Application for a civil registry extract
birth, marriage, registered partnership or death certificate (extract)
How to apply: in person (by appointment), by post, electronically: via Ügyfélkapu.
Processing time: 15 days if the registered event took place in District VII, Budapest, or is already in the Electronic Civil Registry System. (Events after July 1, 2014 are included automatically; events before July 1, 2014
are recorded on request.)
If the registered event is not in the Electronic Civil Registry System and did not take place in District VII, Budapest, the processing time is 120 days.
Fee: free of charge.
For civil registry purposes, it is enough to request that the event be recorded. If the birth, marriage, registered partnership or death took place in District VII, Budapest, then after it has been recorded in the Electronic Civil Registry System (EAK), an extract can be requested at any civil registry office.
Adults can request their own extract; other persons only with a power of attorney. The power of attorney must be an original, signed by two witnesses. Photocopies, documents sent by email from abroad or printed in color are not accepted.
A minor’s birth certificate can only be collected by their parents or guardian; other persons need a power of attorney.
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Application for a civil registry extract
Contact us:
Information and appointments for civil registry matters:
phone: (+36 1) 462-3125
(+36 1) 462-3133
(+36 1) 462-3182
(+36 1) 462-3246
(+3630) 227-4652
(+3630) 590-6514
Registration of newborns, acknowledgment of paternity:
(+36 1) 462-3346
(+3630) 593-8049
Matters related to a death (except probate matters):
(+36 1) 462-3123
(+3630) 593-8049
Matters related to marriage:
(+36 1) 462-3149
(+3630) 227-4652
Email: anyakonyv@erzsebetvaros.hu
Please note that the civil registry officers are available at the contacts above; however, during customer service
hours, and while records are being entered in the civil registry systems, colleagues may not be able to answer the phone – thank you for your patience
and understanding. If your call is not answered, colleagues will call you back on the number shown on their phone display.