Birth certificate with marginal note

Description

Birth certificate to which legal information arising after the person's birth (marriage, divorce, simple or full adoption, or any other judicial decision affecting civil status) is added in the margin of the document.

Eligible persons

Any citizen

Request channel

In person only.

Required documents

  • Proof of the events justifying the requested marginal note (marriage certificate, divorce certificate)
  • Or court decision (e.g. in case of name and/or surname change)
  • Any document bearing the NPI of the certificate holder.

Service cost

2,000 FCFA

Processing time

Immediate

Validity

Unlimited

Reference texts

This service is governed by the following texts:

  • Law no. 2002-07 of 24 August 2004 on the Code of Persons and the Family
  • Law no. 2021-13 of 20 December 2021 amending and supplementing law no. 2002-07 of 24 August 2004 on the code of persons and the family
  • Decree 2018-471 of 10 October 2018 defining the procedures and operation of the administrative framework for derogatory civil-status registration and setting the rules for dematerialisation of records
  • Decree no. 2019-072 of 06 March 2019 amending articles 2, 3, 4 and 5 of decree no. 2018-471 of 10 October 2018 defining the procedures and operation of the administrative framework for derogatory civil-status registration and setting the rules for dematerialisation of records
  • Decree no. 2022-442 of 20 July 2022 defining the practical and operational procedures for reconstituting civil-status records.

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