Negative certificate (Negativbescheinigung) confirming no register entries exist
Negativbescheinigung über nicht vorhandene Registereinträge
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
Issuance of a certificate confirming a non-existent entry for a birth, marriage or death abroad or in the former German territories. The relevant registers of the originally responsible Standesamt (civil registry office) in the former German territories are not held at Standesamt I in Berlin. No later certification/registration has taken place either at Standesamt I in Berlin or at any other German Standesamt.
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Requirements
• Entitlement to receive [certificates]
Entitled to receive are the person themselves, the parents, the grandparents, children or siblings, and spouses or civil partners (Lebenspartner); also all persons who credibly demonstrate a legal or legitimate interest in the issuance of the certificate.
• Requesting certificates
Certificates can preferably be requested via the web forms (see "Forms", below), and where necessary also by post, by fax, or in person. A request by telephone is not possible.
Documents you need
• Proof of family relationship or other evidence of legal or legitimate interest
• Identity card (Personalausweis) or passport if appearing in person
Forms
• Birth certificate request www.berlin.de/labo/buergerdienste/standesamt-i-in-berlin/geb
• Marriage certificate request www.berlin.de/labo/buergerdienste/standesamt-i-in-berlin/ehe
• Death certificate request www.berlin.de/labo/buergerdienste/standesamt-i-in-berlin/ste
• No application form is required for an in-person visit.
Fees
30.00 euros: for a search of the register and records collection (Register- und Urkundensammlung)
Legal basis
• § 61 Personenstandsgesetz (PStG) (Civil Status Act) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pstg/__61.html
• § 62 Personenstandsgesetz (PStG) (Civil Status Act) www.gesetze-im-internet.de/pstg/__62.html
Who is responsible
Standesamt I (Register Office I) in Berlin
Responsible for you
Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.
- Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO)
- Standesamt I in Berlin
Original
Service number 326189 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326189/