Births, birth registration

The birth of a child must be reported to the registry office.

Notifiable

In the case of births in hospitals and other maternity facilities, the obligation to notify is incumbent on the provider of the facility. Otherwise, the following are obliged to register a birth in the following order

• each parent of the child, if they have custody of the child,
• any other person who was present at the birth or is aware of the birth from their own knowledge. (This includes midwives and doctors in particular).

If the clinic does not make the notification, the birth of a child must be reported to the registry office in whose jurisdiction it was born.

The following documents are required to register the birth of a child:

• If the child's parents are married: their birth certificates and the marriage certificate or a certified printout from the marriage register.
• If the child's parents are not married to each other: the mother's birth certificate and, if paternity has already been recognized, the declarations of paternity and the father's birth certificate and, if applicable, the declarations of custody.
• Parents' identity card or passport

The birth must be reported within one week.

Further information can be found in the service description "Birth certificate"

Please also note theinformation sheet linked belowon the birth of a child - consideration for income tax deduction.