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{{process
|process_official_title=Civil marriage licence
|process_alternative_titles=Marriage licence, granting of a marriage permit, civil marriage licence, Obtain a civil marriage licence
|process_description=The procedure concerns the granting by the mayor of a licence to citizens residing in the local Municipality and want to enter into a civil marriage.
|process_org_owner_is_private=No
|process_org_owner=46278
|process_provision_org_owner_directory=884637
|process_provision_org_group=1461
|process_output_registries=285779
|process_remarks=According to the law, in order for the marriage to take place, whether as a civil marriage or as a marriage solemnised by the Eastern Orthodox church, a licence is required for the mayor of the last place of residence of each of the persons to be married.
|process_deadline_duration=P8D
|process_provided_language=Greek
|process_evidence_identification_type=Identification document, Identification with TAXISnet codes
|process_type=Outgoing
|process_trigger=Applied for
|process_trigger_type=Application (digital), Application (handwritten)
|process_usage=Supporting document
|process_output_type=Administrative Act, Document Production, Payment Document Production
|process_validity_duration_set=Defined
|process_validity_duration=P6M
|process_source=Framers, gov.gr, SDG
|process_provided_to=Citizens
|process_tax_type=Permits
|process_life_events=Family status
|process_sdg_resource=Judicial redress
|process_sdg_notes=Where the person responsible for issuing the licence refuses to grant it, the competent Single Judge Court of First Instance shall decide irrevocably in accordance with the provisions of Jurisdiction of the Code of Civil Procedure; the judicial decision shall be issued in 10 days following the submission of the application.
|process_total_duration_steps_min=692700
|process_total_duration_steps_max=693300
|process_cost_min=18.00
|process_cost_max=18.00
|process_evidence_cost_guarantee=0
|process_evidence_cost_total_number=0
|process_evidence_ex_officio_total_number=0
|process_evidence_alternative_total_number=1
|process_evidence_prerequisite_total_number=3
|process_evidence_total_number=5
|process_evidence_step_total_number=0
|process_evidence_step_digital_total_number=0
|process_sdg_codes=G1
|process_govgr_codes=16888
|process_govgr_full_info=16888
|process_application_type=Application
|process_application_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_application_owner=Persons
|process_application_description=Application for a marriage licence.
|process_application_note=Every person who is about to be married submits the marriage licence with the required supporting documents to his/her Municipality. The application shall include the name and surname of the persons, their profession, the name of their parents where they were born, the place where they last lived and the place where the marriage is to be performed. ( The application shall include the individual elements listed in the first paragraph of Article 1369 CC, both the person submitting it and the other person, with whom the marriage is about to take place).
|evidences_process_registry_evidence_id=3531
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=1
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Administrative
|process_conditions_name=Each of the persons wishing to marry each other in any of the types of marriage defined in Article 1367 of the Civil Code shall address before the marriage is concluded to the mayor or the president of the community of his residence an application requesting that the licence provided for in Article 1368 of the Civil Code be granted to him/her. If this is not a case not falling into the second paragraph of Article 1369 CC, it is requested to make the public notice with the same application, in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 1369 CC.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=2
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Age
|process_conditions_name=Any person who has attained the 18th year of age (adult) shall be capable of any legal act.
It is mandatory to submit:
a) an extract of the applicants birth certificate, showing the date and year of birth or a birth certificate from the civil registry of the applicant b) in the case of an applicant who is a minor, a declaration by the person having his/her custody that he or she consents to the performance by the applicant of the marriage in question or a certified copy of a final court decision, by which consent was given on the ground that the person having custody refused to give it, or a declaration by the latter that he or she gives consent, made either to a notary or to the magistrate of the minors place of residence, who shall verify, on the basis of documentary evidence attached to the instrument drawn up by them, the authority of the declarant to give consent; if the consent is given by the father and the mother, their signature, certified by the police, on the application is sufficient.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=3
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Administrative
|process_conditions_name=Third party complaints. In any case, the mayor or the president of the Community should wait for a week from the date of the submission of the relevant application by third parties, the absence on the person of a positive condition or the existence on the person or his relationship with him or his or her, in which he or she is to be married. The complaint shall be made by any person in writing and shall be examined, if he or she is accompanied by serious evidence proving the case or expressed in the form of a responsible declaration of Law 105/1969. In the event of such a complaint, the mayor or the President of the Community shall promptly call on the person concerned to challenge it.
}}
{{process evidences cost
|process_evidence_cost_num_id=1
|process_evidence_cost_alternative=No
|process_evidence_cost_type=e-Administrative Fee
|process_evidence_cost_calculation=One-off
|process_evidence_cost_code=2386
|process_evidence_cost_description=Administrative fee for the marriage licence costing 18-EUR
|process_evidence_cost_min=18
|process_evidence_cost_max=18
|process_evidence_cost_url=https://www1.gsis.gr/sgsisapps/eparavolo/public/welcome.htm
|process_evidence_cost_payment_type=Digital (debit / credit card), Digital (web banking), Hellenic Post
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=1
|process_evidence_type=2244
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Copy of an identity card
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=2
|process_evidence_type=9224
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Date of birth: (a) 1 January 1964.
|process_evidence_note=Extract from the birth record of the applicant showing the date and year of his/her birth or a birth certificate from his/her register
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=3
|process_evidence_type=1127
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=Yes
|process_evidence_prerequisite=Age
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Consent or final judgment
|process_evidence_note=In case the applicant is a minor, a declaration by the diligent person, consenting to the conclusion of that particular marriage or a certified copy of a final judicial decision, in which he/she was granted the consent on the ground that he/she refused to grant it to the person who is diligent or who is responsible, that he/she grants the consent either to a notary or to a peacekeeper of the residence of the minor who checks, on the basis of documents attached to the act by the declarant, the authority of the declarant to give the consent if the father and the mother give sufficient consent, attested by the police, on the request.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=4
|process_evidence_type=9347
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Photocopy of the proof of residence as defined by the Municipality (e.g. tax clearance, tax proof etc.)
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=5
|process_evidence_type=5743
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Publication - Announcement of marriage in a daily-local newspaper and presentation of the entire issue of the newspaper.
|process_evidence_note=If the marriage is not completed within six months of notification, the notification must be repeated.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=6
|process_evidence_type=9665
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=Yes
|process_evidence_prerequisite=Family
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=The procedure concerns the granting of the Marriage Certificate, which presupposes registration of the fact of the religious or civil marriage at the Registry Office of the Municipality, which was held in accordance with Law 344/1976.
|process_evidence_related_process=Issue of a Civil Partnership Act
|process_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/oikogeneiake-katastase/lexiarkhike-praxe-gamou
|process_evidence_note=Marriage certificate with its dissolution in case of 2nd, 3rd etc. grade of marriage.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=7
|process_evidence_type=7320
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=The procedure concerns the issue of an electronic solemn declaration by the applicant or his/her relationships with the other person with whom he/she is to marry, none of the obstacles referred to in Articles 1354, 1356 1357, 1359, 1362, and 1365 of the Civil Code. The procedure concerns the issue of an electronic responsible statement by the person concerned without having to visit an administrative authority or a Point of Single Contact (ΚΕΠ-ΕΚΕ). You can enter the service of issuing the electronic solemn declaration in two (2) ways: (a) by your personal web banking codes in one of the available banks; or (b) by your personal access TAXISnet codes (after logging in once with your web banking codes to confirm your mobile phone number).
Then, you will receive confirmation codes with SMS in your mobile bank;The electronic solemn declaration that you will issue is legally equivalent to a solemn declaration bearing a genuine signature and you can either send it electronically or print it out and submit it to a public authority. At the same time, the right of the citizen to physically sign the form of the Solemn Declaration under Law 1599/86 (Article 8) and to submit it to a competent authority as a supporting document for his/her case.
|process_evidence_related_process=Solemn declaration and electronic solemn declaration
|process_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/psephiaka-eggrapha-gov-gr/ekdose-upeuthunes-deloses
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=8
|process_evidence_type=1701
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=Yes
|process_evidence_prerequisite=Family
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (digital)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=The procedure concerns the granting of an extract from the Death Certificate, awarded to the closest relatives of the deceased, if drafted in accordance with Law 344/1976 as applicable.
|process_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/apoleia/lexiarkhike-praxe-thanatou
|process_evidence_note=Death Certificate in case of widowhood.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=9
|process_evidence_type=3531
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=Yes
|process_evidence_alternative_of_selector=6
|process_evidence_alternative_of=6
|process_evidence_description=The procedure concerns the issue of an extract from the civil partnership certificate.
A civil partnership certificate in which the dissolution of the civil partnership agreement will be registered.
|process_evidence_related_process=Issue of a Civil Partnership Act
|process_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/oikogeneiake-katastase/lexiarkhike-praxe-sumphonou-sumbioses
|process_evidence_note=Marriage prefecture with its dissolution in case of 2nd, 3rd, etc. grade of marriage.
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Presidential Decree
|process_rule_decision_number=456
|process_rule_decision_year=1984
|process_rule_article=1368, 1369,1370
|process_rule_description=Civil Code
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=164
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Α
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=19840100164
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Law
|process_rule_decision_number=1250
|process_rule_decision_year=1982
|process_rule_article=1,2
|process_rule_description=For the establishment of a civil marriage.
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=46
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Α
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=19820100046
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Presidential Decree
|process_rule_decision_number=391
|process_rule_decision_year=1982
|process_rule_article=1-4
|process_rule_description=To regulate details concerning the celebration of civil marriages, the granting of a marriage licence and the content of the certificate of civil or religious marriages.
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=73
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Α
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=19820100073
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Joint Ministerial Decision
|process_rule_decision_number=49806
|process_rule_decision_year=2022
|process_rule_description=Electronic application and issue of a civil marriage licence.
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=6088
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Β
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20220206088
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=1
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Receipt of an application after the attached supporting documents
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=PT5M
|process_step_duration_max=PT5M
|process_step_description=Submission of the application of the person(s) concerned for the issue of a marriage licence and other supporting documents.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=2
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Verification of the completeness of supporting documents
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Inspection
|process_step_duration_min=PT20M
|process_step_duration_max=PT30M
|process_step_description=Checking of supporting documents shall be compulsory after having been investigated whether the legal conditions for the marriage have been met and whether the notification has been made.
|process_step_note=The data of the Birth Certificate, the ID card issued by the Police and the newspaper must be in accordance with each other.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=3
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=2
|process_step_previous_child=2
|process_step_title=Receipt and protocol of the application
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=PT5M
|process_step_duration_max=PT5M
|process_step_description=In case the supporting documents are checked and the conditions for granting a marriage licence are met, a protocol shall be given to the citizen.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=4
|process_step_exit=Yes
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=2
|process_step_previous_child=2
|process_step_title=Reimbursement of application and supporting documents on grounds of non-fulfilment of cases
|process_step_description=Where the conditions are not met or there are no supporting documents, the application shall be returned.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=5
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Expected period of time for a complaint or possible obstruction by a third person
|process_step_official=Competent Department
|process_step_implementation=Action of the executive / co-competent body
|process_step_duration_min=P7D
|process_step_duration_max=P7D
|process_step_description=After lodging the request, the mayor shall wait for a week for a possible complaint from third parties or an obstacle to marriage.
|process_step_note=In the event of such a complaint, the mayor shall without delay invite the person concerned to refute it.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=6
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Suspension of proceedings on the basis of a verification of any complaint
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_description=Suspension of the procedure for a review of the complaint
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=7
|process_step_exit=Yes
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=6
|process_step_previous_child=6
|process_step_title=Adoption of a marriage licence
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Signature
|process_step_duration_min=P1D
|process_step_duration_max=P1D
|process_step_description=Granting of a marriage licence
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=8
|process_step_exit=Yes
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=6
|process_step_previous_child=6
|process_step_title=Non-granting of a marriage licence
|process_step_duration_min=P1D
|process_step_duration_max=P1D
}}
{{process useful links
|process_useful_link_title=Issue of a marriage licence
|process_useful_link_url=https://www.ypes.gr/astiki-dimotiki-katastasi/themata-astikis-kai-dimotikits-katastasis/thesmiko-plaisio-xrisima-eggrafa/ekdosi-adeias-gamoy
}}