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5. Writing to the Civil Registry of a Municipality

NOTE: All lines of the international delivery address should appear in all capital letters. If possible, the address should have no more than five lines. For more information see USPS International Mail Manual.

• Juzgado de la Paz (Court of Peace) or Oficina Registro Civil (Civil Registry Office) should be contacted if the online request for the certificate copy to the Ministerio de Justicia fails.

• Use the contact information below to write, phone, or email the cities listed on the Registro Civil—Municipios for the Province of Álava (Civil Registry—Municipalities) page with the exception of the seven cities listed above the second address:
  
  

OFICINA REGISTRO CIVIL

AVDA. GASTEIZ, 18

01008 VITORIA-GASTEIZ

ÁLAVA

ESPAÑA

Tel: +34 945 004 879

Fax: +34 945 004 850

Email: 010224001@justizia.eus

• Use the contact information for the the seven cities listed below which are the exception to using the contact information above:

1. Amurrio
   
2. Artziniega
   
3. Ayala/Aiara
   
4. Laudio/Llodio
   
5. Okondo
   
6. Urkabustaiz
   
7. Valdegovía/Gaubea
   

OFICINA REGISTRO CIVIL

ELEXONDO, 33

01470 AMURRIO

ÁLAVA

ESPAÑA

Tel: +34 945 026 995

Fax: +34 945 026 992

Email: 010124001@ajustizia.eus

1. Amurrio
   
2. Artziniega
   
3. Ayala/Aiara
   
4. Laudio/Llodio
   
5. Okondo
   
6. Urkabustaiz
   
7. Valdegovía/Gaubea
   

• Find the Spain postal code here.
  
• Write a brief request to the proper office. Send the following:

• Full name and the sex of the person sought.
• Names of the parents, if known.
• Approximate date and place of the event.
• Your relationship to the person.
• Reason for the request (family history, medical, etc.).
• Request for a photocopy of the complete original record.
• Check or cash for the search fee (usually about $10.00).

Write your request in Spanish whenever possible. For writing your letter in Spanish, use the translated questions and phrases in this Spanish Letter-writing Guide.

OFICINA REGISTRO CIVIL

(STREET ADDRESS: addresses for all civil registries in Álava)

(postal code) (CITY)

ÁLAVA

ESPAÑA

Amurrio Artziniega Ayala/Aiara Laudio/Llodio Okondo Urkabustaiz Valdegovía/Gaubea

5. Writing to the Civil Registry of a Municipality

• NOTE: All lines of the international delivery address should appear in all capital letters. If possible, the address should have no more than five lines. For more information see USPS International Mail Manual.
  

• Juzgado de la Paz or Oficina del Registro Civil should be contacted if a certificate copy request to the Ministerio de Justicia fails.

• Use the address below as a template:

OFICINA REGISTRO CIVIL

(STREET ADDRESS: addresses for all civil registries in Álava)

(postal code) (CITY)

ÁLAVA

ESPAÑA

Amurrio Artziniega Ayala/Aiara Laudio/Llodio Okondo Urkabustaiz Valdegovía/Gaubea

OFICINA REGISTRO CIVIL

AVDA. GASTEIZ, 18

01008 VITORIA-GASTEIZ

ÁLAVA

ESPAÑA

OFICINA REGISTRO CIVIL

ELEXONDO, 33

01470 AMURRIO

ÁLAVA

ESPAÑA

• Find the Spain postal code here.
  
• Write a brief request to the proper office. Send the following:

• Full name and the sex of the person sought.
• Names of the parents, if known.
• Approximate date and place of the event.
• Your relationship to the person.
• Reason for the request (family history, medical, etc.).
• Request for a photocopy of the complete original record.
• Check or cash for the search fee (usually about $10.00).

Write your request in Spanish whenever possible. For writing your letter in Spanish, use the translated questions and phrases in this Spanish Letter-writing Guide. (postal code) (CITY)