Certificate of non-registration of marriage

Description

Document issued to prove that an old celebrated marriage is not registered in the agency's records. The applicant states that they are married but this is not reflected in the official archives.

Eligible persons

Any Beninese citizen

Request channel

In person only.

Required documents

  • The primitive marriage certificate (old marriage certificate) of the spouses
  • RAVIP receipt or any document bearing the applicant's NPI

Service cost

2,000 FCFA

Processing time

Up to 2 weeks

Validity

3 months

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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