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(a) Each application for change of name must be notarized and must provide the following information about the applicant:
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(1) The applicant’s name and current address;
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(2) The date and place of birth of the applicant, and if known, the applicant’s father’s name, the applicant’s mother’s maiden name, and where the applicant has resided since birth;
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(3) If the applicant is married, the name of the applicant’s spouse, and if the applicant has children, the names and ages of each child and where the child resides;
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(4) A statement that the applicant is a bona fide resident of and domiciled in the Virgin Islands;
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(5) A statement as to whether the applicant has outstanding child support or tax obligations;
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(6) If the applicant is over sixteen years of age, the results of a state and national criminal history check conducted by the Virgin Islands Department of Justice, State Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation or a Channeler approved by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, within 90 days of the date of the application;
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(7) The applicant’s occupation and where the applicant is employed and has been employed for five years preceding the filing of the application for change of name;
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(8) If the applicant attended graduate school, the names of all graduate schools attended, the date of graduation, and degrees received;
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(9) Whether the applicant has ever been arrested for or charged with, pled guilty or nolo contendere to, or been found to have committed a criminal offense, regardless of adjudication, and if so, when and where;
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(10) Whether the applicant has ever been adjudicated bankrupt and if so, where and when;
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(11) Whether the applicant’s civil rights have ever been suspended or, if the applicant’s civil rights have been suspended, the date on which full restoration of civil rights occurred; and
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(12) Whether the applicant has been generally known or called by any other names or aliases and if so, by what names or aliases and where and when.
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(b) Application for change of name may be heard and determined by the superior court. No lawful change of the name of a person, except a woman upon her marriage or divorce, or upon the adoption of a child, shall be made unless for sufficient reasons not inconsistent with the public interest and satisfactory to the court.