Monaco Civil Registration

Offices to Contact
Service Etat Civil (Civil Status Service) Place de la Mairie BP 523 98015 Monaco cedex

Telephone: (+377) 93 15 28 51
 * (+377) 93 15 29 64

Fax: (+377) 93 15 61 77 E-mail: [mailto:etatcivil@mairie.mc etatcivil@mairie.mc]

For additional information, see Civil register offices.

Historical Background
Time period: 1792-present

Monaco is an enclave of the Department of Alpes Maritimes of France. It consists of less than one square mile (465 acres) and includes the communes of Monaco, Monte Carlo and La Condamine. Some records have been kept and stored in the French departmental archives.

Coverage and Compliance
Population coverage: 95%

Generally yearly, but could include two, three, five and ten year indexes to births, marriages, divorces and deaths. Some are alphabetical, others chronological, by first letter of the surname, all letters, given names, etc.

Birth Records

 * Child’s name
 * Birth date and place
 * Parents’ names, residence, and occupation
 * Witnesses’ names, ages, relationships, residences

Marriage Records

 * Names of bride and groom
 * Ages
 * Residences
 * Occupations
 * Sometimes birth dates and places
 * Parents' names, death dates and places
 * Marriage date and place
 * Residences
 * Occupations
 * Witnesses
 * Officer who performed ceremony
 * Date of marriage contract
 * Notary’s name
 * Former spouses

Marriage supplements

 * Names of marriage partners
 * Documents showing proofs of births
 * Deaths
 * Prior marriages or divorces
 * Proclamations
 * Intentions
 * Parental consents
 * Contracts, etc.

Death registers

 * Name of deceased
 * Age
 * Death date and place
 * Occupation
 * Name of surviving spouse
 * Informant’s name and residence
 * Cause of death
 * Sometimes birth dates and places
 * Sometimes names of parents or children

Divorce Records
Listed on the back of the marriage registers in the municipality where the marriage took place. Includes:
 * Names
 * Ages
 * Dates and places
 * Occupations
 * Residences