(1) If the District Court, Family Court, or Circuit Court, as authorized by KRS § 401.020, orders any person’s name to be changed under this chapter, a copy of the order shall be certified by the clerk of that court to the county clerk, for record.
(2) The county clerk shall keep an alphabetical index for each book of records, referring to the page on which each person’s name change appears, and giving the name from and to which it is changed.

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Effective: March 22, 2013
History: Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 89, sec. 4, effective March 22, 2013. — Amended
1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 398, effective January 2, 1978. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 3720.