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Changing your last name after getting married can be daunting, and even a newlywed’s happy glow is no match against long lines at the DMV. But an online service has popped up to make the surname switch as easy as a few clicks of a mouse.

MissNowMrs.com offers to guide new brides through the name change process in as little as 30 minutes. The site has researched all of the legal requirements in each state to provide users the most up to date forms and filing instructions all in one place. More than 15 different items, from your passport to your driver’s license to even your insurance coverage, can be updated simultaneously with their $29.95 package.

If you’ve got a number of name change notifications to send out, the service could be a lifesaver, helping to remind you about items you may have overlooked, like your voter registration, and making the forms available in a single location. But MissNowMrs.com isn’t a fairy godmother who alleviates paperwork pain with the wave of a magic wand. You still have to fill out and print the forms, and then mail or hand deliver them to the appropriate agencies and companies, since the filing process isn’t completed online. You can likely find many of the forms online for free, but the service removes the hassle of searching for them and keeping track of which ones you’ve completed. Check out some reviews of the site here.

Providing so much personal information to a website gives many of us pause, but MissNowMrs.com assures users that their data is protected by a password login, encryption and rigorous security testing. If you’d rather not enter certain information, you can always hand write it on the forms instead.

Sigh, the red tape that follows a white wedding.