Saint Lucia Civil Registration

Offices to Contact
Ministry of Home Affairs, Justice and National Security Civil Status Section Castries Saint Lucia, West Indies

Telephone: (758) 468-3195 Email: [mailto:districtregistrarcastries.legalaffairs@govt.lc districtregistrarcastries.legalaffairs@govt.lc]

National Archives Authority of Saint Lucia PO Box 3060 Vigie Castries Saint Lucia, West Indies

Telephone: (758) 452-1654 Email: [mailto:mariette900@yahoo.com mariette900@yahoo.com] and [mailto:stlunatarch_mt@candw.lc stlunatarch_mt@candw.lc]

Apply for a Birth Certificate Apply for a Certificate of Adoption

Application for a Vital Record

Historical Background
Native peoples lived on the island before Europeans came. The island switch back and forth several times between the French and British. The British gained final control in 1814. Enslaved people from Africa were brought to work on the sugar plantations by the 1700s. Slavery was fully abolished in 1838. Though an independent country, it is part of the British Commonwealth.

Coverage and Compliance
Civil registration in Saint Lucia began in 1869.

Birth Records

 * Name of baby
 * Gender
 * Date of birth
 * Place of birth
 * Maiden name of mother
 * Name of father

Adoption Records

 * Date of adoption

Death Records

 * First Name, Last Name
 * Date of death

"This is information about the person who is named on the certificate."