# NC-300

<div class="callout info">This page assumes you want to change both your name and gender, and that you want to update your birth certificate. If not, it should be self-explanatory which options need to be changed.</div>
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The [NC-300](https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/nc300.pdf) form is your actual request to change your name and gender. Start by filling out the header as detailed [here](https://thecodex.gay/books/california/page/header), and then do the following:

- Under **PETITION FOR RECOGNITION OF CHANGE OF GENDER AND SEX IDENTIFIER**, check the two boxes labeled `AND CHANGE OF NAME`, and `AND ISSUANCE OF NEW CERTIFICATES`.
- For number 1, put your current legal name next to **(present name)**, and check the box for which gender you want to change to.
- Check the box for number 4 and put the name you want to switch to after **(proposed name)**
  - For `a`, check the box labeled `resides in this county`
  - Check the box for `b`
  - Check the box for `c`
- Check the box for number 5
  - Check the box for `a`, as well as the `and change of name` box under `a`.
- For the checkboxes in the declaration paragraph, check the box for the gender that you want to switch to.

### Example

Here's what your form should look like once it's finished (Everything I added is in red for emphasis. Use black when you're filling your form out):

[![nc300-1.webp](https://thecodex.gay/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/nc300-1.webp)](https://thecodex.gay/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/nc300-1.webp)

[![nc300-2.webp](https://thecodex.gay/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/scaled-1680-/nc300-2.webp)](https://thecodex.gay/uploads/images/gallery/2025-07/nc300-2.webp)