Secure birth certificate

Description

Authentic legal document attesting to a person's birth. It legally proves a person's civil status and confirms their legal identity.

Eligible persons

Any citizen

Request channel

Online or in person.

Required documents

  • RAVIP receipt
  • or any document bearing the applicant's NPI
  • or birth declaration form number (for newborns).

Service cost

1,000 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.

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