What is this for?

 

To order a copy of a birth, marriage, death or civil partnership certificates.

You can order copies of birth, marriage, death or civil partnership certificates.

 

What is it going to cost?

Certificates purchased at the time of registration	£12.50
Certificates purchased after registration - standard service - ready for collection or postage on the 15th working day/3 weeks after the order placed   (2nd class unrecorded postal charge included - NOT RECOMMENDED)	£12.50
Certificates purchased after registration - priority service - 2 working day service  (2nd class unrecorded postal charge included - NOT RECOMMENDED)	£38.50
1st class recorded postal charge for priority or non-priority service ****HIGHLY RECOMMENDED****	£2.20

     

 

         ***PLEASE NOTE THAT A FEE OF £5 WILL BE RETAINED ON ALL ORDERS FOR REGISTRATIONS FOUND TO NOT BE LOCATED IN DONCASTER***

 

 

 

Certificates are posted or are ready for collection 2 working days after ordering and payment received on the priority service, or 15 working days for non priority.

Please note, we do not notify you when it is completed, just use the above time guide based on the service you have paid for.

To ensure the safe delivery of your personal documents, we highly recommend that the 1st class recorded delivery service is selected.

Doncaster Register Office will not accept responsibility for your personal documents being lost/undelivered if you chose an unrecorded delivery method.

Please note that if you chose 2nd class unrecorded, any certificates lost in transit will not be replaced and would need to be purchased again.

We also cannot advise on  how quickly a certificate will be received when 2nd class unrecorded is selected - it could be several weeks.

 

Selecting 1st class recorded post gives greater assurance that a certificate would be received a couple of days after being dispatched.

 

If your documents are to be sent overseas, international postage is £6.

What we need from you

***PLEASE NOTE THAT A FEE OF £5 WILL BE RETAINED ON ALL ORDERS FOR REGISTRATIONS FOUND TO NOT BE LOCATED IN DONCASTER***

Complete the form in full, providing all the information requested.

We will ask you to register for a MyDoncaster account if you haven’t already. This will allow you to track your enquiry, and for us to tell you the outcome of your request. You will also be able to access additional online services offered by us. 

For a birth certificate (short or full version):

Birth certificates are produced in both short or full versions, however the cost is the same for both. If you need a certificate for official purposes e.g. a passport application, you will need a full certificate, short ones may not be accepted.

• full name
• date and place of birth
• parents' names 
• mother's maiden name

For a death certificate:

• full name of the deceased
• date and place of death

For a marriage certificate:

• full names of the couple
• date and the place of marriage

For a civil partnership certificate:

Copies of civil partnership certificates are provided as either extracts or as full certificates, the cost is the same for both. The full certificate will show all details, the extract does not have any address details, as in order to obtain a full certificate the customer must provide the address details of both partners as correct at the time that the civil partnership took place.

• Date of civil partnership
• Place of civil partnership
• First partners full name and address at the time of civil partnership
• Second partners full name and address at the time of civil partnership

What you should expect from us

A copy of the certificate will be posted out to you.

More information

For further information, please contact us: 

• tel: 01302 735222
• address: Births, Deaths & Marriages Registration, The Register Office, Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU

Privacy Notice
The Council is committed to meeting its data protection obligation and handling your information securely.  You should make sure you read and understand the Births, Marriages, Deaths and Nationality privacy notice, which sets out what you need to know about how Doncaster Council will use your information in the course of our work as Registrars.

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