Since obtaining a certified copy of the record or direct access to the register by third parties may cause moral harm to the holder of the record or their beneficiaries, the legislator has defined conditions for obtaining civil status documents.
Copies of the record or extracts from it may be obtained depending on the status of the requester.
Conditions and general framework for obtaining copies or extracts of civil status records.
Since issuing a certified copy of a record or allowing direct access to the register by third parties may cause moral harm to the record holder or to entitled persons, the legislator has established specific conditions for obtaining civil status documents.
Copies or extracts of civil status records may be issued depending on the legal status of the applicant.
Any other person wishing to obtain a certified copy or an extract of a civil status record (birth, marriage, or death) must first obtain authorization from a judge.
A divorced wife may request a duplicate family record book if she has not remarried and has been granted custody by court order.
A widow may keep custody of it unless a contrary judgment has been issued.
Submit a file containing the following documents:
Note 1: Any entry in the family record book can only be made by an authorized civil status officer. No other person may add amendments or notes.
Note 2: If the head of the family who keeps the book dies or is deprived of civil rights by judgment, the right to keep the book returns to the wife unless a judgment states otherwise.
Note 3: Civil status documents extracted from the family record book have, by law, the same evidentiary value as those extracted from the original register.
Note 4: Anyone who intentionally uses documents issued based on a family record book containing incomplete or incorrect information is punishable by one year of imprisonment and a fine of 240 dinars.
Law No. 28 of 1967 dated June 30, 1967, establishing the Family Record Book, as amended and supplemented by subsequent legislation.
Prime Minister's Circular No. 15 dated February 14, 1989, concerning the simplification of procedures related to civil status documents.
The family record book is issued immediately at the time of the marriage registration or within a week in other cases.
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