Bolivia Civil Registration

Offices to Contact
Registro de Estado Civil Archivo General Calle Obispo Cardenas 1475 La Paz, Bolivia

Information Recorded in the Records
Registers of births, marriages, and deaths include the following information:

Birth registers, 1898 to present

Baby:
 * Names and surname
 * Sex
 * Race,
 * Time, day, month, year of birth
 * Place of birth

Parents:
 * Names and surnames
 * Nationality
 * Language
 * Race
 * Profession
 * Address
 * Age
 * Degree of instruction

Witnesses:
 * Names and surnames
 * Age
 * Nationality
 * Profession
 * Address
 * Identity card

General observations

NOTE: By the law approved on April 5, 1945, all Bolivians born before 1940, and therefore not registered in the Civil Registry, should obtain a birth certificate by presenting their baptismal or witness faith. In both cases, the registration is recorded in special books of birth.

Marriage registers, 1898 to present Spouses:
 * Names and surnames
 * Date
 * Nationality
 * Place of birth
 * Domicile
 * Profession or occupation
 * Age
 * Race
 * Religion
 * Degree of instruction
 * Language or dialect spoken
 * Amount of beines you own
 * Marital status
 * observations
 * If the person does not know how to sign their name, they stamp their fingerprint

Parents:
 * Names and surnames
 * Appearances
 * Address

Paternal grandparents:
 * Names and surnames

Witnesses:
 * Names and surnames

NOTE: There is space for the cancellation of marriages (divorce) with:
 * Date on which the divorce decree was issued
 * Names and surnames of the judge
 * Judicial jurisdiction
 * Payroll of the children left with the father and those left with the mother
 * The game and then canceled?

There is a space for nullity

There is a space for the names of the natural children born before the marriage of the parties are noted.

Death Registers, 1940 to present
 * Names and surnames of the deceased
 * Time, day, month and year of death
 * Cause of death
 * A way to verify the use of death when there was no medical assistance
 * Doctor's names, surname and title, who issued the death certificate
 * Place where the death took place (domicile or hospital, city, province, department)
 * If the place is urban, suurban or rural
 * The time of residence in the place
 * habitual residence of the deceased person
 * Sex
 * Marital status
 * Age
 * Race: white, mestizo, indigenouse or other

Until 1973, the following was note:
 * Whether legitimate
 * Place of birth
 * Nationality
 * Profession or occupation or trade
 * Names and surnames of father, mother, and if applicable, spouse