👶 Letter requesting a civil status record (acte d'état civil)

To obtain a French birth, marriage or death certificate, send your request to the town hall (mairie) of the place where the event occurred. State the type of record, the date of the event, the name of the person concerned and, for a full copy (copie intégrale), the parents' details (filiation). Enclose a stamped envelope with your address for the reply. Note: the full copy and the extract with parentage of a birth or marriage record are only issued to the person concerned, their spouse or PACS partner, their ascendants or descendants — so state your relationship to the person concerned. A death certificate, on the other hand, can be requested by anyone.

💡 Good to know: civil status records are issued free of charge. Beware of paid websites offering to do this for you.

🇫🇷 Category: Administrative · The letter is generated in formal French — exactly what a French recipient expects.

📝 Fill in your details

Your full name *

Your street address *

Your postcode and city *

Email or phone (optional)

Town hall (mairie) concerned *

Recipient's street address

Recipient's postcode and city

Type of record *

Type of document *

Person concerned and date of the event *

Parentage (parents' full names, for a full copy)

Your relationship to the person concerned (optional)

City where you sign

📌 The letter below is generated in French — that's what French organisations expect. The form tells you exactly what to put in each field.

[Vos nom et prénom]

[Destinataire]

Objet : Demande de délivrance d'un acte d'état civil — [nature de l'acte]

Madame, Monsieur, Je vous prie de bien vouloir me délivrer le document suivant : [copie intégrale ou extrait] d'[nature de l'acte] concernant [personne concernée et date de l'événement]. Vous trouverez ci-jointes une copie de ma pièce d'identité ainsi qu'une enveloppe timbrée libellée à mon adresse pour l'envoi du document. Je vous remercie par avance de la suite que vous voudrez bien donner à ma demande. Je vous prie d'agréer, Madame, Monsieur, l'expression de mes salutations distinguées.

[Signature]