1. The birth of each child born in Turkmenistan must be registered with the state and a birth certificate must be issued.

2. The grounds for state registration of birth are:

1) a document of the established form on birth, issued by the healthcare institution where the birth took place;

2) a document on the birth of a child, issued by the healthcare institution whose medical worker provided medical assistance during the birth outside the healthcare institution, or to which the child's mother applied after the birth;

3) an application from a person who was present during the birth, during a birth outside the healthcare institution (without providing medical assistance);

4) an act of the established form on abandonment of a child born in a healthcare institution, issued by the healthcare institution, and the document specified in paragraph 1 of this part;

5) in case of abandonment of a child born outside a healthcare institution - a certificate of the established form issued by the healthcare institution, and a document issued by the healthcare institution confirming the age and gender of the found (abandoned) child;

6) a document on the found (abandoned) child, issued by the relevant internal affairs agency or guardianship and trusteeship agency, indicating the time, location of the child and the circumstances under which the child was found, as well as a document issued by the healthcare institution confirming the age and gender of the found (abandoned) child;

7) in the absence of a passport (a document replacing it) of the mother of a child born in a healthcare institution - a certificate of the established form issued by the healthcare institution stating that information about the mother was recorded from her words, and a document of the established form on the birth of the child, issued by the healthcare institution where the birth took place, with a photograph of the mother affixed;

8) a birth certificate of a child drawn up by the head of the vehicle with the participation of two witnesses or, if present, a doctor or paramedic;

9) a certificate drawn up by the head of the expedition;

10) a birth certificate of a child born outside of Turkmenistan, issued by the body authorized to carry out state registration of civil status acts of a foreign state, if the parents (single parent) are citizens of Turkmenistan (or if the adult is a citizen of Turkmenistan), (registered in the general manner);

11) other evidence (documents) confirming the birth of a child may be grounds for state registration of the birth.

3. In the case specified in paragraph 7 of part two of this article, if the mother of a child born in a healthcare institution does not have a passport (a document replacing it), a certificate shall be drawn up with the participation of the employees who were present at the time of the child's birth and shall be signed by the head and sealed by the healthcare institution. In the document of the established form on the birth of a child, issued by the healthcare institution where the birth took place, information about the mother is recorded from her words. In this case, the mother of the child is warned about the consequences of providing incorrect information, and she signs the warning to this effect. A photograph of the mother is glued to the document issued by the healthcare institution, and a corner of the photograph is sealed. A photograph of the child's mother is also glued to the medical record, which is kept at the healthcare institution, and a corner of the photograph is sealed.

4. In the absence of grounds for state registration of birth, as provided for in Part Two of this Article, state registration of birth is carried out on the basis of a court decision establishing the fact of the birth of the child.

Documents confirming the authenticity of acts of civil status, issued outside of Turkmenistan by authorized bodies under the laws of the respective states, unless otherwise provided by an international treaty for Turkmenistan, in the case of their legalization in the consular procedure, are recognized as valid in Turkmenistan.

1. The effect of this Law extends to relations related to state registration (hereinafter - state registration) of acts of civil status, and includes:

1) the activity of bodies carrying out state registration of acts of civil status, and their authority;

2) procedure for state registration of acts of civil status;

3) the procedure for making changes, additions and (or) corrections in the register of acts of civil status, as well as their restoration and cancellation;

4) the procedure for keeping books of state registration of acts of civil status (hereinafter - act books);

5) the order of the relationship of bodies that have the right to perform state registration of records of civil status acts (hereinafter - the registry office) with other state bodies on issues related to state registration of civil status acts;

6) procedure for submission of documents confirming state registration or lack of registration of acts of civil status, and other information related to acts of civil status;

7) procedure for creation and maintenance of records of acts of civil status in the Unified State Register.

2. The effect of this Law extends to citizens of Turkmenistan, foreign citizens and persons without citizenship, staying in the territory of Turkmenistan, as well as foreign citizens and persons without citizenship, whose civil status is registered in the civil registry office of Turkmenistan, and living outside Turkmenistan.

1. Acts of civil status – actions of citizens or events and facts that influence the emergence, modification or termination of rights and obligations of citizens, as well as characterizing their legal status, reflected in the relevant records of acts of civil status subject to state registration.

2. The state registration of acts of civil status is established in order to protect the property and personal non-property rights of citizens, as well as to ensure the interests of the state.

3. The following acts of civil status are subject to state registration in accordance with the procedure established by this Law:

1) birth;

2) final marriage;

3) dissolution of marriage;

4) adoption (adoption);

5) establishment of paternity;

6) change of family, name and fatherhood;

7) death.

4. State registration of acts of civil status is carried out by the registry office on behalf of the state.

5. Only civil status acts registered with the civil registration bodies are recognized as valid. Civil status acts relating to birth, marriage, divorce, and death performed according to religious rites, and the documents issued to certify them prior to the establishment of civil registration bodies, are deemed equivalent to civil status acts registered with the civil registration bodies and do not require subsequent state registration.

1. State registration of acts of civil status is carried out by the Civil Registry Offices by drawing up a corresponding record of the corresponding act of civil status, entering it into the Unified State Register of Civil Status Acts, and on the basis of which a certificate of state registration of the act of civil status is issued (hereinafter referred to as the certificate of the act of civil status).

2. State registration of acts of civil status, unless other methods of state registration of acts of civil status are provided for by the legislation of Turkmenistan, is carried out in register books. When drawing up records of acts of civil status in electronic form, a paper form is printed out in electronic form and collected in register books. Civil Registry Offices also maintain in electronic form a list of records of acts of civil status compiled by them.

3. Information subject to inclusion in the record of an act of birth, marriage, divorce, adoption, establishment of paternity, change of surname, first name, patronymic, death are determined by this Law.

In connection with special circumstances of state registration of a specific act of civil status, other information may be entered into the record of the act of civil status.

4. State registration of acts of civil status, filling in records of certificates of acts of civil status issued on their basis, and office work in the civil registry offices shall be conducted in the state language of Turkmenistan.

At the request of citizens of Turkmenistan, foreign citizens, stateless persons who do not speak the state language, state registration of acts of civil status shall be carried out with the participation of an interpreter.

5. State registration of an act of civil status of an illiterate, deaf or mute person shall be carried out with the participation of a specialist. In matters related to the state registration of an act of civil status of such persons, they have the right to use their seal, if any.

6. Civil registry office employees do not have the right to perform state registration of civil status acts in relation to themselves, their husband (wife), their own and their close relatives (parents (including adoptive parents), children (including adopted children), grandchildren, grandfathers, grandmothers, full and half brothers and sisters). In such cases, state registration of civil status acts shall be performed by another civil registry office employee or another civil registry office. In this case, another civil registry office is selected at the request of the person whose civil status act is subject to state registration.

In the cases specified in the first paragraph, if state registration of civil status acts is provided for in a specific civil registry office department, the civil registry office department may assign the action related to state registration to another civil registry office department.

7. Responsibility for the correctness of state registration of civil status acts and the quality of the preparation of civil status act records shall be assigned to the employee who prepared this record and the head of the relevant civil registry office.

8. Civil registry offices registering births, deaths, changes of surname, first name and patronymic, changes in information about the date of birth or place of birth of a foreign citizen or stateless person are required to transfer this information to the State Migration Service of Turkmenistan within 24 hours.

9. The forms of records of acts of civil status, register books (first page of register books), forms of certificates of state registration of acts of civil status are established by the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan.

State duty and fees for state registration of civil status acts, as well as payments for the provision of services by the Civil Registry Office and the Civil Registry Office Administration shall be collected in accordance with the legislation of Turkmenistan.

The amount, procedure for collecting and paying the state duty shall be established by the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan.

The services provided by the Civil Registry Office and the Civil Registry Office Administration are provided on a paid basis.

Payments for services are transferred to the off-budget settlement account of the Civil Registry Office and the Civil Registry Office Administration and are directed towards their needs. The specified payments may be transferred to a centralized off-budget settlement account.

The tariffs for payment for the provision of services by the Civil Registry Office, Gengeshes and the Civil Registry Office Administration, as well as the procedure for collecting fees for the provision of services shall be approved by the Ministry of Justice of Turkmenistan in agreement with the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan.

1. A civil status record is a document certifying the actions of citizens or events (facts) subject to state registration as provided for by this Law.

Records of civil status acts are compiled in register books. A register book is a book containing records of civil status acts that have undergone state registration, which is maintained separately for each type of civil status act.

2. A civil status record is compiled on the basis of a citizen's application to the Civil Registry Office or an application from the body obligated to notify of the state registration of the civil status act, documents confirming the events (facts) subject to state registration, and, in cases established by the legislation of Turkmenistan, on the basis of an identity document of the applicant.

If a citizen is unable to submit the necessary documents for state registration of civil status acts, the Civil Registry Office will assist in obtaining these documents.

State registration of civil status acts of Turkmen citizens residing outside the territory of Turkmenistan is carried out by the diplomatic mission and consular office of Turkmenistan located in that country, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Turkmenistan.

Documents submitted by authorized bodies of foreign states for state registration of civil status acts, unless otherwise provided by international treaties of Turkmenistan, must be legalized in accordance with the consular procedure established by the legislation of Turkmenistan and translated into the official language of Turkmenistan.

3. Civil status records are compiled in two identical original copies, each bearing a single registration number. Civil status records are compiled in both paper and electronic form. In the event of discrepancies between the information in the paper and electronic civil status records, the information in the paper civil status records takes precedence, excluding technical errors.

If complete information is missing when compiling a civil status record, a dash is placed in all columns to enter the entry. A dash is also placed in the corresponding columns of the civil status act certificate issued based on the civil status act entry.

4. The civil registry office employee is obligated to verify the authenticity of the submitted application and its compliance with the applicant's identity document, civil status act certificates, and other documents submitted by the applicant.

5. Each civil status act entry must be read by the applicant and signed by them and the employee making the entry, as well as by the official, and sealed.

If the applicant is unable to sign the civil status act entry, the employee making the entry makes a note to this effect.

6. When drafting a civil status act entry, erasures, quotation marks, abbreviations, additional words, and corrections are not permitted.

7. If required by the specifics of state registration of a specific civil status act, other information stipulated by the legislation of Turkmenistan may be included in the civil status act entry.

8. Civil status records are documents for official use; copies (extracts) of them are not issued to citizens.

Copies (extracts) of civil status records are issued upon request from courts (judges), the prosecutor's office, national security, internal affairs, justice, civil registry offices, migration authorities, local executive authorities, the Ombudsman, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, and other government agencies (officials) in cases stipulated by the legislation of Turkmenistan.

9. The first and second copies of civil status records are prepared simultaneously. Each civil status book contains civil status records of the same type within a calendar year. If there are few civil status records in a single year, combining civil status records from several years is permitted.

10. Civil status books (registration forms) are printed by order of the Ministry of Justice of Turkmenistan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan and are strictly accountable documents.

Expenses related to the production and printing of civil registration books (registration forms) are financed from the State Budget of Turkmenistan.

11. The procedure for completing, storing, and submitting civil registration books to the Civil Registry Office, the retention periods for civil registration books and other documents at the Civil Registry Office, and the procedure for submitting them for state custody are approved by the Minister of Justice of Turkmenistan.

1. In the absence of circumstances that conflict with the provisions of this Law, the Family Code of Turkmenistan, and other regulatory legal acts governing state registration of civil status acts, refusal to register civil status acts or to amend, supplement, and/or correct their records, restore and/or cancel them, or to issue duplicate certificates and other documents is prohibited.

2. In cases where it is possible to apply to several civil status offices for state registration of civil status acts or to amend, supplement, and/or correct their records, restore and/or cancel them, or issue duplicate certificates and other documents, the civil status office to which the application is submitted, taking into account the possibility of applying to other civil status offices for state registration of civil status acts or to amend, supplement, and/or correct their records or restore and/or cancel them, or to issue duplicate certificates and other documents, is prohibited from refusing.

3. The head of the relevant civil registry office is obligated, at the request of a person (or their representative) who has been denied the actions stipulated by Part One of this Article, to inform such person (or their representative) in writing of the reasons for the denial within two business days.

4. The denial of the actions stipulated by Part One of this Article may be appealed by the interested person to a higher civil registry office or to a court.