Correction of Public Records
Learn how to correct errors in birth, marriage and death certificates through administrative or court proceedings in Brazil. Talk to our team.
The Civil Registry Offices for Natural Persons (Cartórios de Registro Civil das Pessoas Naturais) keep public records such as births, marriages and deaths, among others. Correction of a civil registry record is therefore the correction of information or data contained in the entry, which presupposes the existence of an error.
These corrections of civil registry records may be made through court or administrative proceedings, as the case may be. Article 110 of Law 6,015/73 (as amended by Law 13,484/2017) allows the registrar to correct directly, at the request of the interested party and without court authorization or an opinion from the Public Prosecutor's Office, errors that can be verified immediately and other situations provided for in that article. In all other cases, the court procedure under Article 109 of the same law applies. Where court proceedings are used, the action must be filed in the court of the interested person's domicile or in the court of the place of the registry office where the entry is kept. As a rule, these proceedings fall under non-contentious (voluntary) jurisdiction and must be brought by a lawyer before the competent judge.
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What is the correction of a civil registry record?
It is the correction of information or data contained in a civil registry entry, such as birth, marriage and death records, made by the Civil Registry Offices for Natural Persons. Correction presupposes the existence of an error in the record and may be made through administrative or court proceedings, as the case may be.
Can I correct an error in a certificate directly at the registry office?
In certain cases, yes. Article 110 of Law 6,015/73 (as amended by Law 13,484/2017) allows the registrar to correct directly, at the request of the interested party and without court authorization or an opinion from the Public Prosecutor's Office, errors that can be verified immediately and other situations provided for in the article itself. In all other cases, the correction follows the court procedure.
When must the correction go through the courts, and where?
In cases not covered by Article 110, the court procedure under Article 109 of Law 6,015/73 applies. The action must be filed in the court of the interested person's domicile or in the court of the place of the registry office where the entry is kept. As a rule, it falls under non-contentious (voluntary) jurisdiction and must be brought by a lawyer before the competent judge.
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