Extract from the certificate of birth
The extract from the certificate of birth is the document issued on the basis of the birth certificate, which contains information from the content of the birth certificate, the issuance of which is usually conditional on the extinction of certain rights and obligations resulting from entries in the civil status registers.
Extracts from certificates of birth are documents which provide proof of the marital status of an individual (citizen of the Republic of Moldova, foreign citizen, stateless person).
Extracts from certificates of birth shall be issued on request in the following cases:
- the need to prove registration of the birth of a deceased person;
- the need to prove the registration of the birth of the child by parents deprived of parental rights;
- at the identification of inconsistencies between the data in the civil status record and the data appearing in the holder's identity documents;
- at the request of the courts, the public prosecutor's office, the criminal prosecution service, the guardianship authority and other civil-status authorities.
The extract from the certificate of birth is issued at the request of the applicant:
- the holder of the respective civil status document;
- the first- to second-degree relatives (proof of the degree of kinship is provided by civil status documents or civil status certificates);
- the legal representative of a person whose capacity is limited or in respect of whom a court has ordered a legal guardianship measure (guardian or curator);
- the representative authorized by a notarized power of attorney in the name of the natural person, or by a power of attorney based on a signature by electronic signature, recorded in the Register of Powers of Representation by electronic signature (MPower).
Pre-scheduling for requesting services in the territorial subdivisions of the PSA is available by accessing the link: https://programare.asp.gov.md/qwebbook/index.jsp?lang=ro
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- 1Step 1. Submitting the application
The application shall be submitted in the following ways:
1) online - by clicking the Apply button. The online service is accessible for persons with electronic or mobile signature;
2) at the Civil Status Department's Civil Status Documents Issuing and Attendance Department (Chisinau mun,, 11/1 M. Viteazul str., 2nd floor);
3) at the Civil Status Department of the applicant's place of residence, including the multifunctional centre of the Public Services Agency;
4) at the diplomatic missions or consular offices of the Republic of Moldova accredited abroad (DMCO);
5) at the Unified Public Service Delivery Centres (UPSC) of local public authorities.
When submitting the application, the MDelivery service can also be requested, which ensures the delivery of the civil status document directly to the applicant's place of residence, both in the Republic of Moldova and abroad.
publicService.channels.2.title - 2Step 2. Paying for the service
Payment of the tariff for the requested service through the Government Electronic Payment Service MPay.
In accordance with the provisions of art. 3 letter b) of the Law on State Tax no. 213/2023, the state tax is charged upon the issuance of the extract from the civil status document, except in cases
publicService.channels.4.title - 3Step 3. Processing and Examination
Creating the civil status document request application in the electronic program/Receiving the civil status document request application and its relevant documents.
Identifying civil status documents based on the civil status document request application in the available technical programs and in the paper-based archival stock.
Making amendments/rectifications to the paper civil status record and updating it in the information systems.
Issuing the extract from the civil status record.
- 4Step 4. Issuing the Extract
The extract from the civil status record shall be delivered, against signature, either in person to the holder, or to his/her legal representative, or to a person having a notarized power of attorney or a power of attorney based on electronic signature, recorded in the Register of Powers of Attorney based on electronic signature (MPower), which entitles him/her to receive the document.
There are several options for issuing the document:
1) Multifunctional Centre counter / DAEDSC / territorial subdivision of service provision of the PSA;
2) abroad at the DMCO of the Republic of Moldova;
3) delivery to the requested address through the government delivery service MDelivery.
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According to the provisions of point 1, section 1 of Annex no. 3 of Government Decision no. 966/2020 on the services provided by the Public Services Agency, civil status services are provided free of charge to the following categories of Moldovan citizens:
The application for provision of the service of issuing the extract from the civil status record free of charge shall be examined within the maximum time limit set for the provision of the service.