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Printout from the birth register

Service Description

A certified printout from the birth register will be issued to you upon request by the relevant registry office. The printout shows all the data that the registry office has entered in connection with your birth. You will receive the document, including any subsequent certifications, as a printout from the electronic register. This printout is legally equivalent to the birth certificate and can be presented instead of it in an official context.

In addition to birth information (including time of birth and additional information about the parents), the printout also includes subsequent changes, such as adoption, changes to paternity to the child, or name changes.

The exact time (hour and minute) of your birth is also usually provided by the registry office upon request, without the need to issue a certificate.

Process flow

Personal application

  • Go to the registry office that registered the birth.
  • Present your identity card or passport for legitimation.
  • You usually pay the fee in advance when you apply at the registry office.

A person you trust can order and collect the certificate for you. Your representative must present his or her own ID card or passport in addition to a written power of attorney.

Application by mail or fax

  • Send an informal letter to the relevant registry office requesting that a certified printout from the birth register be issued to you. Depending on what the city or municipality offers, you can also find application forms on the Internet.
  • Your letter must contain the following information:
    • Surname, first name
    • Date and place of birth
    • name, first name of parents
    • if known: Registry office and registration number
  • Enclose a certified copy of your identity card or passport with the letter.
  • You will receive a fee notice when the certificate is sent, unless you have already paid the fees beforehand.

Who should I contact?

Please contact the registry office responsible for your place of birth or a registry office connected to a central register.

Requirements

The personal data of the civil status registers are subject to data protection. Certified register printouts can therefore only be issued

  • for persons to whom the entry refers

and their

  • spouses,
  • life partners or civil partners (within the meaning of the Civil Partnership Act),
  • ancestors and descendants (such as parents or grandparents, as well as the children and grandchildren),
  • siblings, if they prove a legitimate interest.

Other persons, i.e. also closer relatives such as aunts and uncles, receive a certificate only if they can credibly demonstrate a legal interest (examples: Letter from the probate court, court judgment or enforceable title).

Applicants must be at least 16 years old.

Which documents are required?

  • identity card, passport or eID (in case of written order: certified copy)
  • in case of application/collection by a representative: written power of attorney of the authorized person, his or her identity card, passport or eID
  • if applicable, proof of legal interest

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

Storage Period: 110 Years
The register printout is possible 110 years from the register creation.

Legal basis

Applications / forms

Instruction at the local court responsible for the registry office

What else should I know?

The certified printout from the birth register replaces the former certificate of descent (abolished as of 01.01.2009).

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Technically approved by

Federal Ministry of the Interior and Home Affairs (BMI)

Professionally released on

28.10.2022

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)

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