How and where to get a duplicate marriage certificate: application, state duty and government services

Article updated: July 26, 2021.

Author: Lawyer Sergey Vladimirovich.

In 2021, you can obtain a second certificate of registration or divorce through the government services website or at the registry office.

You can also get a certificate or a duplicate, and the cost will be lower. How to do this, a sample application and details about the amount of the state fee - read on.

Procedure

A marriage certificate is the main document of a new family. As a rule, after the wedding it is put away in a far corner as unnecessary. What should you do if a situation arises when you need evidence, but you cannot find it?

If all efforts are in vain, you will have to restore the certificate according to the law. In Russia, the Federal Law of November 15, 1997 No. 143-FZ “On Acts of Civil Status” is in force; it is with its help that you can obtain a duplicate.

Example 1: Oksana and Oleg decided to apply for a mortgage. The bank asked them for a marriage registration certificate, but it turned out that it was lost. As a result, Oksana had to write an application to the registry office to receive a duplicate and pay a fee of 350 rubles. But everything ended well, the duplicate was issued on the same day.

Fun fact: 15,000 people lose their certificates every year, so don't worry too much, you're not alone.

Remember that once you receive a copy, you will be able to use the original certificate if you happen to find it.

The very first piece of advice is to carefully look for it in all the closets, in document folders, and ask your parents to look at yours. Let's assume that after these procedures you still haven't found anything. All that remains is to obtain a duplicate of the marriage certificate.

In 2021, you can re-receive a certificate or certificate of registration or divorce at the registry office; any spouse can do this. The procedure is as follows: 1. Fill out the application in form No. 19 and bring it along with your passport; 2. Pay the state fee of 350 rubles at Sberbank; 3. Hand over the documents to the head of the registry office; 4. Receive a duplicate on the same day.

Conditions for submitting an application, mandatory details, sample preparation

To obtain a duplicate, you must submit an application to the civil registry office that registered the divorce. At the same time, the circle of persons entitled to this is strictly limited by law:

ex-husband and wife;
heirs of spouses;
parents;
representatives.

If the document is lost, the husband or wife can personally apply for a duplicate copy.

If one of the spouses has died, his heirs must personally contact the registry office to restore the document. In this case, you must provide official information confirming your status, for example, prove your relationship with the deceased.

Parents of spouses can apply for a lost document only in the event of the death of divorced spouses. Moreover, at the time of death, the husband or wife must be under 18 years of age.

If citizens do not have the opportunity to independently apply for restoration, their interests can be represented by any person who has the proper power of attorney.

Unauthorized citizens cannot apply for a duplicate. To restore a lost divorce certificate, you need to submit an application. It must contain the following information:

Name of the Civil Registry Office department.
Applicant details (full name, address, passport details, telephone).
Details of the ex-spouse (full name, address, phone number).
Information about the lost certificate (date of issue, authority that registered the divorce).
Request for the issuance of a duplicate document.
Date, signature.

The applicant must indicate in the application the last name that was included in the divorce document. If personal data changes, this information must also be provided. Sample application for restoration of a divorce certificate:

Sample form for obtaining a duplicate

If you want, you can go to our website using the link below and fill out all the fields at home.

And if you have difficulties entering data, then look at the sample filling. We have prepared it especially for you, just provide your details and not those written on the image.

In what cases may it be necessary to issue a duplicate marriage registration certificate?

After marriage, the spouses' passports are stamped. Most often, this is enough to confirm the marriage. Therefore, the existence of a marriage certificate is simply forgotten. But some government agencies are required to submit it. Quite often, disagreements between spouses arise at the court level, and in many of these cases, the original document may be required.

What to do if your marriage certificate is lost? It can be restored. The procedure is very common and does not cause confusion among government officials. Here are examples of some cases when it is necessary to obtain a duplicate:

the original was lost;
the document is damaged;
The marriage certificate is in an inaccessible place.

If lost or damaged, the marriage certificate can be restored

How to get

There is a list of reasons when you can re-obtain a marriage certificate:

the original certificate is lost;
the document is damaged, maybe a child painted it with paints;
the text on the document has become unreadable, this happens if it is faded in the sun;
the seal on the document is smeared - this happens if you spill juice or tea;
lamination is torn or broken;

The following citizens can restore the certificate:

Each of the spouses;
Close relatives of the spouse, if he died;
Guardians of the spouse if he is declared incompetent;
Any person by proxy.

To restore, you need to come to the registry office where the marriage registration procedure took place. Take with you a passport that has a marriage stamp.

You can, of course, contact not only your registry office, but then the restoration procedure may take a long time.

In recent years, many companies have appeared that help restore documents. If you don't have time, you can use their services. The cost of intermediaries is usually 2000-5000 rubles. But be careful not to fall into the hands of scammers.

When you arrive, tell the registry office employee that the original certificate has been lost and you need to get a duplicate.

Sometimes spouses are afraid that they will issue a fine, as happens when they lose their passport. You don’t have to worry about this, there will be no fine, you only need to pay the state fee.

You will be asked to write an application to obtain a duplicate. In it, write down the passport details of the husband and wife and the date when your marriage was registered. They may also be asked to indicate the reason for the restoration.

A duplicate of the certificate is required in the following cases:

the husband or wife files a claim in court, but the second spouse refuses to give up the document;
a common child was born and he needs to be registered in his father’s name;
a dispute has arisen regarding the division of property between spouses;
spouses file an application for divorce in court or the registry office;
the wife wants to prove her last name, which was before marriage;
heirs want to prove their rights;
the bank requires a certificate to issue a loan or mortgage;
one of the spouses wants to receive benefits after the death of the second spouse;
the wife wants to get a meeting with her husband in prison;

For all such cases, the registry office has samples of filling out applications; you can ask an employee if you can’t fill it out yourself.

Once all the documents are ready, do not forget to make photocopies of them. Then give the registry office employee your application, proof of payment of the fee, your passport and a photocopy.

Most likely, your duplicate will be made within 30 minutes. If you were unable to come to your registry office, the procedure for creating a duplicate may take 10 days.

This period is obtained due to the fact that employees will need to contact the archive.

Remember that it is not necessary to go to the registry office with your spouse. You can restore your marriage certificate alone, just don’t forget to check the passport details of the second spouse.

When a duplicate is received, it will be marked accordingly. Upon delivery, you will be asked to sign in a special document record book. This completes the procedure; you can now use the document for its intended purpose.

Most often, the certificate disappears if the case goes to divorce, but one party does not want to give their consent. There is an interesting fact. If the marriage is declared invalid, then a duplicate certificate will not be issued.

Remember that once you receive a copy, you will no longer be able to use the original certificate if you happen to find it. The previous certificate loses its legal force. And an attempt to do something like this deliberately can be regarded extremely negatively.

Who can get a duplicate certificate

Only a limited number of persons can take the initiative to restore lost or damaged documents. These include:

ex-spouses;
close relatives of the ex-husband and wife, if the spouse died, was declared dead by the court, or missing;
guardians of incapacitated men and women who were previously legally married.

If third parties apply for the document, then you must confirm your reasons for filing such an application. For relatives, it is necessary to prepare documents confirming the relationship, as well as a death certificate of the divorced person.

Former spouses can involve third parties in the procedure, acting on the basis of a notarized power of attorney.

What documents are needed

Take your passport and receipt of payment of the state fee with you. We describe how to pay the fee below. If you left your passport at home, you can show your military ID or international passport.

If someone in your couple has died, be sure to prepare a death certificate for your spouse.

If a law firm is involved in obtaining a duplicate, they must provide a power of attorney certified by a notary.

Sometimes they ask for a divorce certificate. For example, when an ex-wife wants to confirm her maiden name. You can call the registry office and find out if anything else is required.

Once all the documents are ready, do not forget to make photocopies of them. Then give the registry office employee your application, proof of payment of the fee, your passport and a photocopy.

Required information

To receive a repeat birth certificate, an individual must submit the following certificates to the registry office (clause 35 of Order of the Ministry of Justice No. 307):

Personal statement.
Receipt for payment of state duty.

A personal application for a duplicate is submitted to the civil registry office at the place of issue of the first birth certificate (clause 1 of article 9 of Federal Law No. 143).

To receive a repeated birth certificate through the government services website, an individual must pay the state fee and show the registry office employee his personal passport.

When contacting the MFC, you must present a personal passport, an application and a receipt for payment of the state duty (clause 5-7 of part 9 of Federal Law No. 143, clause 2 of Order of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation No. 194 of August 19, 2021).

Application for a duplicate

Did you know that registry offices are closed on Sundays and sanitary days? When you arrive, tell the employee that the original certificate has been lost and you need to get a duplicate.

Indicate the reason why you decided to get a duplicate. Most often they write a real one, for example - they lost the original or one of the spouses tore it up. But you can come up with any idea, they will still prepare the documents for you.

Obtain an application form from the registry office employees. It is sometimes called form No. 19, you can say so, they will understand.

As with any other documents, be extremely careful and avoid corrections. If you spoil the form or make marks on it, you will have to fill it out again.

If you live far from the city, in a village where there is no printer, then write the application by hand. It must be accepted in this form. A sample form is available on our website and at the stand at the registry office.

Since the most important person who is responsible for issuing documents is the manager, therefore the application is written in her name. Don't forget to sign and number at the bottom of the application.

How to restore a certificate through the State Services portal

The State Services portal is becoming increasingly popular and widespread among Russian residents.
On this site you can easily receive any municipal and government service. Such services include obtaining a duplicate of the divorce document. To receive this service you need:

Register on the State Services portal. It's not difficult, you just need to fill out all the fields provided.
If all information is entered, confirm your account.
In the proposed service classifier, select .
Fill out the provided email request. Attach to it a scanned copy of your personal documents - passport, TIN code of an individual and a copy of the receipt for payment of the state duty.
Submit your application.

If you have correctly entered all the necessary information and attached copies of all documents, the request is accepted for processing and after a while you receive a response that your duplicate is ready. Usually a positive response comes within thirty days after submitting the application. You will learn about this on the portal in your Personal Account. If errors were made when filling out the form and submitting documents, you will receive a refusal to accept it. You will need to correct everything and reapply.

State duty

If you come to the registry office and decide to submit documents in person, then the employees will issue a receipt to pay the state fee. In 2021, it is 350 rubles, the same as for receiving the original.

For a second divorce certificate, you also need to pay 350 rubles.

Name of the fee	Regular fee	Amount of duty when paying for government services
Issuance of a repeated certificate (duplicate) of marriage registration	350 rubles	245 rubles
Issuance of a repeated certificate (duplicate) of divorce	350 rubles	245 rubles
Issuance of a certificate of registration or divorce	200 rubles	140 rubles

There are many ways to pay the fee. Some require more time, others are more convenient. Which one to choose is up to you. We offer the most common ones:

in the terminal, which is located in the registry office;
go to the nearest Sberbank branch;
make a payment in Internet banking;
pay via qiwi terminal;

Sberbank is the best option, since there is an electronic queue, and the procedure will take no more than 15 minutes. After you receive the check and receipt, go back and show the bank employees.

There is one small drawback - banks charge a commission of 20-50 rubles for their services. If you want to make copies of documents, they will charge you another 100 rubles.

State fee calculator for obtaining a duplicate marriage certificate:
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State duty amount

In case of restoration of the marriage certificate at the registry office, the MFC, a state fee must be paid. The size is 350 rubles. (Part 6, Clause 1, Article 333.26 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation).

If you receive a duplicate through Gosuslugi, the state duty for restoring the marriage certificate is paid with a 30% discount (clause 4 of Article 333.35 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation). The duty amount is 350 rubles. — 350 rub. * 30%/100% = 350 rub. – 105 rub. = 245 rub.

However, the 30% discount is valid only for individuals and for non-cash payment of state duty.

On the government services website, the state fee for the restoration of a marriage certificate is paid as follows:

By bank card (MasterCard, Visa, Mir).
Through an electronic wallet (Webmoney).
Through the balance of a mobile phone (Beeline, MTS, Megafon, Tele-2, etc.).

You can also pay the state fee at a discount through the State Services mobile application (www.gosuslugi.ru/help/mobile).

Where to get it

If you have any doubts about how to obtain a duplicate, we will now dispel them. A duplicate can be obtained through:

Civil registry office - this method immediately comes to mind. It is chosen in 70% of cases. Most often they turn to the registry office where the marriage took place. But no one forbids choosing any other office in the country.
If you apply at the place where the marriage was registered, then repeat the certificate can be issued within 1 hour. The maximum period will stretch for 3 days if you applied on Friday. But if you choose some outside office, then the documents can be prepared within a month.
The period increases due to the fact that additional requests are made and the archive is searched. You can come to the registry office in person or send an application by mail. Postal services are used by those who live in another city or country.
Government services. The application is submitted via the Internet, which is reviewed within 3-5 days. Ready documents can be obtained in person at the branch you indicate when filling out the application.
Court - this option is used when other methods have not been successful. A statement of claim is filed by relatives on the side of the husband or wife when a dispute over property or inheritance is being resolved.
The judge makes requests on his own, but this requires serious reasons and evidence. Additional documents may be required to confirm the relationship.
With the help of law firms or a representative. To do this, you make a notarized power of attorney and draw up an agreement for the provision of services for obtaining a second marriage certificate. This option helps save time, but costs approximately 3,000 rubles.

If the document is needed electronically, it will be sent to your mailbox and an electronic signature will be provided.

Places to get a copy of your marriage certificate

The body responsible for the production of certificates and certificates confirming the status of a citizen is the Civil Registry Office under the administration. However, it is not always possible to contact the registering authority directly.

If citizens need to register, receive benefits, or participate in court proceedings, when it is necessary to officially contact a government agency or bank, they submit an application to the government agency. The main place to obtain a copy of the marriage certificate is the Civil Registry Office. Additionally, citizens have access to the following requests:

in the MFC;
through the government services website.

The loss of paper is not a reason for imposing a fine, but the production of a new form requires payment of a fee. To submit a request, use a special form. They also prepare documents confirming their identity and the right to apply for restoration. Usually, for confirmation, it is enough to present a valid civil passport with a stamp indicating the registration of the marriage union.

To receive a completed form on the day of application, visit the registry office where the celebration took place. If it is necessary to restore paper from another city, citizens have the right to apply at their place of residence at the moment, however, consideration of the application and verification of data may take longer.

Not every person can find the time to do their own papers. A busy person prefers to entrust the execution of the mission to others for a fee. There are offices that are ready to perform an intermediary role for 2-5 thousand rubles by contacting the registry office instead of one of the spouses. It must be taken into account that issuing a notarized power of attorney for employees of unknown organizations is fraught with other, more serious problems, where the loss of a certificate will become the most minor issue.

Contacting the registry office

To receive the document as quickly as possible, it is recommended to go to the civil registry office where the marriage was registered.

Having previously checked whether there is a chance to find a genuine certificate, the citizen performs the following actions:

Prepare supporting personal documents and take a receipt to pay the state fee.
Fill out the application form and submit it along with the fee receipt.
Wait for the duplicate to be made and receive it against signature.

Download: Application for a duplicate marriage certificate (form 19) (32.0 KiB, 803 hits)

It is important to consider that the period required to verify the application increases if a person applies to a registry office located in another region or city.

On the government services portal

Although obtaining a new bank remotely through State Services allows you to send a request for a duplicate online.

The service is available to anyone who has a confirmed account on the portal and has been registered.

The action plan for what is needed to restore a marriage certificate is presented in 4 simple steps:

Log in to the system and find the event registration section.
Fill out the online form that opens with information about yourself, your spouse, an entry in the registry office, the date and place of marriage registration.
After sending the form, the system will offer to pay the fee with automatically filled in details. All that remains is to enter the card number and confirm the payment.
When the application is processed, a message will appear in your personal account asking you to come to the selected registry office department to issue a new form.

If it is not possible to visit the branch in person, the application indicates an alternative method of receipt - through Russian Post. The waiting period increases during delivery.

At the MFC branch

If there is an MFC branch nearby, you can entrust mediation services to it. Employees of the multifunctional center have the right to accept documents for further transfer to the authorized body, but do not produce them themselves.

In order not to wait in queues, they sign up in advance in the electronic queue to arrive at the appointed date and time, along with pre-prepared documents. The center employee will ask you to fill out the form provided to receive a copy and will provide details for transferring fees for government services.

After receiving the application, you just have to wait for the duplicate to be ready, and if you submit personal papers to the MFC, you will receive a receipt confirming your acceptance of the job.

After divorce

Sometimes it is necessary to confirm a previously valid marital status after a divorce has been filed. In fact, there is no point in restoring the certificate form, since during a divorce and preparation of the paper on termination of registration, a new document will be issued to replace the marriage certificate. In other words, it is subject to confiscation when re-registering family status when applying to the registry office after a divorce.

Sometimes a certificate of dissolution of marriage is insufficient to confirm the time spent as a family man. Documentary evidence in the form of a certificate must be obtained.

A package of papers is required in the same way as applying for a duplicate. The changes concern only some details.

The application form for the preparation of a certificate contains the following items:

name of the authority, its address;
information about the applicant (full name, birth information, age);
state affiliation and nationality;
information about registration at the place of residence;
information about the number, place, time of issue of the passport;
number and date of receipt of the marriage termination certificate;
surname options if marriage and divorce proceedings were accompanied by a change of full name.

It will take a little time to prepare a certificate in the same department where the marriage was registered. If data is requested from another district or region, the registry office staff may require more time.

How much is done

If you come to the registry office where your marriage was registered, then a duplicate will be issued on the same day. It usually takes 30-60 minutes to make.

But if you ordered from another city, then the process will take 20-30 days. This period is extended due to delivery of the letter by mail. It may be necessary to contact the archive if the registry office cannot restore it on its own.

If you send a letter with a request, check whether any additional copies need to be included. It is better to have the application certified by a notary if you want to receive a duplicate by mail.

Those citizens who want to obtain a second certificate in another country will have to wait the longest. There will be a lot of approvals and requests to the consulate. As a result, the procedure will take from 2 to 6 months.

The marriage certificate is reissued: if the original is lost or damaged

Clause 1 of Article 9 of the Federal Law “On Acts of Civil Status”

A duplicate of the marriage certificate is issued: on the day of application

Clause 4 of Article 9 of the Federal Law “On Acts of Civil Status”

State duty for issuing a duplicate marriage certificate: 350 rubles

clause 6 of Article 333.26 of the Tax Code

What to do if no data is saved

If information about divorce is lost, you must:

Details of the ex-spouse (full name).
Passport with a divorce mark.
Date of registration of divorce.

If the applicant does not have the specified information, and the ex-spouse does not want to provide assistance in this matter, the specialists of the Civil Registry Office will not be able to resume the registration. A citizen who has lost his divorce certificate will have to go to the archives.

Despite the fact that the loss of a divorce certificate is an unpleasant situation, restoring the document will not take much time and will not require much effort. Currently, there are several ways to obtain a duplicate. Every citizen will find an option that suits him.

Remember the main thing:

The easiest way to restore a certificate is to come to the registry office, write an application for a duplicate, pay a fee and receive a duplicate.
The fee for re-issuing a certificate is 350 rubles. When registering for public services - 245 rubles.
If the marriage was registered a long time ago, for example in 1980, then you will have to go to the city archive and restore it there.
Either spouse can receive the certificate.
If the certificate is needed for the court, he can make a request on his own.
If there is a dispute regarding inheritance, then any of the heirs can receive a duplicate.

Obstacles and difficulties in document recovery

There are cases when the applicant cannot independently submit a request for a duplicate. This is not a problem; an officially authorized person - his representative - can do this for him. To do this, a power of attorney must be issued for him. This document indicates all the powers that the representative has when representing the interests of the applicant in the registry office. Such a power of attorney must be drawn up and certified by any notary.

Difficulties in obtaining a duplicate divorce document may arise if the citizen does not live in the place where the original document was issued. Also, difficulties in obtaining a document may arise if the person who wants to receive a duplicate does not know all the necessary personal data of the former half. In this case, it is advisable to contact an experienced lawyer who will solve the problem legally. To obtain the personal data of the second spouse, he will send the appropriate requests and, after receiving the necessary information, will competently draw up a request.

You may also encounter difficulties in recovering lost documents if the civil registry office that registered the divorce and issued the original document no longer exists. In this case, you definitely cannot do without the help of a specialist.

Certificate of termination

The need to obtain a copy of the marriage document may arise even when the marriage has already been dissolved.

The process of obtaining a certificate in this case will be divided into the following stages:

Submission of form No. 19 and documents. You need to fill out form No. 19, provide your passport and divorce registration certificate.
Pay the state fee. The registry office employee will give you a receipt on the basis of which the tax will be paid.
Get a copy. It is worth noting that in this case the applicant will not receive a copy of the marriage certificate, but a certificate that will confirm the fact of registration of a marriage that has already been dissolved at that time.

A divorced marriage is a good reason for refusing to issue a new copy of the marriage document.

Obtaining a copy through relatives

Sometimes it can be difficult to contact the registry office in person. Then you can entrust the task to your loved ones. This is called obtaining a copy of a third party's marriage certificate. The law provides for such situations. In this case, children of parents or guardians of third parties can contact the registry office. Also, any person who has a notarized power of attorney for this operation has the right to do this.

List of documents:

passport or other document that confirms the identity of the applicant;
if necessary, a power of attorney, notarized;
confirmation of relationship;
document establishing guardianship.

What is reflected in the certificate?

The form of the certificate is unified and established in a single form. The form requires the placement of the necessary information:

information about divorcing spouses: their real full names, dates and places of birth, as well as last names before the marriage and last names after the divorce;
information about the official termination of the marital relationship: the date of termination, the basis for ascertaining this fact, which is an application drawn up by both spouses to the registry office. If the application is submitted by only one spouse, then indicate the reason for the absence of an application from the other spouse. If the marriage was dissolved in court, then the “Court Decision” and the date it entered into force or the “Court Order”, its number and date of issue should be indicated as the basis;
information that the fact of divorce was registered in the civil registry, indicate the date of entry and its number;
further indicates the date of filling out the certificate form and full name. the person who received it.

Having considered what a divorce document represents, we will figure out how to get a duplicate of it if the original is lost.

When and where is a divorce certificate issued?

A document confirming the fact of divorce is issued by one authority - the registry office. But, a marriage can be dissolved either in the registry office or in court.

The registry office can formalize the termination of family relationships when there are no children together, and the decision of the spouses to divorce is mutual. It is permissible to file a divorce in this body at the request of one spouse only if the second spouse is missing, declared mentally incompetent, or sentenced to a term of more than three years and is in prison.

In the classic version, when two parties submit an application, representatives of the registry office review the documents presented by the spouses and, based on the application, make a decision on divorce. They make an entry about this fact in the unified register of civil status acts. The date the entry was made will be considered the official date of the spouses’ divorce.

In court, a marriage is dissolved when there are minor children in the family and there are unresolved disputes between the spouses. A marriage is dissolved by a court decision, which is documented and considered a legal document ending the family relationship of the spouses. The date of termination of the family relationship is considered to be the date of this document.

Expert commentary

Gorchakov Vladimir

Lawyer

You will still have to apply for a divorce certificate to the registry office by presenting there a court decision or a court order if the marriage was dissolved in the magistrate's court.

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.

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:

spouses' passports,
paid receipts.

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.

Restoring a marriage license after divorce

When a couple is divorced and needs to restore a lost marriage certificate, the registry office issues a certificate confirming that the marriage was actually registered. The fact is that only spouses at the time of marriage can receive a new marriage certificate. After termination of the relationship, a certificate is issued.