What is a marginal statement on a civil status document?
Verified 15 November 2021 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Marginal notice allows the monitoring of the development of information concerning a person and his family and its modification in a civil status document.
It shall be positioned on the side, in the margin, of the civil status document.
It indicates, among other things, the nature, date and place of the event (birth, marriage, death, etc.) which is mentioned.
It shall also include the date on which the entry is made, the capacity of the registrar who updated it and his signature.
The following situations lead to the drafting of a marginal reference to the birth certificate and/or the marriage certificate.
Situation | Act containing the entry | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|
Recognition of a child | Birth certificate | Endorsement automatically entered by the Civil Registry |
Marriage | Birth certificate | Endorsement automatically entered by the Civil Registry |
Divorce, legal separation | - Marriage certificate - Birth certificate | Entered at the request of the lawyer or the person concerned by the civil registry office of the marriage commune. On presentation of a copy of the court decision or the certificate of deposit issued by the notary or the divorce agreement (or legal separation) |
Civil partnerships: conclusion, amendment, dissolution | Birth certificate | Endorsement automatically entered by the Civil Registry |
First name change and change of surname | Birth certificate | Endorsement automatically entered by the Civil Registry |
- Birth certificate - If you are married: marriage and birth certificate of your husband with his agreement - If you are passed: birth certificate of your Civil partnership partner - If you have children: Birth certificate of minor children with the agreement of the other parent / Birth certificate of adult children with their agreement | Endorsement entered automatically by the Civil Registry. In the marriage certificate and the spouse's birth certificate, mention of the change of first name, not of the change of sex. | |
Death | Birth certificate | Endorsement automatically entered by the Civil Registry |
Acquisition of French nationality | Birth certificate | Endorsement automatically entered by the Civil Registry |
Decisions entered in the civil repertoire : change of marital status, guardianship, ... | Birth certificate | Act bearing a marginal mention CR and a number. To find out what it refers to, it is possible to request a copy of the extract kept in the civil register. |
FYI
a marginal entry may not be deleted. It can only be changed.
- Civil Code: Articles 28 and 28-1Nationality
- Civil Code: Articles 60 to 61-4First name and last name
- Civil Code: Articles 62 and 62-1Child recognition
- Civil Code: Article 76Marriage
- Civil Code: Article 79Death
- Code of Civil Procedure: Article 1082Divorce
- Civil Code: Articles 515-1 to 515-7-1Civil partnerships
- Code of Civil Procedure: Articles 1057 to 1061Civil Directory
- Circular of 26 August 2020 summarizing the forms of entries in the margin of civil status documents (PDF - 624.5 KB)Persons initiating the request for a marginal note
- Code of Civil Procedure: Articles 1055-5 to 1055-10Gender change