SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)  MAY 12, 2000
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                     THE FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION
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             (Exact Name of the Registrant as Specified in Charter)

CALIFORNIA                         0-3658                        95-1068610
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(State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission                   (IRS Employer
of Incorporation)               File Number)                 Identification No.)

1 FIRST AMERICAN WAY, SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA                     92707-5913
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                       (Zip Code)

Registrants telephone number, including area code  (714) 800-3000
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                 THE FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION
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         (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)




ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS.

          The First American Financial  Corporation,  a California  corporation,
          has changed its name to "The First American  Corporation."  The change
          of name became  effective on May 12, 2000,  which is the date on which
          the Company  submitted a  Certificate  of  Amendment  of its  Restated
          Articles of Incorporation to the office of the California Secretary of
          State  for  filing.  The  Board of  Directors  and a  majority  of the
          outstanding  common  shares  previously  approved  the name  change in
          accordance with applicable  provisions of the California  Corporations
          Code.

          The Company's symbol on the New York Stock Exchange remains "FAF."



ITEM 7.   EXHIBITS.

          Exhibit  3.1   Certificate  of  Amendment  of  Restated   Articles  of
                         Incorporation.






                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



Dated:  June 12, 2000                    THE FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION



                                         By:     /s/ Mark R Arnesen
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                                            Name:  Mark R Arnesen
                                            Title: Vice President and Secretary











                                   EXHIBIT 3.1


                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                       RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                    THE FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION

                            A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION

The undersigned certify that:

1.   They  are the  president  and the  secretary,  respectively,  of The  First
     American Financial Corporation, a California corporation.

2.   Article FIRST of the Restated Articles of Incorporation of this corporation
     is amended to read in full as follows:

          "FIRST:  The  name of said  Corporation  shall be The  First  American
          Corporation."

3.   The foregoing amendment has been approved by the board of directors of this
     corporation.

4.   The foregoing  amendment was approved by the required vote of  shareholders
     in  accordance  with  Sections 902 and 903 of the  California  Corporations
     Code. The total number of outstanding  shares entitled to vote with respect
     to the foregoing amendment was 62,950,988 Common shares. The number of such
     Common  shares  voting  in  favor of the  foregoing  amendment  equaled  or
     exceeded the vote required.  The percentage  vote required was more than 50
     percent. No Preferred shares are outstanding.

Each of the  undersigned  declares  under penalty of perjury that the statements
set forth in the foregoing certificate are true and correct of his own knowledge
and that this  declaration  was  executed at Santa Ana,  California,  on May 11,
2000.



                                                /s/ Parker S. Kennedy
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                                              Parker S. Kennedy
                                              President



                                                /s/ Mark R Arnesen
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                                              Mark R Arnesen
                                              Secretary