<section number="53-3-216"><effdate>5/7/2025</effdate><histories><history>Amended by Chapter <modchap sess="2025GS">291</modchap>, 2025 General Session</history><modyear>2025</modyear></histories><catchline>Change of address -- Duty of licensee to notify division within 10 days -- Change of name -- Proof necessary -- Method of giving notice by division.</catchline><subsection number="53-3-216(1)"><subsection number="53-3-216(1)(a)">Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), if an individual, after applying for or receiving a license, moves from the address named in the application or in the license certificate issued to the individual, the individual shall, within 10 days after the day on which the individual moves, notify the division in a manner specified by the division of the individual's new address and the number of any license certificate held by the individual.</subsection><subsection number="53-3-216(1)(b)">If an individual who is required to register as a sex offender, kidnap offender, or child abuse offender under Title 53, Chapter 29, Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry, after applying for or receiving a license, moves from the address named in the application or in the license certificate issued to the individual, the individual shall, within 30 days after the day on which the individual moves, apply for an updated license in-person at a division office.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="53-3-216(2)">If an applicant requests to change the surname on the applicant's license, the division shall issue a substitute license with the new name upon receiving an application and fee for a duplicate license and any of the following proofs of the applicant's full legal name:<subsection number="53-3-216(2)(a)">an original or certified copy of the applicant's marriage certificate;</subsection><subsection number="53-3-216(2)(b)">a certified copy of a court order under Title 42, Chapter 1, Change of Name, showing the name change;</subsection><subsection number="53-3-216(2)(c)">an original or certified copy of a birth certificate issued by a government agency;</subsection><subsection number="53-3-216(2)(d)">a certified copy of a divorce decree or annulment granted the applicant that specifies the name change requested; or</subsection><subsection number="53-3-216(2)(e)">a certified copy of a divorce decree that does not specify the name change requested together with:<subsection number="53-3-216(2)(e)(i)">an original or certified copy of the applicant's birth certificate;</subsection><subsection number="53-3-216(2)(e)(ii)">the applicant's marriage license;</subsection><subsection number="53-3-216(2)(e)(iii)">a driver license record showing use of a maiden name; or</subsection><subsection number="53-3-216(2)(e)(iv)">other documentation the division finds acceptable.</subsection></subsection></subsection><subsection number="53-3-216(3)"><subsection number="53-3-216(3)(a)">If the division is authorized or required to give a notice under this chapter or other law regulating the operation of vehicles, the notice shall, unless otherwise prescribed, be given by:<subsection number="53-3-216(3)(a)(i)">personal delivery to the individual to be notified; or</subsection><subsection number="53-3-216(3)(a)(ii)">deposit in the United States mail with postage prepaid, addressed to the individual at the individual's address as shown by the records of the division.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="53-3-216(3)(b)">The giving of notice by mail is complete upon the expiration of four days after the deposit of the notice.</subsection><subsection number="53-3-216(3)(c)">Proof of the giving of notice in either manner may be made by the certificate of an officer or employee of the division or affidavit of an individual 18 years old or older, naming the individual to whom the notice was given and specifying the time, place, and manner of giving the notice.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="53-3-216(4)">The division may use state mailing or United States Postal Service information to:<subsection number="53-3-216(4)(a)">verify an address on an application or on records of the division; and</subsection><subsection number="53-3-216(4)(b)">correct mailing addresses in the division's records.</subsection></subsection><subsection number="53-3-216(5)">A violation of the provisions of Subsection (1) is an infraction.</subsection></section>