Identity continuity

Name history & change-of-name verification

In Mauritius a change of name is authorised by the Attorney-General and registered by the Civil Status Division (section 55, Civil Status Act), with the application published in the Government Gazette. This tool verifies whether a former and a current name are linked through registered civil-status events — for deeds, successions and title continuity.

A change of name is a lawful process. Verification here records linkage evidence only and implies nothing about anyone's motives. A Gazette notice is a public notice of an application — never conclusive evidence of the final registered name.

The verification question

The register cannot be browsed. Verification answers one controlled question: does this former name link to this current name? You may verify your own history (verified account required); verifying another person requires a notary account with a dossier and a consent/authority reference.

Current full name

Former full name

Date of birth (recommended)

Purpose

I am verifying my own name history

Succession — heir identity-continuity schedule (notaries)

For a succession where the deceased or heirs appear under former names: enter each heir's claimed current name and the name on their civil-status record. The platform assembles the evidence chain per heir — registered events, Gazette-only applications, restricted events flagged for notary-only handling — and draws no conclusion: identity continuity is established solely by your recorded confirmation for each heir.

Dossier reference

Deceased — name on the deed

Heirs — one per line: claimed current name | name on civil-status record | relationship

For notaries. Historical deed matching (a 1998 deed in the former name against today's claimed identity) and screening alias expansion are available from your workspace and the API. Deed-match results are evidence for your review — they never amend a deed or establish identity by themselves. Where no record is found in the platform-loaded datasets, absence is not evidence of absence: a manual search of official sources remains required until authorised government integration exists.