None published
Assumes: State DOH record route plus a revised credential; recent records may use the county.
Very recent records start at the county auditor, not the state.
Washington guideThe receipt