How legal is a deed poll?
How legal is a deed poll? A Deed Poll is a legal document – not a certificate. It is a form of legal contract but it differs from legal contracts between two or more parties in that it only concerns one person (and it is only signed by that person in the presence of a witness). Does deed poll change your birth certificate? Deed poll is a legal way of getting evidence of a name change but it does not change the name on a birth certificate. If your child's name is changed by deed poll you will need to...