Civil Registration  is a continuous, permanent, compulsory recording of vital events occurring in the life of an individual such as birth, marriage, and death, as well as all court decrees, and legal instruments affecting his civil status in appropriate registers as mandated by Act No. 3753, the Civil Registry Law.
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Out-of Town Reporting of Births and Deaths

     If registration of birth or death is not possible in the place of occurrence, report the event in the office of the civil registrar in the nearest or most accessible city or municipality. The civil registrar should accept the documents NOT FOR REGISTRATION but to be forwarded to the civil registrar of the city or municipality where the birth or death happened and where it should be registered.

What are the requirements for out-of-town reporting?

 
1.

Four (4) copies of Certificate of Live Birth or Death duly accomplished and signed by the proper parties;
2.

An Affidavit signed by the person applying for an out-of-town reporting of birth or death declaring therein, among other things, the facts of birth or death and the reasons why said birth or death was not recorded in the civil register of the city or municipality where it occurred. The affidavit must be attested by at least two (2) witnesses;
3.

If the applicant is for delayed registration of birth or death, the requirements for delayed registration shall also be complied with; and
4.

If out-of-town reporting of birth, required also are other papers as maybe necessary in establishing the facts of birth, especially those pertaining to date and place of birth and filiation of child whose birth is being sought for registration.

 

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