Registration of Birth

The application for registration of birth must be submitted within a month of the day the child was born.

The registration of the child’s birth is not bound to the place of residence. The application for registration of birth can be submitted in any local government.

The parents of the child can submit the application for registration of a child’s birth in the e-population register. This applies for parents who are married and parents who are not married, as well as a single parent in case the healthcare service provider (hospital) has forwarded the medical birth certificate information to the population register.

In order to submit an application for registration of a child’s birth at the vital statistics department (Tiigi 12, Tartu) of Tartu City Government, the legal representative (parent or legal guardian) must do this in person. Please take your ID with you.

If only one of the married parents comes to register the child’s birth, a written consent form from the other parent regarding the choice of name and the parents’ marriage document need to be taken with, if this information hasn’t been entered to the population register.

If the parents of the child are not married, both the mother and the father of the child must be present at the vital statistics office for registration of the child’s father’s information. Paternity can be acknowledged only if the filiation of the child has not been established according to law. Paternity can only be acknowledged personally. The consent of the child’s mother is necessary for acknowledgement of paternity.

If the acknowledgement of paternity takes place at the registration of birth, the according part of the application of registration of birth is filled out.

If the acknowledgement of paternity takes place after the registration of birth, the application for acknowledgement of paternity is filled out separately. See more about subsequent acknowledgement of paternity.

The man who is married to the mother of the child is not deemed as the father of the child if he hasn’t conceived the child and the spouses have submitted a joint application regarding this to the vital statistics office, or another man has acknowledged paternity.

Application form for ruling out filiation

In artificial insemination, the child is considered to be descended from a man or the mother's female spouse on the basis of the consent given for artificial insemination, and the child's parents submit an application to the registry office on the spot to register the child's birth.

Correction of the birth record after the registration of the birth is carried out on the basis of an application for acceptance of paternity, establishment of descent from the father, recognition of the father's record as incorrect or an adoption court decision. A new birth certificate will be issued.

When registering a change in birth record data, the official makes a correction to the birth record in the population register. Parents will be issued with a primary birth certificate (free of charge) upon request.

Paternity is established by the court if no man has been established as the child's father, as well as if paternity has been contested and the court has established that the child does not descend from the man whose paternity was disputed.

When establishing the child's descent from the father in court, the court can give the child the father's surname.

When parentage is established, the issue of child custody is not resolved, it must be requested separately in court.

Opening hours
Mon 9–12 and 14–17.30
Tue 12–16
Wed 9–12 and 13–16
Thu Closed
Fri 9–12 and 13–16

A digitally signed birth certificate (encrypted) is forwarded to the parents via email when registering the birth. A birth certificate on paper can be collected within a month from registration of birth at the vital statistics department at Tiigi 12 during their reception hours.

Additional information: Kadri Männik, phone 742 0960, email [email protected]