Issue a marriage certificate
Source: BUS Rheinland-PfalzThe marriage is recorded (notarized) in the marriage register at the registry office. On the basis of this notarization - as long as the register entry has not yet been saved, also on the basis of a transcript - the registry office issues a marriage certificate upon request.
The following are included in a marriage certificate
- the first names and surnames of the spouses,
- the place and date of their birth and
- the place and date of the marriage.
If the marriage is dissolved, this is stated at the end of the marriage certificate.
A certified printout from the marriage register can also be issued.
The marriage certificate is usually issued by the registry office that keeps the marriage register with the marriage entry.
The personal data in the civil status register is subject to data protection. Marriage certificates can therefore only be issued
- for persons to whom the entry relates
and their
- spouse or spouses,
- civil partner (within the meaning of the Civil Partnership Act) as well as
- ancestors and descendants.
Other persons, including close relatives such as siblings, aunts and uncles, will only receive a marriage certificate if they can credibly demonstrate a legal interest (e.g. with a letter from the probate court, a court judgment or an enforceable title).
The issuing of a marriage certificate or a certified register printout costs 13.00 euros, the second and each additional piece requested and produced in the same process costs 6.50 euros.
- § Section 55 of the Civil Status Act (PStG)
- § Section 56 of the Civil Status Act (PStG)
- § Section 57 of the Civil Status Act (PStG)
- § Section 62 of the Civil Status Act (PStG)
- § Section 48 Ordinance on Civil Status (PStV)
- No. 16.6 of the State Ordinance on Fees for General and Internal Administration including Police Administration (Special Fee Schedule)
The application can be made verbally, in writing or by fax. Many registry offices also have an electronic form on their website that can be used to order certificates.
Here you can fill in and print out a paper application form to apply for a certificate.
Apply in person:
- Go to the relevant registry office.
- Present your identity card or passport to prove your identity.
- You usually pay the fee in advance when applying at the registry office.
A person you trust can apply for and collect the certificate on your behalf; your representative will present their own identity card or passport in addition to a written power of attorney and your identity card or passport or a certified copy thereof.
Application by post or fax
- Send an informal letter to the relevant registry office asking them to issue you with a marriage certificate. Depending on the city or municipality, you may also find application forms on the Internet.
- Your letter must contain the following information:
- Surname, first name,
- Date and place of birth,
- Date of marriage,
- Details of the spouse,
- if known: Registry office and registration number.
- Enclose a certified copy of your identity card or passport with the letter.
- You will receive a notification of fees when the certificate is sent to you.
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Your responsible office:
Verbandsgemeinde Baumholder - Bürgerdienste
Address
55774 Baumholder
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Contact
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Opening hours
07:30 - 13:00
Tuesday
07:30 - 16:30
Thursday
07:30 - 18:00
Friday
07:30 - 12:30
Contact person
Address
55774 Baumholder
Remark:
Building: Municipal administration
Telephone
Fax
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Position
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Responsible for:
- Baumholder:
- Apply for a birth certificate
- Apply for a certificate of no impediment
- Apply for a death certificate for a family member
- Applying for a civil partnership certificate
- Certificate of Descent
- Certify birth abroad
- Change of surname due to the declaration on the name of spouses
- Change of surname due to the declaration on the naming of civil partners
- Change of surname for an important reason
- Church tax
- Family Book
- Family name change based on the declaration of displaced persons, ethnic German repatriates, their spouses and descendants
- Family name change child - by single parent
- Family name change child - declaration of connection
- Issue a marriage certificate
- Maternity recognition
- Name change
- Name declaration in marriage in the absence of domestic civil status entry
- Notarization of documents or signatures
- Notarizing a death abroad
- Register marriage
- Request multilingual birth certificate
- Show Death
- Show birth
- Show home birth
- Submit a lost and found report
- Subsequent certification of a marriage contracted abroad
- Surname change child - redetermination of the birth name
- Surname change child - renaming
- Tax card
- resume one's birth name
Forms
Certificate request (DIN A4)
Certificates from the marriage register (DIN A4)