Civil status certificate

Processing times

The processing times via EMAIL for our certificates are:

• Approximately 3/7 working days for documents processed urgently (we recommend contacting us to confirm processing times before choosing urgency);
• approximately 15 working days for non-urgent and non-apostilled certificates;
• Approximately 40 working days for certificates with apostille.

The delivery of the document in PAPER format is managed by DHL or Poste Italiane, therefore, we assume no responsibility in the event of delay or loss of the shipment of the document.

Description

The civil status certificate can be obtained by anyone in any Italian municipality, provided that the personal details of the person whose document you wish to obtain are known and that this person has residence and has been registered in an Italian municipality.

To request the civil status certificate, simply fill out the form providing the following information:

• First name;
• Surname;
• Date of birth;
• City of residence;
• Province of residence.
• Information contained in the civil status certificate

The civil status certificate contains the following information:

• Name and surname;
• Tax ID code;
• Date of birth;
• Municipality and province of residence;
• Residence address.
• Marital status of the person (e.g. single/single-widowed/widowed-divorced/divorced)

The civil status certificate is the declaration of a public official attesting to the presence or absence of marital ties (the free status) of a specific natural person residing in an Italian municipality.

The document has the value of truthfulness and regularity of the information contained in it as signed by the municipal official and has unlimited value throughout the national territory.

NB The civil status certificate is valid for six months from the moment of its issue. After this deadline, it will be necessary to request a new updated status certificate.

When to request the civil status certificate

The request for the civil status certificate is necessary:

• to contract marriage;
• to open the succession of a deceased spouse;
• Requesting a civil status certificate is useful:
• to obtain a mortgage;
• to complete a real estate sale;
• every time official certification of the state of freedom (single/widowed/divorced) of a physical subject is requested.