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Since January 1, 1994, Québec citizens must obtain official documents relating to civil status events, i.e. certificates, copies of acts and attestations of birth, marriage, civil union and death, from the Directeur de l'état civil. Its administrative structure, which is the purview of Services Québec, is headed by the registrar of civil status, a public officer mandated by the Québec Civil Code as the sole individual with jurisdiction to draw up acts of birth, marriage, civil union and death and issue authentic documents relating to these events.
The responsibilities of the registrar of civil status are:
- to draw up acts of birth, marriage, civil union and death that occur in Québec or concern persons domiciled there;
- to keep the register of civil status up to date, bases on rulings and amendments from Québec or elsewhere;
- to securely issue certificates, copies of acts or attestations of acts in the register;
- to authorize consultation of the civil status register;
- to safeguard the civil status register and publicize it;
- to keep a register of persons authorized to solemnize marriages and civil unions;
- to analyzes and authorize, where applicable, applications for name and gender designation changes.
Reviewed: 2009-07-30
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