On Friday the U.S. Supreme Court endorsed same-sex marriage nationwide. Effective Monday, same-sex married couples can get their names changed on their South Dakota driver licenses.

Officials say in a press release that the South Dakota Driver’s Licensing Program allows for a renewal or name change on a driver license or ID card that has a gold star. However there are certain requirements that need to be met. Individuals need to provide a South Dakota driver license or ID card and two documents proving residential address. Both of those documents must be less than one year old.

Non-US citizens and transfers from other states must provide proof of lawful status in the U.S.  Those documents can be a U.S. certified birth certificate, U.S. passport/passport card, certificate of citizenship/naturalization, permanent resident card, employment authorization card, or foreign passport with visa/I-94.

To document a name change, individuals are asked to bring documents that connect the name on the identity document they selected to their current full legal name. Selected documents can be more than one if needed to connect the name listed on the identity document to the current name.

Acceptable documents are: 1) Certified marriage certificate, 2) Court order under petition for name change, 3) Court order for name change in a divorce decree or decree of annulment or 4) Court order for name change in a decree of adoption.

Any marriage certificate must be issued by the South Dakota Office of Vital Statistics or equivalent agency in the state or country of marriage. It must be a certified copy and have the stamp or raised seal of the issuing authority. A church, chapel or similarly issued certifi¬cate is not acceptable.

Any court order must contain the person’s prior full legal name, court-ordered full legal name and date of birth. It must be stamped with the official court seal. Date stamps and file stamps are not the official court seal. Photocopies and faxes are not acceptable.

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