This page contains information related to name changes in Centre County Pennsylvania, for transgender people seeking name changes. The page contains a software tool which can generate a name change petition for you. Name change petitions are submitted to the prothonotary's office.

Generally, people who wish to submit name change petitions will bring three copies of a document like the one this software creates, along with three completed cover sheets, to the prothonotary's office, along with a valid applicant fingerprint card (FD-258) made by an identity service.

This page is not provided, validated, or endorsed by any government entity.

This software generates printable documents directly in your browser, without transmitting personal information you enter in the form to any remote server. Because none of your personally identifiable information is ever transmitted to the website hosting this software, this information is not (and cannot be) collected.

Communication between your web client and the server hosting this software is subject to the terms and conditions of the web host.

This website contains software that you, in your own discretion, may use to create a name change petition. The software is provided to you with NO WARRANTY of any kind, either expressed, implied, or statutory. All risk in using the software is with you.

The creators of the software are not licensed to practice law and are not legal experts. The software contains templates of legal documents that you may, in your own discretion, fill out and use. These templates are supplied as general information only, are provided for educational purposes, and do not constitute legal advice from the creators or web hosts of this software to you. We make no warranty as to the legal validity of documents created using this software, and cannot advise you on the applicability of these documents to your legal circumstances. If you want legal advice, you must consult a qualified and licensed expert.