Senegal - Request a Judgment Authorizing for Late Marriage Registration

ProcedureEdit

Apply In-Person

To obtain a Judgment Authorizing for Late Marriage Registration, the person concerned should file the request in six months after the marriage not declared in the civil registry, visit the registry of the departmental court of the place where the marriage was celebrate or where the spouse reside for the issuance of the judgment. (View address details below)
Submit the request attached to the supporting (as mentioned below) to the verified by the court chief clerk at the departmental court.
- Note: The physical presence of witnesses is compulsory
The clerk will then verify, if all the necessary information and documents have been provided and that the applications comply with the selection criteria, if everything is in order, you will be issued a payment invoice by the chief clerk.
Proceed to the nearest General Directorate of the Treasury and Public Accounts office and make payment against the invoice and obtain a payment receipt. (Please view address/contact details below).
- Note: In the event of a fairground hearing, the cost is reduced to the costs of issuance only.
Upon making payment return to the departmental court and submit the payment receipt to the court chief clerk, the clerk will then forward the application file to the competent court for evaluation and consideration.
In the event of a normal hearing, a court date will be set and the applicant accompanied by his/her witness should be present for the court hearing proceeding, the court will then make it ruling as per the sworn testimonies from the witness and the due diligence report as conducted by an officer of the law.
In the event of a fairgrounds hearing, the court will periodically organize and mobilize the audiences. The court will then travels to the place of residence of the applicant, to make declarations of marriage to civil status officers.
If the court ruling is in favor of the applicant, an extract from the minutes of the judgment of late authorization of marriage will be drawn up, signed, and stamped by the court.
This extract is sent directly on the slip, by the Chief Registrar, to the competent registrar, for transcription.
The civil status center (CNEC) chief registrar will then register the birth into the birth registration record, applicants can then proceed to apply for a marriage certificate if he/she does not have one {Refer to wikiprocedure website; Senegal- Apply for a marriage certificate, for full procedure)

Required DocumentsEdit

A written request addressed to the president of the county court of the place of marriage
Identity documents and birth certificates of the spouses
A certificate of non-registration of marriage
A certified copy of the identity documents of the 2 witnesses

Office Locations & ContactsEdit

National Civil Status Center (CNEC)
Ministry of Territorial Communities and Regional Planning, Government Spokesperson; (MCTAT)
Physical address: Dieuppeul Derklé Allées Khalifa Ababacar Sy – Dakar
Senegal
Telephone: (+221) 33 869 47 01
Fax number: (+221) 33 869 47 33
Ministry Contact link details:Link

br> Directorate of Civil Affairs and the Seal
Ministry of Justice (MJ)
Physical Address 58, rue Carnot - Annex Ministry of Justice
Postal Address: 4030-Dakar;
Senegal
Telephone: (+221) 33 823 59 57
Fax: (+221) 33 823 16 12
Ministry contact link details:Link

All Courts of instances list (formerly departmental) Ministry of Justice (MJ) contact link:Link

All Accounting posts of the General Directorate of the Treasury and Public Accounts (treasuries, regional payrolls, collections) list contact link details;Link

EligibilityEdit

The following persons/authorities are eligible to request for the late marriage registration authorization judgment;

Interested parties or parents Spouses
heirs or legatees
Administrative or judicial authorities

FeesEdit

The following fees are chargeable;

4,000 FCFA for enrolment
600 FCFA for the issuance of the document

NB: In the event of a fairground hearing, the cost is reduced to the costs of issuance only.

ValidityEdit

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

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Processing TimeEdit

The processing time is within 2 weeks upon filling the request for a normal court proceeding, In the event of a fairground hearing, the judgment is immediate.

InstructionsEdit

Important notes:

When a marriage has not been registered within the legal period of six months, late registration in the marriage registers of the civil status center requires authorization from the judge, in the form of a judgment.
The marriage registration authorization judgment is therefore the only way for a person whose marriage has never been declared, to have a marriage certificate.

Required InformationEdit

Full name of the applicant
Contact details of the applicant
Marriage certificate details (if applicable)
Residential address of the applicant
Reasons for the request
Identity documents details (applicant /witness)
Declaration by the applicant

Need for the DocumentEdit

The marriage registration authorization judgment is a court decision that authorizes the registrar to register in the civil status registers of the place of marriage, of a marriage that has occurred for more than a six months.

Information which might helpEdit

What to do in case of loss or theft?

Request a copy from the chief clerk of the court which rendered the judgment.

External LinksEdit

Senegal Government website: Link
Senegal Administrative procedures portal;Link

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