Certificate of non-remarriage and non-divorce

Description

Document issued to prove that a spouse is still bound by their previous union and has not entered another partnership.

Eligible persons

Any Beninese citizen

Request channel

In person only.

Required documents

  • Spouses' secure marriage certificate
  • Secure death certificate of the deceased spouse, RAVIP receipt or any document bearing the applicant's NPI
  • Any document bearing the NPI of one witness for the wife and one witness for the husband

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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