eLexPersona.com provides Dominicans and foreigners the required assistance to obtain in an efficient manner Civil Status Records that are filed in the different Civil Registry Offices in the Dominican Republic. Among these records are the following: Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificates, Divorce Certificates and Death Certificates.
In addition to carrying out the required diligences to locate and obtain a certified copy of the required record, at eLexPersona.com we will make sure to translate and legalize the document in order for it to have validity outside of the Dominican Republic, if required, among these institutions are the Central Electoral Board, the Ministry of Foreign Relations and the consulate of the country where the Civil Status Record will be presented.
It is important to mention that eLexPersona.com does not guarantee the results of locating and obtaining your Civil Status Record unless you complete all the information in the order form regarding the document (Registry, Folio and Book numbers).
“This service is only available to those individuals who register under the name and identity of the person who will be requesting the document or legal service.”
Legal Fee: US$525
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
1. Copy of the Civil Status record in case you may have it.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. How long does it take for a Civil Status Record to be issued?
Obtaining a Civil Status Record in Santo Domingo takes approximately 2 days once the record has been located. If the record is located in a different province, obtaining the record will take longer since our attorneys will have to travel to the Civil Registry Office where the record is located.
2. If the Civil Status Record will be presented abroad, does it require additional legalizations?
If the Civil Status Record will be presented abroad, the document needs to be legalized by various institutions in order to reinforce the document’s validity. The record will be legalized by the Central Electoral Board, Ministry of Foreign Relations in addition to the Apostille legalization by the Hague Convention, and the consulate of the country where the document will be presented.
If you would like the records to be translated, these will have to be additionally legalized in the Attorney General's Office.
3. Which Civil Status Records does eLexPersona.com offer?
eLexPersona.com offers the following records:
• Birth certificate
• Marriage certificate
• Divorce certificate
• Death certificate
4. What happens if I do not have a copy of the original document?
In cases where you do not have copy of the original document or do not have all required information (such as folio, book and registry number), which will allow us to locate the records in a shorter time period, we will nevertheless proceed to locate the record with the information you provide.
In this case, it is important to mention the time to locate the Civil Status Record will take longer than usual and in these cases we will not guarantee the results of the investigation. This is because in many cases the records have grammatical mistakes when they were originally filed and in the specific case of Divorce Certificates there might be a possibility the same was not pronounced by the attorney who carried out the process.
