Changing one’s surname after divorce to one’s previous surname after the deadline has passed

Where you can sort this out

Příbram Town Hall, Civil Affairs Department, Registry Office

Other necessary documents, information, etc.

• identity card,
• marriage certificate,
• divorce decree bearing a certificate of finality.

Basic information

A spouse who took the other spouse’s surname upon marriage may, within six months of the divorce decree becoming final, notify the registry office that they are reverting to their former surname, or, where applicable, that they are ceasing to use the joint surname alongside their former surname. If they miss the six-month deadline following the divorce decree becoming final, they may apply to the relevant registry office for permission to change their surname. A spouse who has resumed their former surname is both entitled and obliged to use that surname from the time the registry office that received the notification issues a confirmation of this fact. The application must be submitted to the registry office corresponding to the applicant’s place of permanent residence. 

Processing time

30 days.

Who is entitled to submit an application, notification, etc.

The applicant for a change of surname is the person who took their spouse’s surname upon marriage.

Form – where to obtain it

Available from the Příbram Municipal Office, Registry Department.

Legislation governing the procedure

• Act No. 301/2000 Coll., on civil registers, first names and surnames, and on amendments to certain related acts,
• Decree No. 207/2001 Coll., implementing Act No. 301/2000 Coll. on civil registers, forenames and surnames, and amending certain related acts,
• Act No. 89/2012 Coll., the Civil Code.
• Act No. 634/2004 Coll., on administrative fees,
• Act No. 500/2004 Coll. on administrative proceedings.

Administrative (or other) fee

The administrative fee is 300 CZK