There are 4 different formats of marriage certificates in Italy:
The marriage certificate reports the essential data which includes registration information (act and registration number) and contains information about the couple’s marriage (personal details of the couple, date, and place of the wedding).
The extract of marriage attests the event of marriage and specifies information about the date and the personal details of the couple. It may also contain any additional annotations: residence, citizenship, property regime (communion/separation of property), divorce.
The Multilanguage Marriage Certificate is a document attesting the date and place of marriage of a couple, issued in Multilanguage format to be used abroad without any translation. This kind of certificate has been established according to the Vienna Convention of Sept. 8th, 1976 and it is established that the Multilanguage Certificates is valid and recognized in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey.
The complete copy is a certified copy of the marriage record registered on the civil registry that contains the data of the spouses’ names, dates and places of birth, date of marriage. It may also contain any marginal notes: name of the parish priest, church’s name, residence, citizenship, property regime (communion/separation of property), divorce.
Under Italian law, vital records are maintained by the civil registry office (ufficio anagrafe e stato civile) in the town hall (comune) where the event occurred. There is no central, regional, or provincial office established which keeps such records. When applying for one of these certificates, the applicant must supply all relevant information, and submit the request written in the Italian language.
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