How to find out whether a person is married or not?

Article updated: July 26, 2021.

Author: Lawyer Sergey Vladimirovich.

In 2021, it has become possible to find out whether a person is married or not. This can be done by requesting the registry office or the archives of the city where the marriage took place.

But the request must be drawn up correctly, with copies of documents confirming the relationship. How to do this - read on.

Sample application for marriage certificate

You can copy this sample, fill in your data and send it to the registry office of your city.

To the Central Civil Registry Office in Krasnokamensk

Applicant: Ivanova Marina Vladimirovna

Address: Krasnokamensk, st. Tveritina, house.

Statement

In connection with the consideration of the inheritance case, I ask you to issue me a marriage registration certificate for my mother Tamara Vladimirovna Ivanova, who got married on January 12 in Krasnokamensk.

01/11/2021 M.I. Ivanova

This method is suitable for those who need to find out about the marriage of their relatives or parents.

Example 1: Natalya wanted to know when her parents’ marriage and divorce were registered. To do this, she made an application to the registry office, paid a fee of 200 rubles and received documents from the archive a month later.

Features of document recovery in different cases

As you know, it is difficult to fit a certain life situation into some kind of template. Therefore, any business has its own nuances.

Restoring a marriage certificate when parents have died

The list of documents in this situation will be slightly different:

the passport of a person who is a child of the people whose document he wants to restore,
statement of your desire,
death certificates,
a birth document that confirms the presence of family ties,
copies of passports of deceased parents,
inheritance documents (when a marriage certificate is obtained for this purpose),
paid state duty.

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Restoring a marriage certificate in another country or city

For this case you will need:

Write out a power of attorney from a notary for a person who has permanent residence in the city where the document was originally issued. It is worth clarifying that for this you need to choose a reliable person, because he will have to hand over the entire package of documents to receive a duplicate.
Appear at the registry office located at your place of residence. Civil registry office employees will submit a request to their colleagues from another city. Then the information is checked, a response is received and a duplicate is issued. This takes a lot of time.

Restoring a marriage certificate when the second spouse has died

If a widow (or widower) wants to restore the certificate, a death certificate is attached to the usual list of documents.

Restoring a marriage certificate if the archive burned down

Article 264 of the Code of Civil Procedure of the Russian Federation establishes the rules in accordance with which one must act if the archive burns down, or the registry office ceases to function for other reasons. First of all, you need to file a claim in court. The application must be accompanied by:

The court will consider the case and make a decision. If it satisfies the applicants' claim, the registration will be resumed, and the spouses will be issued a marriage certificate.

Was there a divorce in the registry office?

Article 19 of the Family Code of the Russian Federation states that a marriage can be dissolved in the registry office only if both spouses want it. In addition, they should not have minor children.

If at least one of these conditions is not met, then you will have to go to court. Therefore, it is almost impossible for you to be scammed at the registry office and not even know about it. But still, this could happen in three situations:

You have been declared missing. For example, you left to live or work in another city or country and didn’t tell anyone about it. Your relatives wrote a statement to the police that you were missing, but for a year they did not find any information about you. After this, the court decides that you are missing. In this case, the registry office may dissolve the marriage, and you will not even know about it.
If the court finds one of the spouses incompetent. But this is not so easy to do; there must be a conclusion from a psychiatric examination.
One of the spouses was sent to prison for more than 3 years. This is the most common case; many wives use it so as not to wait for their husband. When a person leaves prison, he may not even realize that the marriage has been dissolved. After all, he does not have a stamp in his passport or a divorce certificate.

In each of these situations, you will have to make a written request to the registry office where you got married so that they give an official response. It is best to submit such a request in person in two copies, so that one of them is stamped with a stamp indicating acceptance of the documents.

If it is not possible to come in person, send the documents by mail, by registered mail with notification. But it will take longer, since the letter will take from 1 to 30 days.

A copy of the marriage registration certificate must be attached to the application. In the answer you will be told whether your marriage is dissolved or not; if it is dissolved, then you will be told where you can pick up the certificate.

Remember that for obtaining such a certificate you may be charged a state fee of 100 rubles. In addition, for issuing a certificate you will need to pay a fee of 200 rubles. To obtain a certificate or certificate you will need the following documents:

application form No. 19, which must be filled out in detail;
passport if you come in person or a notarized copy if you send by mail;
if your lawyer or representative deals with these issues, then you need a power of attorney on your behalf;
receipt of payment of the fee for obtaining information or documents.

Here is a sample of how to fill out an application, just provide your details.

After some time you will receive a response. There may be three options:

You may be sent a notice of form No. 35, which will say that your marriage has not been dissolved (or there is no information about this).
They will send you a certificate of divorce.
They will send you a divorce certificate.

Obtaining information for yourself

The legislation provides for cases of unilateral termination of marriage, so in practice it happens that one of the spouses does not take part in the divorce and does not know that the divorce was initiated by the second partner. Therefore, there are cases when it is advisable to independently prepare a request and clarify whether the marriage has been saved.

Was the divorce registered in the registry office?

Termination of marriage in the registry office without notifying the husband/wife is permitted:

recognition of a person as missing;
application of punishment in the form of imprisonment for a term of more than 3 years.

In this case, you must submit a written application to the registry office where the family relationship was initially registered. You can send a request:

personally;
by mail;
through a representative.

It takes from 10 to 30 days to process your request. The period will begin to count from the moment the state fee is paid and the receipt is submitted to the registry office. You will have to collect the answer in person.

Was the marriage terminated in court?

A unilateral divorce in court occurs when the defendant fails to respond to subpoenas and does not ask the court to adjourn the dispute for compelling reasons. If the summons is ignored three times, the judge will grant the divorce without the person present. You can obtain information about the termination of a union from the civil registry office.

Recommendations

You, as an intelligent person, want to find out whether your boyfriend, girlfriend or relative is officially married. Did you know that according to statistics, 35% of men hide their marital status when meeting people?

Interesting fact. Many registry offices and archive buildings were destroyed in the post-war period and now it is extremely difficult to find out when and with whom our parents and other relatives were married.

Heirs, children, second spouse, ex-wife and other interested parties can make a request to the registry office. Sometimes the request is made through the court if a case is pending.

Sometimes situations arise when you need to find out whether a person has officially registered a relationship. Any marriage is registered in the registry office. After the registration procedure, spouses receive a certificate. They also make a mark and stamp in the passport, which is proof.

If you are on good terms, you can try directly asking to see your marriage certificate or passport stamp.

If these documents are missing, perhaps there is a divorce certificate? This is what is issued if the marriage has been dissolved. If it is also not available anywhere, do not despair, the divorce certificate can be re-issued at the registry office, it does not take very much time. By the way, you can also get a duplicate of the marriage certificate from the registry office.

Now let’s imagine that you cannot directly ask or check the documents. You can often see advice to contact the registry office and find out information there. This is very bad advice for several reasons.

Firstly, the marriage could be registered in any registry office in our country. You cannot contact each of them. Secondly, no one will simply provide you with such information. Information about a citizen’s marital status is strictly confidential. Registry office employees can only provide it to spouses or their legal representatives.

From a legal perspective, these are all the methods you can use. However, not everything is so sad. Our readers gave some advice from their life experience that may help you.

Try talking to the person's neighbors or friends. Maybe they can tell you exactly his marital status. If you meet them in a cafe or bar, they may blurt it out in conversation. Although if a person agreed to meet you in the presence of friends or relatives, this means that he is most likely divorced or has never been in an official relationship. Family people prefer secrecy and meet in secret apartments so that no one finds out about it.
Look at the ring finger of your right hand. There may be a ring or a mark from it, this will give you some information to think about. Most men take off the ring and put it in their pants pocket if they decide to cheat on their wife. But women, as a rule, immediately say that they are married and do not even take off the ring.
With the growing popularity of social networks, you can easily find the person you need. Look at the marital status listed there. You can also study the photos that are on his page, perhaps in one of them he will be with his family. In addition to the photos themselves, look at who writes comments and leaves likes. If most of the photos have a like from the same person, it may very well be the husband or wife.
What kind of car does he have? A family person can rarely afford a sports car or a two-seater. He will also almost never drive a convertible. In most cases, married men buy minivans or a car with 5-7 seats to conveniently transport children and things.
What places does he like to dine at? If this is a pizzeria or a noisy bar where everyone knows him, most likely such a man is a bachelor. Here's another tip, talk to the bartender or waiter and find out how often he comes to them. You can clarify in conversation whether there is another woman with him. At first the bartender will refuse to tell you, but if you give him some money for a tip, he will tell you.
How he spends his weekends and vacations. A man who has a wife and children will never meet you on his day off. He will devote this time to his family. But he will plan dates with another woman on weekdays.
What time does he make appointments, during the day or after work? If it’s after work, it means he’s not expected home and he’s not worried about his family. But if you see each other only during working hours, it means he is trying to hide something.
Does he invite you to his home? A married man almost never brings his mistress to his apartment, because his wife might guess about it when she sees someone else's long hair on the floor. In addition, the wife can come unexpectedly at any time. Therefore, if you are not allowed into the apartment under some pretext, this is a clear sign that the man has a wife or another woman.
What things does he have in his apartment? If, nevertheless, you managed to come to this person’s home, carefully look at the situation. Pay special attention to the photographs and who is depicted in them. Look in the bathroom to see if there are women's cosmetics or shampoo. Or maybe his children’s children’s things are scattered around the apartment. Also, see if there are any other clothes or shoes in the hallway.
How a person talks to you on the phone and how he answers calls in front of you. A family man most often answers in short phrases and never gives compliments over the phone, since his wife can hear him. He replies to most phrases - we’ll talk in person. At the same time, he tries not to give any addresses where you meet him. Also, family people often have two or more phones. This is done so that the wife does not read SMS from other women and is not able to view the call history. As a rule, they leave a second phone number at work to contact you.
Talk to him. Maybe in a conversation he will accidentally mention his wife's name or will constantly change the conversation to another topic when you are interested in his personal life.
You can try contacting a private detective. You just need to contact an agency that has the appropriate license. As a rule, it is enough for an agent to follow a person for several days to determine whether he has a family or not.
Look carefully at his things. When he pays, you can notice if he has cards in another name (for example, in the name of his wife). You can ask him to look at the phone, perhaps there will be a photo of his wife and children on the screensaver.
Look at his passport. For example, when you book tickets somewhere. There may be a mark indicating that the person is married.

Best answers

Nikita Pluzhnik:

With your passport, go to the court that divorced you, they should give you an extract from the court decision. Then you go to the registry office, pay the state. fee and receive a divorce certificate.

Legal Bureau Trust:

Certificates of marriage and divorce are available in a single copy. You can contact the court archives and obtain an archival copy of the decision, as well as contact the registry office to obtain the appropriate certificate.

Karafuto:

.Go to court for a decision. It’s in the archives. And then to the registry office.

taiv 2006:

If your ex-wife has a certificate, then you need to ask her for a copy and go to the registry office to receive your copy of the divorce certificate. You will read the date of divorce and the entry number in the spouse’s copy. PS/ Especially for the Legal Bureau Doverie The marriage certificate is issued in one copy - this is true. But the divorce certificate is in TWO (for each of the divorcing spouses)

Whose Whose:

Galina E.:

Via the Internet, you can only make an appointment in advance to come to register your divorce. No more. But you will still have to go to the registry office on your feet, taking with you an extract from the court decision, your passport and 400 rubles. to pay the state fee. You can order the deportation of a certificate via the Internet only if a duplicate document is issued. And here you will need to draw up a record of divorce (or supplement an existing record). In both cases, the citizen will have to put his signature there. For taiv2006: just a copy of the divorce certificate of the ex-spouse will not issue a divorce certificate to the other spouse. He needs to submit to the registry office an extract from the court decision on divorce. Moreover, the ex-wife could formalize the dissolution of the marriage in another registry office, at her place of residence.

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How to check

Not only close people, jealous girls or future spouses can check whether someone is married. In most cases, this information is required to protect yourself.

The most common reason is buying a new apartment. It is at this moment that you are most afraid of getting into trouble. After all, if it turns out that the seller has a spouse or children, and he hid this fact, you will have serious troubles in the future.

By law, when selling any property, you must obtain the consent of both spouses to complete the transaction. Realtors usually promise to check such information. Just don't trust them. After all, they simply do not have any legal ways to do this.

Here's what we can advise you. Before purchasing, be sure to ask the seller to obtain a notary certification that he is not married. Of course, the notary will also write down this information from the words of the seller, but something else is important here. If the case goes to court and it turns out that the seller deliberately wanted to deceive you, then the certification from the notary will be evidence. And now the seller will be held accountable for fraud.

Another piece of advice is to insure your transaction against such situations. Be sure to consider this option so as not to end up without money and property. In our practice, there were several cases when buyers did not take care of these actions in advance. We have seen some of them faint after deals were invalidated.

How to submit an application to the registry office for marriage registration through the MFC

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Marriage registration is a solemn, important and very responsible event. And more than ever I want it to be perfect

Today, multifunctional centers help couples take this step. From this article you will learn how to apply for marriage registration through the MFC and what documents are required for this. We will also advise you on the cost of the service and the timing of its provision.

Those wishing to restore the certificate will also find useful information for themselves.

Required documents when concluding a marriage through the MFC

In order to register a marriage using the MFC, you need to prepare the following documents:

Passports of the spouses;
A statement drawn up with the participation of both newlyweds;
Receipt for payment of duty.

Download application for marriage, form 7

Application form

This is a standard package of documents required for all couples. In exceptional cases, the following may also be required:

Permission from the municipal authority for marriage of a person under 18 years of age;
Certificate of divorce from a previous marriage;
Death certificate if one of the spouses is a widower or widower.

IMPORTANT! If one of the future spouses cannot be present at the filing of the application, then you need to prepare a power of attorney certified by a notary

Procedure for submitting an application and receiving it

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A couple planning to apply for marriage registration must choose which of the currently available ways to do this is best: via the Internet, through the MFC, or by coming directly to the registry office. Of course, the delivery method through the MFC is the most optimal, because it is always close to home, fast and convenient.

To submit an application in “My Documents”, those wishing to get married must complete the following steps:

Collect relevant documents;
Pay the state fee;
Come to the center at a time convenient for both newlyweds (you can pre-register online at some centers);
After waiting your turn, provide the center specialist with a package of documents and jointly fill out an application using the form provided. The application will contain information about the registration itself: the chosen authority, date and time, as well as the future names of the spouses;
An MFC employee will check all the documents and tell you whether everything is correct and whether anything additional needs to be provided;
The couple can choose the place and time where registration will take place.

Query by database

Never trust online services or databases that promise to find information about a person. As a rule, these are scammers. In Russia, this information is secret and it is prohibited to make it publicly available.

Therefore, sites that promise to provide you with information about divorce simply take money from gullible citizens. They can give any answer, but it has nothing to do with the real state of affairs.

If you want to find out this information about your husband or wife, then you need to act differently:

First, check all the documents that you received by mail. If there was a divorce through the court, you should be sent a summons, even if you have not communicated with your spouse for a long time.
Contact the Magistrates' and District Courts with a written request to determine whether the divorce or court order occurred without your participation.
While you are waiting for an answer, call the court clerk and find out if court hearings are scheduled with your participation in the near future.
In addition, each court is now required to post all information about trials on its website. Look for them there; to do this, just enter your first and last name in the search bar. You will be shown all the meetings where you were a plaintiff or defendant.

If there is no information anywhere, it means the person did not divorce you through the court. But the registry office certainly could not do this, since they ask for the consent of both spouses for a divorce.

Information in the divorce certificate

The certificate is issued on a special form of the established form, the appearance of which does not depend on the method of divorce . The reason for the divorce is not indicated in the document.

Basic information contained in the document:

Full name of the spouses at the time of termination of the marriage relationship.
An indication of the grounds for divorce – a court decision or a statement from the parties.
Registration number of the civil status act and indication of the authority where the divorce took place.
Surnames of former spouses after divorce.
Date of issue of the certificate, its series and number.
Information about the person who issued the document.

Was there a divorce in court?

If the location of one of the spouses is unknown, then the court may grant a divorce without notice. But as soon as you become aware of this, you can challenge this decision. In addition, remember that after the decision comes into force, the registry office needs at least three days to make an entry about this in the register of citizens’ states.

If you want to find out whether a person has been divorced through the court, then you need to send a written request to the chairman of the court and attach to it a copy of your passport and a copy of the marriage registration certificate. You can obtain a sample of this statement from the court office.

The registry office can issue a document indicating whether a person is married: after submitting an application

Clause 3.1 of Article 9 of the Federal Law “On Acts of Civil Status”

State duty for issuing certificates from the registry office archive: 200 rubles

clause 7 of Article 333.26 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation

What is the form and content of the marriage document?

The registration form for the marriage certificate was approved by order of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 123 of 2021 . According to this regulatory act, civil registry offices must fill out a form containing the following information:

Record number.
The date it was completed.
Last name, first name and patronymic of each spouse entering into marriage. If during registration there is a change of surname (usually by wife), a corresponding note is made about this in the document.
Dates of birth and full age at the time of marriage.
Place of birth of each spouse.
Nationality of husband and wife.
Marital status at the time of registration.
Details of the document confirming that both spouses are free from other marriages.
Place of residence of husband and wife.
Details of the document confirming the identity of the spouses (almost always such a document is a passport).
Date of marriage.
Details of the certificate issued by the registry office.
Signatures of both parties entering into marriage.

In addition, at the request of the husband and wife, additional information can be included in the act. These include:

Nationality.
Education.
Number of common minor children.

From what time is a marriage considered dissolved?

In accordance with the norms of family law, the moment of termination of marriage relations differs during a divorce in the registry office and in court:

In case of divorce through the registry office, the date of divorce is the day the parties receive the certificate . At the same time, a stamp indicating the termination of family relations is placed in the passports of the former spouses. This usually occurs one month after the date of filing for divorce.
If the divorce took place through the court, then the date of the end of the marriage is the day the court decision enters into legal force . The spouses' passports will be stamped by civil registry office employees on the day the certificate is received, but the moment of divorce will be the date the court decision comes into force.

The mark in the passport looks like this:

The moment the marriage ends is important because from this date:

to complete transactions cease , and they do not need to obtain each other’s consent;
the parties have the right to enter into a new marital relationship , but only if they have a divorce certificate received from the registry office.

Small conclusions

After divorce, you must take care of obtaining a divorce certificate. In this case, a divorce lawyer can be of great help. It is issued by the civil registry office in two equal copies; they will go to each of the now free spouses. Regardless of the reasons for divorce, the certificate has one established type and form.
When divorcing through the registry office, a month after filing the application, the spouses must visit the department on the appointed day and confirm their intention to divorce. After this, based on the entry in the deed book, receive a divorce document.
During court proceedings, an extract from the decision is transferred by court employees to the registry office. This occurs three days after the court decision comes into force. The divorce is registered. Each of the former spouses can obtain a certificate of divorce at any time thereafter.
Without a document, you won’t be able to get married again, make a deal, or get a visa abroad.
The moment of divorce is the date of registration of the divorce (if the spouses divorced through the civil registry office) or the day the court decision entered into force (if the divorce took place through the court).

How to restore a divorce certificate

Any document re-issued is called a duplicate. A duplicate of the divorce certificate can be obtained by any of the former spouses (or his authorized representative) in the event of loss, defect or damage to the original. In this case, a rectangular stamp with the mark “Repeated” must be placed on the secondly issued document.

If the document is restored in the same registry office in which the divorce took place, then the certificate will be issued on the day of application . If the citizen is in another locality, the algorithm will be as follows:

Contact the civil registry office at your actual location.
Indicate the approximate date of dissolution of the family union and the city in which the divorce took place.
Send a reasoned request to the registry office where the divorce took place, with a request to send a duplicate of the certificate to the registry office office where the citizen is actually located.
Wait for notification from the civil registry office at your place of residence that the document has been sent.
Then pay the state fee and receive a duplicate of the document.

At the same time, specialists from the government agency to which the applicant applied are obliged to help him, free of charge, draw up a reasoned request for a duplicate.

To obtain a duplicate, a state fee of 350 rubles .

The situation may soon be simplified thanks to the Unified State Register of Civil Status Acts (USR Civil Status Register). After the implementation of the program, all information about civil status will be in a common electronic database , thanks to which it will be possible to obtain duplicate documents from the registry office independently in any department, without sending requests .