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The Saeima has adopted and promulgated by the President of the waltz the following law: On establishing laws chapter 1 General rules for the REGISTRATION of births, deaths and marriages-article 1. Marital law this law governs marital law, marriage, birth and death registration of vital statistics office at:.
2. article. Registration of births, deaths and marriages and vital statistics office (1) the registration of births, deaths and marriages is a public task entrusted to local vital statistics office.
(2) the resident abroad nationals of the Republic of Latvia for the registration of births, deaths and marriages are performed on the consular and diplomatic authorities, subject to the provisions of this law. Marriage registration with civil consequences in accordance with the civil code and article 51.53. agrees also laid down in the civil code Interfaith clergy who must comply with all the provisions of this law on marriage registration and stamp duties.
(3) the establishment of a vital statistics office is every city and county authorities. Vital statistics office operations department coincides with the respective city or county boundaries. With the permission of the Minister of Justice for several parishes can create shared vital statistics office or a single city — more of the vital statistics office.
(4) on the establishment of a vital statistics office or a modification of the operating circuit must be issued in the Official Gazette.
(5) each vital statistics office has its own stamp with the national coat-of-arms in the big picture and the inscription «... the city (County) the vital statistics office». The third paragraph of this article, the last sentence in the case provided for in the words of the swivel.
3. article. The vital statistics office of the curator, and officials (1) each of the vital statistics office, the number of civil servants and their remuneration is determined by the municipality concerned. Department Webmaster and other officials shall be appointed by the municipality.
(2) The vital statistics office of the webmaster and the official can only be a citizen of the Republic of Latvia, where education meets and personality is suited for this position.
(3) the administrator is responsible for all the activities of the chapter.
(4) the post of Curator to fulfil other vital statistics office clerk at the local decision, if: 1) put the disease or other legitimate reason, not appeared in the departments;
2) registration or acts of the marriage shall apply to the same webmaster, his spouse, his relatives up to the fourth degree and brother-in-law to the third degree, her adoptive parents or the adopted;
3) Manager itself is recorded to the event notifier.
4. article. Registry monitoring (1) distinction between the highest vital statistics office for the supervision carried out by the Minister of Justice. He has the right under the law to issue instructions for the registration of births, deaths and marriages, to confirm the registry of births, deaths and marriages registry entries of the form and the basic shapes of the documents to be served, the registry storage arrangements and terms, the civil registry department posts.
(2) direct supervision over observance of the legislation on the registration of births, deaths and marriages, as well as to the vital statistics office of the methodological management of the Ministry of Justice carried out the civil registry Department.
(3) a municipality has the right to control the vital statistics office of the financial and economic situation.
Chapter 2 of the vital statistics office records article 5. Registry of births, deaths and marriages (1) in the vital statistics office in Each marriage, birth and death registers within one year chronological order the records sealed marriage and the birth and death.
(2) the register shall be made in the marriage records of marriage also concluded at the cleric. The following entry is done with the next sequence number immediately after the Minister's receipt of the notification.
(3) citizens of the Republic of Latvia for the birth, death and marriage, which took place abroad, after the entry of the receipt of the messages needed to be registered in the vital statistics office of Riga.
(4) every register kept in duplicate (books). Two copies of the registry have the same serial number.
(5) at the end of the year the register cauraukl, sanumur, and make the inscription indicating the page and the number of records. Write signature certificate the vital statistics office of the curator, expressed as the year and date. End of a string of shore will be certified by the stamp of the vital statistics office.
6. article. Records of births, deaths and marriages registers (1) records of births, deaths and marriages registers shall be made public without the abbreviation and deletions in the text.
(2) until the entry made in the register to sign spotted errors must be corrected prior to signature. discouraged
(3) each entry in the register must be signed by the vital statistics office of the curator or the vital statistics office of the clerk, which the Government has the responsibility to fulfil the post of this law, 3. in the cases provided for in article.
(4) If a municipality is designated by the vital statistics office of the deputy curator, he has the right to sign the entries in the register.
7. article. Obligation to provide information and documents to the vital statistics office (1) all persons and institutions are obliged to provide the vital statistics office of the information and documents required for the registration of births, deaths and marriages.
(2) For provision of false know the vital statistics office, as well as birth and death do not have to log in a statutory responsibility.
8. article. The vital statistics office of the obligation to provide information (1) the particulars of registered marital law in the law «on population register "the limits laid down in the vital statistics office gives population registry Department of pirmuzskait and the necessary amendment of population register to be included in the records of the person. A procedure for the provision of messages is determined by the Cabinet of Ministers regulations.
(2) a vital statistics office shall immediately notify the relevant consular and diplomatic authorities for alien birth, death and marriage registration.
9. article. Entitled to consult the register of births, deaths and marriages records (1) the right to consult the registry of births, deaths and marriages records and require formal registration is the courts and investigative bodies.
(2) the right to consult the registry of births, deaths and marriages records, other than records relating to adoption, and require proof of registration is the persons to whom it applies, as well as that person's spouse, relatives in the ascending and descending lines of direct relatives. With birth registry records relating to adoption, the adopted child may be to just take the adoptive parent.
(3) other persons have the right to only require the registration of births, deaths and marriages, if they prove their own legal interest.
10. article. Complaint for civil registry Department action on Civil Registry Department does not justify the refusal to register of births, deaths and marriages, the refusal to correct or add to the registry of births, deaths and marriages records to interested parties or to make a complaint to the Court.
11. article. (1) a State fee for the registration of births, deaths and marriages to pay the State fee.
(2) the State fee and the payment arrangements determined by the law on State duties.
12. article. Registry of births, deaths and marriages, and document production in the form of births, deaths and marriages registers and register to record the basic document to be served, and the civil registry of the form in the post held by distinguished mark produced and issued by the Ministry of Justice Civil Registry Department.
Chapter 3 registration of the MARRIAGE article 13. Advertising (!) Tender before the marriage are the vital statistics office of the province in which the application is submitted to the marriage. Application for marriage may be brought according to the place of residence of the persons who want to go after that person, marriage or parents ' place of residence.
(2) the Notification shall take place by posting one month announcement vital statistics office. If the marriage was at a clergy that has the appropriate permission control, confession to tender shall be made after the confession rules regardless of the place of residence of laulājam (section a. p. 51).
(3) in the cases provided for in the civil code (45 and 55. p.) after the bride and groom's submission may shorten the term of the tender or the contract without prior notification only if you have not been obstacles to marriage (section 32-38 p.).
14. article. The marriage documents needed for (1) a Person who wants to go in marriage, show your passport or other identity document with the population register the personal code and submitted to the vital statistics office in particular joint application signed.
(2) the application must be submitted to: 1) birth certificate;
2 parents, guardians) or written authorization of family courts, where one of the parties who enter into marriage, not of age (section 33 a. p.);
3 persons who have in the past been} in another marriage, — the former spouse's death certificate or a copy of the judgment of divorce or divorce certificate, or a copy of the judgment of the Court of Justice on marriage annulment, or with an extract from the register of marriage with such a judgment;
4) State or local authorities of the medical certificate of health.
(3) if the person who wants to go in marriage, it is not possible to get the second part of this article 1.-3. the documents referred to in paragraph 1, shall be replaced by the judgment of the Court of the fact of the finding.
(4) persons under custodial sites require the Prisons Department.
15. article. Aliens and stateless persons marriage documents needed

(1) an alien with the previous article referred to in the second paragraph of the document to be submitted to the competent foreign authorities issued the certificate that there is no impediment to his marriage in the Republic of Latvia, where inter-State agreements and conventions which it is Latvia, unless otherwise specified.
(2) a foreign national or stateless person in Latvia may enter into marriage with a citizen of Latvia, if at the time of the marriage is a valid entry visa or residence permit.
(3) a foreign national or stateless person in Latvia may enter into marriage with an alien or a stateless person, if the two laulājam at the time of conclusion of marriage is a valid permanent residence permits.
(4) notification of the marriage itself may not be the basis for the visa or the residence permit extension.
16. article. (1) the marriage Marriage may be concluded if the civil registry Department notification term has not become aware of the obstacles to its conclusion. Have the right to marry declared within six months from the date of becoming aware that there is no impediment to the marriage.
(2) If the betrothed wish to register the marriage in other vital statistics office or at the cleric and if not become known obstacles to the marriage, the vital statistics office where the notification has taken place, shall issue them a marriage application with a check mark on the tender.
Article 17. Formal marriage marriage concluded the solemn occasion. At the time of the marriage the vital statistics office of the curator imposes a post mark.
18. article. Marriage registration (1) the vital statistics office of the marriage shall be concluded within a day, the presence of persons who enter into marriage, and two adult witnesses.
(2) on the conclusion of marriage shall immediately record marriage register. The record signed by both spouses, the witnesses and the vital statistics office of the curator. Registry entry confirms with the national coat of arms stamps.
(3) If a marriage is concluded to the clergy, the registry entry and the marriage certificate signed by the clergyman, confirming it with the parish seal.
19. article. Marriage record recordable news marriage registry to record: 1) the marriage place (city, County);
2) marriage year, month, and day; 3) spouse name, social security number, occupation, marital status, place of residence, place of birth and the time, ethnicity, nationality (citizenship);
4) that by the number of marriage into;
5) where the spouses agree — they also covering a particular confession, religion or world view associations;
6 notification of space and time);
7) last name after marriage;
8) witness name, time of birth and place of residence.
20. article. Marriage certificate and spouse of the person the entry documents at the registration of marriage the spouses shall immediately issue a marriage certificate and passport of each spouse shall record, indicating his spouse's name, surname, personal code, year of birth and marriage registration, location, and time, the spouse after marriage and marriage register entry number.
21. article. Additions to the register of marriage (1) marriage registry entry, with news about divorce, marriage annulment, as well as with the relevant messages in cases where one of the spouses changes the last name, first name, nationality or citizenship (citizenship), (2) the register of Marriage enhancement made to the judgment of the Court or administrative action.
Chapter 4 article 22 REGISTRATION of birth. Recognized as the birth of the obligation (1) on the birth must notify the registry office within one month of the Department whose child was born, the station or the vital statistics office after one or both parents ' place of residence.
(2) the place of birth of the child shall be the administrative area in which the child is born.
(3) If a child is born (ships, aircraft, etc.), his birth is to be registered in the vital statistics office after one or both parents ' place of residence.
(4) notification of birth must be submitted to medical institutions or medical certificate attesting to the fact of birth.
(5) the vital statistics office of the year for a solemn child birth registration, if the parents so wish.
23. article. Persons who are obliged to notify the birth (1) recognized the obligation of birth the first thing is the child's father and mother. Notify, in writing, orally or can. The child's father and mother may also authorize in writing another person to announce the birth.
(2) If the child's parents have died or for other reasons cannot announce the birth, the obligation referred to in this article is a midwife, doctor or other person who had been present at birth.
(3) on all State, municipal or private maternity hospitals or hospital children born to communicate to the vital statistics office also has this authority to the supervisor or his authorized person. If the child is born in a farm, the place of deprivation of liberty or a similar body, requires the appropriate authorities of the official guided by a written communication. Birth registry entry must not be specified in the birth and his parents being in the place of deprivation of liberty.
(4) If a birth has not announced any of those persons and authorities have become aware of the child's birth, it has a duty to notify in writing the civil registry Department.
(5) the notice of birth registration of birth must be given the necessary information.
24. article. Check the accuracy of the News Department of the civil registry official must check the information if he has doubts about their accuracy.
25. article. Entries in the register of birth (1} record in the register of Births: 1) the child's place of birth, year, month, day, hour;
2) child's name, surname, personal code and gender. The name is not to be written, if the child is born dead or died before the announcement. In this case, the record must be made of the mark;
3) parents ' name, surname (family name also), social security number, age, occupation, place of residence, nationality: nationality (citizenship); If the parents agree, — they also covering a particular confession, religion or world view associations.
If the child is not born in the marriage and the registration of the child's birth until paternity is not established, this message only for the mother;
4) the applicant's name, domicile and relationship to child (father, mother, a doctor, the head of the institution, etc.).
(2) a birth registry records shall be signed by the person who announced the birth, and the vital statistics office of the curator. If the authorities receive written notification to norad, that entry is made on the basis of the communication. Registry entry confirms with the national coat of arms stamps.
26. article. The twins and multiple birth registration of children, the twin or the birth of several children, each birth is recorded separately. The registry must specify the order in which children are born.
27. article. Born dead baby registration (1) if the child is born dead or died giving birth, medical institutions are obliged to report their vital statistics office within three days or no later than the next working day after the deadline, if mined for the last day was not a working day.
(2) a child born alive or died giving birth, birth register, the register shall grant him a personal code, with a note that the «baby born alive not dead» or «birth». Death registration in the following cases shall not be made.
(3) if the child after birth lived not long time (even if he lived only a few hours or even minutes), you must register the birth, as she was dying.
28. article. Find child birth registration (1) the Person who is the new born child, to notify the local police station no later than the next day. The police take the necessary inquiries and the inquiries result shall be notified to the local authority.
(2 local authorities concerned}, after medical authorities determined on the basis of the probable birth date and place, gives the child a name and notify the civil registry Department. Birth registry in such cases should be note that the «child found, parents unknown».
29. article. Late notice of the child's birth (1) If a notice of birth overdue more than three months after the deadline, the registration of birth can take place only after a delay of fact-finding.
(2) investigations related expenditure should be borne by the child's parents.
30. article. Child's surname and first name (1) the name of the child born in Marriage records by last name parents. If the parents have different surnames, the child according to the parents ' agreement or by decision of the family courts record parent's last name.
(2) a child born out of wedlock the surname record after his mother's last name at the time of the child's birth. If the child's paternity is determined up to the child's birth registration, child's name, the entry in the first paragraph of this article.
(3) the child's name record after parental guidance, but if the parents fail to agree, by the decision of the family courts. The child can make no more than two words. Name who first entered in the register shall be regarded as the principal name.
31. article. The news of the child's parents (1) registering the birth in the register entry, the news of the child's parents: 1) children born in marriage — the news of father and mother;

2 children born out of wedlock) if the registration of the child's birth until paternity is not established, only the child-mother, but the father of the retractable boxes deleted.
(2) the child that is born not later than the day after the marriage 306 ended with the death of her husband or divorce or marriage annulment, as father indicates the mother's former husband.
(3) If the child's mother referred to in the second subparagraph of article after the expiry of a marriage already contracted a new marriage, as the child's father tells her mother's new husband.
32. article. Birth registry additions after the filiation of a child out of wedlock (1) birth registry record, with the news of the child's father if the child out of wedlock paternity is recognized or determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in the civil code (154-157. p.).
(2) both parents sign the paternity recognition application or a copy of the judgment of the Court of Justice, which established the paternity, must submit or send the vital statistics office where the birth was registered.
(3) the authenticity of the signature the application for recognition of paternity, as well as the documents of the child and other persons provided for in the civil code, consent to recognition of paternity can attest to the vital statistics office of the notary or clerk.
(4) if the illegitimate child of her parents ' marriage between a result becomes wedlock — legitimation of the child takes place (section 152 p. a.), a child's birth registry entry should be added to the child's mother's husband has admitted paternity.
(5) the legitimation of the child's birth record in the register even if it had occurred in accordance with the law of another country. If the legitimacy of other applicable state law, the civil registry Department official to be guided by the relevant court ruling on whether the legitimation took place.
33. article. Other additions to the birth registry (1) in addition to the previous article for additions to the birth registry entry is added, if the child's last name change if one of the parents alters the last name, first name, nationality or citizenship (nationality), if the change in the child's gender, if the child is adopted, if a judgment void record of the child's mother or father, if the Court of Justice annulled the adoption, if the child find became known earlier.
(2) the register of birth, additions made to the relevant application or court judgment, or administrative action.
Chapter 5 death registration article 34. The obligation recognized on the dying (1) On the death must be notified to the civil registry Department, of which the station has died, the dead man found dead, or at the last place of residence, or the vital statistics office at the place where the Court has given judgment on a personal call of dead or dying in the finding of fact.
(2) if the person is dead (ship, plane, etc.), dying to be registered at the vital statistics office in the last domicile of the deceased.
(3) the death must be notified no later than six days from the date on which the death or the deceased was found.
35. article. People who have a duty to report the death of (1) the obligation to report orally to the vital statistics office of the dying are persons in the following order: 1) family head;
2) spouse;
3) other family members;
4) the owner of the apartment or House;
5) to any other person who was present at the time of death or otherwise informed of the death.
(2) if the person is dead, the State, municipalities or private medical facility, nursing home, as well as the place of imprisonment or similar institution, the obligation to notify, in writing, of the death of the driver or his authorized person.
(3) If the death is not stated in the article that person and the person's death became known, the municipality must, in writing, to the civil registry Department recognized him.
(4) If in connection with the death investigation, investigation or inquest authorities are obliged to notify in writing the death of vital statistics office.
36. article. Attestation of death documents required for the fact of Death must be certified by a medical certificate issued by the authority or a court judgment on the fact of the death of or personal identification on the promulgation of the dead.
37. article. Notice check the civil registry Department official must check the details, if the wine has doubts about their accuracy.
38. article. Record the death register (1) the register of Death record: 1) the place of death and the year, month, day, hour;
2) deceased first name, last name, ID number, nationality, citizenship (citizenship), his occupation and place of residence; If the applicant agrees, — details of the nationality of the dead at a particular confession, religion or world view associations;
3 dead in place of birth), year, month, day;
4) deceased marital status (if the deceased was married, his spouse's first name and last name), the dead man's parents ' first and last names;
5) cause of death;
6) the name, surname, occupation and residence, which announced the death, as well as the person's relationship to the deceased.
(2) the Record must be signed by the person who announced the death, and the vital statistics office of the curator. If you received a written notification of the authority, it should be noted that entry is made on the basis of the communication. Registry entry confirms with the stamp of the national coat-of-arms, Chapter 6 of births, deaths and marriages REGISTRY storage. Record restoration, additions, correction and CANCELLATION of article 39. Registry storage (1) marriage, birth and death records, the first copies stored in the vital statistics office. At clerical marriages register kept in the parish.
(2) copies of the register on behalf of the vital statistics office at the end of the quarter pass area Statistics Division. Through the years, the State Committee on statistics of the Ministry of Justice referred to the civil registry Department for inspection and storage.
(3) additions and corrections to the first copy of the register records the vital statistics office shall notify the Department of the Ministry of Justice, the civil registry archive for part of the second copy, to make the additions and corrections.
(4) the civil registry authorities register to be kept for 100 years, then they shall state archive authorities.
40. article. The replacement of the register the total or partial destruction of a case (1) If a marriage, birth and death registers completely or partially perished, the Ministry of Justice, the Department may allow Married killed gājušo registers replace with second copy copies.
(2) If the total or partial died in the second copy of the register, the vital statistics office, the first copy of the register, the statement immediately and sent to the Ministry of Justice Department of civil registry archive for part of the new second copy of the registry that is used in place of the dead.
41. article. Record (1) If the total or partial died in both copies of the registry, Registry Department, which housed the deaths register, entries may be reinstated at the request of the interested parties.
(2) the records shall restore the vital statistics office of the curator, after official clarification of circumstances.
(3) of births, deaths and marriages registry entry renewed if there are documents confirming that the earlier the record has been.
(4) if the record is not sufficient to restore the vital statistics office, the warehousekeeper shall be issued to the person concerned a written denial. In such cases, the record shall be updated only on the basis of the judgment of the Court of Justice.
(5) the citizens of the Republic of Latvia, Latvia permanently resident aliens and stateless persons registered abroad of births, deaths and marriages records restored Riga's vital statistics office, on the basis of the judgment of the Court of Justice.
42. article. Record additions, correction and cancellation (1) civil registry extract, which contains the civil registers, can blind records, correct errors and missing information after burn stakeholder application if there is sufficient basis and if there is no dispute between the parties. Corrections and missing news entry on the basis of the civil registry Department the written opinion, and confirmed by the civil registry Department's signature and stamp of the national coat-of-arms.
(2) If there is a dispute between the interested parties, the registry entry you can edit or add to only to the judgment of the Court of Justice.
(3) correcting mistakes, incorrectly recorded to strike it, and then I can clearly read nosvītroto words.
(4) adding registry entries, and 33 21 32. in the cases provided for in article are not allowed in the previous text deletions. Know about the change in the civil status of persons in connection with the recognition or establishment of paternity, legitimacy, adoption, last name, first name, nationality, citizenship (citizenship) change, divorce or marriage annulment and similar messages have to record the relevant registry entries in the Appendix and must be signed by the person who requested the record supplement, and the vital statistics office of the curator. Registry entry addition to the national coat of arms be stamped.
(5) the registry entries may be withdrawn after the judgment of the Court of Justice, but mistakenly restored or repeated entries made by the civil registry Department of the Ministry of Justice's opinion.
7. Department of births, deaths and marriages registry entry and REGISTRATION of formal legal force of article 43. Registry of births, deaths and marriages registration of records and supporting documents of probative value

(1) the registry of births, deaths and marriages records and issued the formal registration proves the marriage, birth and death, and other facts specified in the legislation.
(2) the register may be challenged in court the facts.
44. article. Registration of births, deaths and marriages of the supporting documents (1) on the basis of births, deaths and marriages registry entries, Registry Department issued the following documents: 1) marriage, birth and death certificates;
2) birth marks;
3) certified registry entry in the copies or extracts.
(2) a birth mark is a document certifying the fact of birth. It's a valid and available for schools and other institutions, if it is not necessary to prove the provenance of the parents of the child.
45. article. Marriage license marriage certificate must specify: 1) spouses, maiden and married name, personal code;
2) place of birth, year, month, day;
3) spouses (citizenship);
4} the marriage place, year, month, day, and entry number.
46. article. Birth certificate (1) birth certificate must specify: 1) the child's name, surname, personal code;
2 place of birth), year, month, day, hour;
3) parents ' name, surname, personal code, nationality and citizenship (citizenship);
4 the place of registration of birth), year, month, day, and entry number.
(2) If the child's mother or father is not known, the birth certificate of the columns is drawn in stripes.
(3) the adopted child a birth certificate as adoptive parents are only record. If, in accordance with the civil code, article 173 of the Treaty, adopted after the adoption of the rights and obligations of the Save against his parents, the adopted child's birth certificate must also indicate the details of his parents.
47. article. Birth mark birth draws: 1) the child's name, surname, personal code;
2) place of birth, year, month, day;
3) birth registration site, year, month, day, and entry number.
48. article. The death certificate of the death certificate must specify: 1) the deceased's name, surname, personal code;
2) place of birth, year, month, day;
3), death year, month, day, hour;
4) cause of death;
5) death registration site, year, month, day, and entry number.
49. article. Repeated issuing certificates (1) at the vital statistics office at the request of the person or Department of the Ministry of Justice, the civil registry archive part may issue it repeated marriage, birth or death certificates. On the issue of the certificate of the mark to be made in the register entry, indicating the date of issue.
(2) if the records in the registry fixes and additions, repeating the certificate registry entry should be in the light of the revisions and additions.
Transitional provisions 1. Parish and district city authorities allowed the civil registry Department on duty to ask to take one of the local officials, corresponding to this law, the requirements of article 3. Registration of births, deaths and marriages and the related responsibilities of the parish and the district's municipal officials as civil registry Department, rather than local officials.
2. Up to 1993 December 31 previous district chapter of the registry are to be transformed into a city vital statistics office concerned, which shall have jurisdiction only in the urban population of the registration of births, deaths and marriages, as well as the previous year (1906-1993) the district registry of births, deaths and marriages in the first copy, sort, store, and they include the know.
3. Riga, Liepaja, Daugavpils, Jelgava, Rezekne and Ventspils district civil registry department until 1994 December 31 assets. This area of the vital statistics office of the archives (1906-1993), and other documents shall make a distinction between the civil registry, the city designated the archive service. On completion of the date determined by the Minister of Justice, in agreement with the relevant authorities. And the complete destruction of these vital statistics office shall take only the archive service and provides methodological assistance in parishes separated the civil registry office.
4. City vital statistics office is to ensure the birth registration of maternity houses (maternity bin), located in the urban area.
5. Applications for children born out of wedlock paternity recognition must submit it to the vital statistics office where the birth of a child or the previous year of births, deaths and marriages registry first copies.
If the child's birth record is in a foreign country, notarized documents of illegitimate children born in recognition of paternity to be sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs consular sharing, where interstate agreement provides otherwise.
6. The Court, having been convicted by a judgment transcript regarding the paternity dispute, out of wedlock, children born of filiation, adoption, or the annulment or revocation of adoption of approval must be sent to the vital statistics office where the birth of the child or the previous year of births, deaths and marriages registry first copies.
If the child's birth record is in a foreign country, a copy of the judgment, the Court must be sent to the civil registry authorities with the consular section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where the interstate agreement provides otherwise.
7. The Court, having been convicted by a judgment transcript relating to divorce or marriage annulment or extracts from such judgments must send it the vital statistics office where the marriage was contracted or which stores the previous year of births, deaths and marriages register first, but if the marriage was contracted at the clergy, the church concerned (parish priest) and the vital statistics office where the station is located in the activities of the Church (congregation).
If the marriage was contracted abroad, the copy of the judgment shall be sent to the Foreign Ministry's consular section.
The Court shall issue a copy of the judgment relating to divorce, the former spouse will be made to check passports for divorce and be charged duty on divorce.
8. To an alien or a stateless person for the determination of the legal status referred to in article 15 restrictions do not apply to persons who have had permanent representations in the Republic of Latvia on 1 July 1992, if at the time of the marriage, they retained this continuing narrative.
9. the Government fees for the registration of births, deaths and marriages to the adoption of the Act to be payable to the extent which is established by the Council of Ministers.
10. The necessary means of births, deaths and marriages registry and certificate for the manufacture of predictable annual budget of the Ministry of Justice.
11. the application for the change of the name or Word submitted in this detour vital statistics office to the date of entry into force, a State in the current order, but a new application adoption start upon the adoption of the law.
The law shall enter into force on the day of its promulgation.
The law adopted in 1993 the Saeima on 21 October Waltz President g. Ulmanis in Riga 1993 October 28