Birth certificate

In France

A birth certificate is a legal Document of the civil statue. It is a authentic Acte, signed by a Officier of civil statue.

In the singular, the term returns to the official document delivered by the Officier of civil statue following a Birth notification.

In the plural, in civil law, the birth certificates get along of a category of acts of civil statue, including/understanding the birth certificate, the judgments carrying name changes or of first names, as well as the act of recognition of a natural child.

Birth notification

Case of loss of act

In the event of loss or destruction of files of civil statue, it is not obligatory to ask a “Jugement back-up troop of birth” to create a new act: the evidence emanating of the registers and papers of the fathers and mothers died, or by witnesses is enough (article 46 of the Civil code). For the French born abroad, as for the other acts, the service concerned is with Nantes.

In Quebec

The official term is “certificate of birth”. He is criticized, because he is resulting from the literal translation of English “ ”.

A certificate of birth emitted before January 1st, 1994 cannot be used to prove the citizenship to obtain a passport or within the framework of another administrative approach. A certificate after January 1st, 1994 makes it possible to enter to State-Plain in absence of Passeport

In Brazil

The term used with the Brésil is Certidão de Nascimento . The birth certificate contains the name of the carrier of his/her parents and his/her large parents, which makes it possible to facilitate genealogical research. It contains also the skin color of the child since his creation at the end of the 19th century.

Synonyms

Birth certificate

Random links: