Family

Registration of birth and issuance of a first-time birth certificate

Responsible

Dzimtsarakstu nodaļa (64607178)

Brief description

The birth of a child within one month must be communicated to any Registry of the General Registry. The Civil Registry Office shall make an entry in the birth register and issue birth certificates.
If the parents of the child have not registered mutual marriage, the information regarding the father in the birth documents of the child may be recorded by submitting a joint application for the recognition of parental paternity in the General Registry Office, or on the basis of a court judgment regarding the determination of paternity or the determination of the fact of paternity. Receipt of services documents required:
Birth Factor Registration:

  1. medical certificate issued by a medical treatment institution or medical practitioner regarding the birth of a child – the original shall be submitted;
  2. joint submission of the mother of a child of a child, mother of a child's mother or mother of a child and the mother of a child of a child and the biological father of a child – to submit an original;
  3. certified true copy of the judgment in force: the original must be presented;
  4. parental passport or identity cards - presentation of the original;
  5. if the birth fact is already registered, the birth certificate of the child must be submitted.

Service request channels: present - register the birth fact of a child in any General Registry office, one or both parents of the child arrive. If the marriage of the parents of the child is not registered, but the parents wish to record the information regarding the father in the documents of birth of the child, informing regarding the birth of the child, both parents or the mother of the child, the mother of the child of the child, or the ex-husband of the child and the biological father of the child shall submit a joint application for recognition of paternity.

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Registration of the fact of death and issuance of a first-time death certificate

Responsible

Dzimtsarakstu nodaļa (64607178)

Brief description

The fact of death of a person not later than within six working days from the time when death or the deceased was found shall be notified to any branch of the General Registry. The staff of the General Registry Office shall register the death certificate in the mortality register and issue a death certificate.
The service request channels: the presence of the deceased (spouse or other family members) shall be indicated in the Registry of the Natural List of Death Events, submitting a medical certificate issued by the medical treatment institution or medical practitioner regarding the cause of death, supporting documents of the deceased (if available). If the fact of death has been determined by a court, a copy of the court judgment must be submitted. The applicant must present a personal identification document. A representative of the institution of fact of death/funeral office, social worker etc./or another legal person shall notify in writing.
Receipt of services documents required:

  1. medical certificate issued by a medical treatment institution or medical practitioner regarding the cause of death - the original shall be submitted;
  2. identification document of the applicant: the original must be presented;
  3. a judgment of a court regarding the determination of the fact of death or the announcement of a person regarding a certified true copy of a deceased shall be submitted by the original;
  4. documents confirming the deceased (if available) - originals
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Overburst permit

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Legal and record-keeping unit

The form

Application Form

Brief description

The removal of dead body residues in another location may be authorised by the municipality of Rezekne.

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Marriage registration and issue of a marriage certificate

Responsible

Dzimtsarakstu nodaļa (64607178)

Form

Application Form

Brief description

Persons who wish to marry, it must submit a joint submission of the registry office. If the marriage is intended to be registered in a church, the General Registry Office shall issue a statement regarding the examination of documents necessary for registration of the marriage. The marriages of marriages shall be registered not earlier than one month and no later than six months. A marriage certificate is issued after registration of the marriage. Receipt of services documents required:

  1. Personal identification document valid in Latvia - presentation of the original;
  2. persons who have previously been in another marriage must present a certificate of death of a former spouse or a divorce certificate, an extract or a certificate from a divorce act, a court judgment in force, by which a marriage has been divorced or declared invalid, an extract or a certificate from the register of marriages with a mark of such judgment — the original shall be shown;
  3. if a person who wishes to marry is a minor – the consent of the parents or guardians of the minor, or a written permit of the Orphan's court, the original shall be submitted;
  4. a document issued to a foreigner – a document issued by the competent authority of the relevant state regarding the absence of obstacles to the entering into of a marriage in the Republic of Latvia – the document must be legalised and translated in the language of Latvia – the original shall be submitted.

Persons who wish to enter into a marriage shall submit a submission of a specified sample, accompanied by the necessary documents, and agree with an official of the General Registry Office regarding the date, time and place of entering into the marriage.

A submission regarding entering into a marriage may also be submitted electronically by sending an e-mail address to the General Registry office in which the marriage is sought, if both persons have signed a secure electronic signature and have a time stamp

The official shall register the marriage of persons, in the presence of persons who enter into marriage and two adult witnesses, within the time period and in place of the General Registry Officer.

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Re-issue of documents certifying civil status documents

Responsible

Dzimtsarakstu nodaļa (64607178)

The form

Application for the receipt of a document confirming the registration of a marriage
Submission for receipt of a document certifying registration of birth
Submission for Receipt of a Document confirming the Registration of a Death

Brief description

Persons who need to re-receive marriage, birth or death certificates may receive them in any Registry office, submitting a submission and presenting a personal identification document (authorised persons – a mandate). Receipt of services documents required:

  1. passport or identity card - presentation of the original;
  2. the authorised person must present the original of the mandate;
  3. submission - original to be submitted

Payments related to the receipt of the service:
24.09.2013. CABINET Regulation No. 906 “Regulations on the State fee for registration of civil status documents” – EUR 7,00

Notes (regarding the time period of receipt of the service and payments related to the deadline): the re-issue of documents certifying civil status shall take place within one month from the receipt of the application and after payment of the State fee.

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Repair, replenishment, renewal and cancellation of records of civil status registers

Responsible

Dzimtsarakstu nodaļa (64607178)

Brief description

The civil status registration document is the wrong message, or correction of errors and correcting the register of civil status documents issued by the person on the basis for the entry on the birth, marriage or death certificates. The civil registration documents padding is the missing message recording register of civil status documents and on the basis for the entry in the declaration by the person. The civil status registration document, if the update is in the civil status register has been destroyed. Cancellation of the civil registration documents shall be carried out if there are two registers on the same facts. Receipt of services documents required:

  1. Personal identification document valid in Latvia - presentation of the original;
  2. the submission, indicating the reason for correcting, replenishment, renewal or cancellation of the register of civil status records, shall be submitted;
  3. documents supporting the change of register or certified certified copies thereof - shall be presented in the original;
  4. the documents in which the changes are to be made — originals must be submitted;
  5. receipt for payment of the State fee - original

Payments related to the receipt of the service:
State fee for supplementation, correction, renewal or cancellation of entries in civil status registers – 7 EURO (Regulation No. 906 OF THE CABINET of MINISTERS of 24.9.2013, regulations regarding the State fee for registration of civil status documents)

Notes (on the date of receipt of the service and payments related to the deadline): the State fee must be paid before the correction and receipt of the document.

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Issuance of a certificate or copy of a register from civil status documents

Responsible

Dzimtsarakstu nodaļa (64607178)

The form

Application for the receipt of a document confirming the registration of a marriage
Submission for receipt of a document certifying registration of birth
Submission for Receipt of a Document confirming the Registration of a Death

Brief description

Persons who need to receive information from civil status documents or a copy of the register may be received in any Registry office, submitting a submission and presenting a personal identification document (authorised persons – a mandate).

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Change the name, surname, and nationality record

Responsible

Dzimtsarakstu nodaļa (64607178)

The form

Application Form

Brief description

A person may change the name, surname and nationality in accordance with the procedures laid down in law. The General Registry Office shall, upon receipt of the submission and other documents, prepare an opinion regarding the change of name, surname or nationality and transfer it to the General Registry Department of the Ministry of Justice for the issuance of a permit.

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