Request Copy Certificates

Christmas and New Year

Christmas and New Year Priority Orders:

Please note that Priority Certificate Orders will not be processed on 24th,25th,26th, or 31st December. Orders placed on these days will be processed during the next working day and you will be contacted to let you know that the order is complete.

Priority Certificate Orders placed before 12 noon on the 23rd and 30th December will be processed within 24 hours. Orders placed after 12 noon on these days will not be processed until the next working day.

All other standard (non priority) Orders will be processed within 5 working days (excluding bank holidays and weekends)

Christmas and New Opening Times - Click Here Christmas & New Year 2023/2024 Opening Hours - Nottingham City Council

Request a copy of a Birth, Death, Marriage or Civil Partnership certificate

Please note we do not take orders over the telephone for duplicate certificates.

Request a copy certificate for a Birth, Death or Marriage or Civil Partnership occurring after 1924 in Nottingham

Completing this service should take around 5 minutes.

To complete this service you will need.

If the person was adopted
Full name at birth
Place of birth
Full name of the mother

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Priority service

£38.50

Your certificate will either be posted to you or available for collection after 1 working day - Postal options do not guarantee next day delivery

Additional priority certificates are also £38.50 each.

Postage fee

UK Royal Mail Special Delivery - £7.75*
UK First Class Postage - £1.65
International Postage- £2.80

Standard service

£12.50

Your certificate will either be posted to you or available for collection after 5 working days. (Some postage costs are in addition)

Additional certificates are all £12.50 per additional certificate.

Postage fee

UK Royal Mail Special Delivery - £7.35*
UK Second Class Postage - Free when using the Standard service
UK First Class Postage - £1.35
International Postage - £2.20

* For further information about special deliveries please check the Royal Mail website.

Nottingham City Council will not be held liable for any loss, damage or expense as a result of delays or failure to provide certificates arising from circumstances beyond the Council's reasonable control. Postage charges are subject to change in line with Royal Mail prices

This includes any of the following acts of third parties:

Postal or courier services
Industrial action
The incorrect postal address supplied by applicant

Opening Hours

Opening Hours for collection are:
- 10am-12 noon
- 2pm - 4pm
- Monday - Friday only

Family History Certificates (prior to 1924)

If you would like to request Family History certificates prior to 1924 and you have a GRO reference number from an Ancestry website please visit the General Register Office website to place your order. Alternatively you may apply to the Nottingham Register office on the link below and we will conduct a search - we cannot recognise the ancestry reference numbers therefore please provide, as a minimum, the names, location, year and quarter for the Birth, Death or Marriage. If we are unable to find the record after a search then the £12.50 fee will be retained but we will contact you to let you know our progress.

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Contact us

The Register Office
The Council House
Old Market Square
Nottingham
NG1 2DT

Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 4.30pm

office.register@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Tel: 01158415554

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