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Demander la copie d’un acte d’état civil - Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères

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Demander la copie d’un acte d’état civil - Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères

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This official French government webpage serves as a comprehensive guide for French citizens seeking to obtain copies or extracts of civil status documents (état civil) such as birth, marriage, and death certificates. Published by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, the page functions as an authoritative resource explaining the procedures, requirements, and timelines for accessing these essential administrative documents both for events that occurred in France and abroad. The page emphasizes the efficiency of France's digital civil registry system, highlighting that online requests through Service-Public.fr are "simple, fast, and free." Citizens can create an account, submit requests, and receive responses from civil status officers within approximately ten days. In contrast, postal requests require about thirty days for processing. The system distinguishes between two jurisdictions: for events occurring in metropolitan France or overseas departments and territories, municipal civil status officers handle requests directly through online portals; for events abroad involving French nationals, the Central Civil Status Service (Service Central d'État Civil) maintains records and processes requests, provided the events were officially registered by French consulates. The webpage provides detailed legal framework governing document access, referencing specific regulations from 1962 and 1999 that determine eligibility requirements. For birth and marriage certificates, full copies with parental information can be obtained by the document holder (if of age), parents, grandparents, children, spouses, and legal representatives. Notably, siblings can only obtain extracts with lineage information if they prove heir status, while any person can request basic extracts without family details. Death certificates are more accessible, available to any requester who provides the date and location of death. The page also addresses margin annotations commonly added to civil documents, including marriage, civil partnership (PACS), divorce, and recognition notations. This resource particularly targets French expatriates and their families, given its emphasis on procedures for documents related to events abroad, as well as recently naturalized citizens who are informed their documents will be available within one month of their naturalization decree. The page serves both as a practical guide and legal reference, combining user-friendly explanations with precise regulatory citations, making it valuable for individuals, legal professionals, and administrative personnel dealing with French civil documentation requirements.

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Demander la copie d’un acte d’état civil - Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères. (2025, 11 23). www.diplomatie.gouv.fr. https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/services-aux-francais/etat-civil-et-nationalite-francaise/etat-civil/article/demander-la-copie-d-un-acte-d-etat-civil

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Domain www.diplomatie.gouv.fr
File Size 807 KB
Archived 2025-11-23T02:06:02.070272
Document ID #172
Languages 5 available