Making Changes to Your Current Commissioner for WV Appointment

Address Changes

If you move (or change employment) and can no longer be reached at the address listed on your rubber stamp seal, you must file a change of address.

Take these steps:

Complete the Commissioner for WV Name and/or Address Change application (Form CWV-3). There is NO FEE to file the address change.
Order a new rubber stamp seal with your new address and your current expiration date.

Name Changes

If you change your legal name through marriage or by court action, you must file the name change within thirty (30) days through the Secretary of State (per West Virginia Code §39-4-22).

Take these steps:

Complete the Commissioner for WV Name and/or Address Change application (Form CWV-3). There is NO FEE to file the address change.
Order a new rubber stamp seal with your new address and your current expiration date.
While you are waiting for the change to be processed, sign acknowledgements using your new name, and write under your signature "Commissioned as" and your old name. Continue to use your old stamp until the new one is approved, then destroy the old stamp.

Name and Address Changes

You may change both name and address with a single filing by completing the Commissioner for WV Name and/or Address Change application (Form CWV-3). Follow the steps outlined above for each change requested. There is NO FEE to file the name and address changes.

Reporting a Lost or Stolen Stamping Device

If your stamping device is lost or stolen, the commissioner or the commissioner's personal representative or guardian shall notify promptly the Secretary of State on discovering the device is lost or stolen [per West Virginia Code §39-4-18(b)]. Complete Commissioner for WV Recording Lost or Stolen Seal (Form CWV-4). There is NO FEE to report a lost or stolen stamping device.

Resignation

If you leave West Virginia, or otherwise decide to resign your commission, you must resign in writing and disable the stamping device by destroying, defacing, damaging, erasing or securing it against use in a manner that renders it unusable [per West Virginia Code §39-4-18(a)]. Complete Commissioner for WV Resignation (Form CWV-5). There is NO FEE to file the resignation.

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