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Your selected location: Spelle

Which place to enter?

The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Certificate of miscarriage


On request, the competent registry office will issue a certificate of notification of a miscarriage.

Miscarriage is the term used to describe the fetus that showed no signs of life (heartbeat, pulsating umbilical cord, lung breathing) when separated from the womb, weighed less than 500 grams and did not reach the 24th week of pregnancy.

Upon request, the registry office can issue the complainant with a certificate in accordance with § 31 PStV on the notification of a miscarriage.

Competent authority

The responsibility lies with the registry office of the municipality, official or city administration

Requirements

There was a miscarriage, this was reported to the responsible registry office with the necessary documents.

The notification is only possible if you would have been entitled to personal care if the child was born alive, i.e. they were married to each other as parents at the time of birth or who made a joint declaration of custody as unmarried parents before the birth of the child. If neither applies, the right to apply lies solely with you as the mother.

Applications / forms

None

Which documents are required?

  • A certificate of miscarriage issued by a doctor or midwife or obstetrician
  • An identity card, passport or other recognized passport replacement document of the parents
  • An indication of the intended surname and first name of the child
  • Maternity record
  • if applicable, certificate of burial of the miscarriage

What are the fees?

Fee: 10,00 EUR
Payment in advance: no
Issuance of a certificate of notification of miscarriage

Process flow

Upon request, the registry office can issue the complainant with a certificate of miscarriage in accordance with § 31 PStV.

The notification must be made orally or in writing.

For the complete notification, a certificate of miscarriage issued by a doctor or midwife or an obstetrician is required.

An identity card, passport or other recognized passport replacement document of the parents.

An indication of the intended surname and first name of the child.

On the basis of the information, the registry office issues the certificate.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

None

Processing duration

  • usually immediate issuance.

Legal basis

Appeal

If the registry office rejects your application for a certificate of notification of miscarriage, you can apply to the competent court to order the registry office to issue you with the certificate.

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)