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Certified Slovak Name Change Document Translation
Certified translation of the documents that record a change of name in Slovakia, including the marginal annotations and registry endorsements that carry the legal effect and that a reader unfamiliar with the system will otherwise skip.
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The matrika, and when a declaration is enough
Slovakia grants a change of name through the matrika, the registry office, under the act on the name and surname. Several changes need only a declaration rather than a permission — reverting to a birth surname after divorce, or a woman electing a surname without the feminine ending.
Which route was used is on the face of the instrument, and we translate it as a declaration or a decision rather than flattening both into "approval".
The -ová ending, and the option to drop it
Slovak surnames take -ová in the feminine, so a woman in the Horváth family is Horváthová. Slovak law allows a woman to record her surname without that ending, and many women abroad do.
So Horváth and Horváthová in one packet are one family name and possibly one person before and after a registered change. We reproduce both and state the relationship rather than leaving the reader to guess.
Rodné číslo, and the rodný list
The rodné číslo encodes date of birth and sex and survives a change of name; the rodný list is the birth certificate and is reissued showing the current name.
For a name change the useful document is the one carrying the annotation or the decision itself, because a reissued rodný list may show only the new name.
Diacritics, and records before 1993
Slovak diacritics are reproduced and a stripped passport rendering noted. Records from before 1993 name Czechoslovakia and may have been registered by an office now in the Czech Republic.
We name the registering authority as printed rather than modernising it. See our Slovak page.
Ordering, and what the certification covers
Upload the document, choose certified translation at $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, and it comes back typically within 24 hours as a PDF formatted to mirror the original, with a signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead. Marginal annotations are translated in place, in the margin, so the reader can see that the change was recorded against the original entry rather than written into a fresh document. See how we translate and certified versus standard.
Frequently asked questions
Declaration or decision?
Both exist. Reverting to a birth surname or dropping the feminine ending is usually a declaration; other changes need a permission.
Horváth or Horváthová?
One family name. Slovak law allows a woman to record the form without -ová, and the change is a registered one.
My reissued rodný list shows only my new name.
Then send the decision or declaration itself, which is what evidences the change.
My record names Czechoslovakia.
Ordinary before 1993. We name the registering office as printed.
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