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5426e0b9-0257-4758-92be-4758d8b8b2dd 994264 Άδεια πολιτικού γάμου

At a glance

Points of service

Municipalities

Number of required documents

5 to 8

Fees

Provided without cost

Deadline of completion

8 days

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.

Basic information

Competent body

MINISTRY OF INTERIOR

Authority/Public body’s Unit responsible for the institutional framework of the procedure


Provided to

Related links

Notes

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 residence of each of the persons to be married.

Last update

14/05/2025

Application

Application Type

Application

Submission by:

Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by:

Persons

Title

Application for a marriage licence.

Notes:

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).

What you will need

Means of authentication, identification and signature

Identification document, Identification with TAXISnet codes

    Print

    Requirements

      Fees

        Related

        Means of redress or appeal:

        Judicial redress

        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.

        Output & Results

        Output

        Administrative Act, Document Production, Payment Document Production

        Steps

          Digital steps

            Other information

            Alternative titles

            Marriage licence, grant of a marriage permit, civil marriage licence

            Official title

            Civil marriage licence

            Languages supported

            Greek, English

            Registries updated

            ΜΗΤΡΩΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ

            Legislation

              Categories

              Τype of procedure

              Trigger

              Applied for

              Trigger (submission method)

              Application (digital), Application (handwritten)

              Life events

              Type

              Outgoing

              End of Process

              Ιndefinite

              G1

              ,


            • 1 Administrative Any person wishing to marry each other with any of the types 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. If this is not the case under the second paragraph of Article 1369 C.E. with the same request that the public notice be made, in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 1369 C.E.

              No No

            • 2 Age Any person who has completed the 18th year of his or her age (adult) shall be capable of any legal act.

              No No

            • 3 Administrative 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.

              No No

            • 1 Paradise about the 18th-euro wedding license 18 €

              e-Administrative Fee code 2386

              Cost Calculation One-off

              Method of Payment Digital (debit / credit card), Digital (web banking), Hellenic Post

              Type of Cost e-Administrative Fee

              Fee Link https://www1.gsis.gr/sgsisapps/eparavolo/public/welcome.htm

              No

            • 1 Copy identity card Identification document

              Copy identity card

              Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

              Submitted by: Persons


              Document submitted under requirements: No


              No 2244

            • 2 Date of birth: (a) 1 January 1964. Birth certificate

              Date of birth: (a) 1 January 1964.

              Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

              Submitted by: Persons

              Notes: Extract from the birth record of the applicant showing the date and year of his birth or a birth certificate from his register

              Document submitted under requirements: No


              No 9224

            • 3 Meeting or final judgment Rule

              Meeting or final judgment

              Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

              Submitted by: Persons

              Notes: Where the applicant is a minor, a declaration by the diligent person, that he consents to the conclusion of that particular marriage or a certified copy of a final judicial decision, in which he was granted the consent on the ground that he refused to grant it to the person who is diligent or who is responsible, that he 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.

              Document submitted under requirements: Yes

              Document’s requirement: Age

              No 1127

            • 4 Photocopy of residence is defined by the Municipality (e.g. tax clearance, tax proof etc.) Proof of Residence

              Photocopy of residence is defined by the Municipality (e.g. tax clearance, tax proof etc.)

              Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

              Submitted by: Persons


              Document submitted under requirements: No


              No 9347

            • 5 Publication - Premise of marriage in a daily-local newspaper and presentation of the entire issue of the newspaper Notification / Announcement / Reporting

              Publication - Premise of marriage in a daily-local newspaper and presentation of the entire issue of the newspaper

              Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

              Submitted by: Persons

              Notes: If the marriage is not completed within six months of notification, the notification must be repeated

              Document submitted under requirements: No


              No 5743

            • 6 The procedure concerns the granting of the State Marriage Act, which presupposes registration of the fact of the religious or political marriage at the State Hall of the Municipality, which was held in accordance with Law 344/1976. Marriage certificate

              The procedure concerns the granting of the State Marriage Act, which presupposes registration of the fact of the religious or political marriage at the State Hall of the Municipality, which was held in accordance with Law 344/1976.

              Relevant link: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/oikogeneiake-katastase/lexiarkhike-praxe-gamou

              Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

              Submitted by: Persons

              Relevant Procedure: ΔΔ:912456

              Notes: Marriage prefecture with its solution in case of 2nd, 3rd etc. of marriage.

              Document submitted under requirements: Yes

              Document’s requirement: Family

              No 9665

            • 7 The procedure concerns the issue of an electronic responsible statement by the applicant or his/her relationships with the other person with whom he is to marry, none of the obstacles to Articles 1354, 1356 1357, 1359, 1362, and 1365 of the Civil Code. The procedure concerns the issue of an electronically responsible statement by the person concerned without having to visit a web bank or JEP store. You can enter the service of issuing the electronic account by two means (2): (a) by your personal web banking codes in one of the available banks; or (b) by your personal access codes at the TAXISnet (before entering a web banking shop, to confirm the number of your mobile phone number; then you will receive confirmation codes with SMS in your mobile bank; or (b) by your personal responsible statement that you will be legally equivalent to the statement bearing the authenticity of that service, and you may submit an electronic declaration of the authenticity to him/her or his/her authorised to do so as provided that he/he/he/he/he/he/he/it his/it can confirm his/it. Solemn Declaration

              The procedure concerns the issue of an electronic responsible statement by the applicant or his/her relationships with the other person with whom he is to marry, none of the obstacles to Articles 1354, 1356 1357, 1359, 1362, and 1365 of the Civil Code. The procedure concerns the issue of an electronically responsible statement by the person concerned without having to visit a web bank or JEP store. You can enter the service of issuing the electronic account by two means (2): (a) by your personal web banking codes in one of the available banks; or (b) by your personal access codes at the TAXISnet (before entering a web banking shop, to confirm the number of your mobile phone number; then you will receive confirmation codes with SMS in your mobile bank; or (b) by your personal responsible statement that you will be legally equivalent to the statement bearing the authenticity of that service, and you may submit an electronic declaration of the authenticity to him/her or his/her authorised to do so as provided that he/he/he/he/he/he/he/it his/it can confirm his/it.

              Relevant link: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/psephiaka-eggrapha-gov-gr/ekdose-upeuthunes-deloses

              Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

              Submitted by: Persons

              Relevant Procedure: ΔΔ:265882

              Document submitted under requirements: No


              No 7320

            • 8 The procedure concerns the granting of an extract from the Death Patriarchate, awarded to the nearest relatives of the deceased, if drafted in accordance with Law 344/1976 as applicable. Death certificate

              The procedure concerns the granting of an extract from the Death Patriarchate, awarded to the nearest relatives of the deceased, if drafted in accordance with Law 344/1976 as applicable.

              Relevant link: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/apoleia/lexiarkhike-praxe-thanatou

              Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital)

              Submitted by: Persons

              Relevant Procedure: ΔΔ:167470

              Notes: Death Captain's act in case of widowhood.

              Document submitted under requirements: Yes

              Document’s requirement: Family

              No 1701

            • 9 The procedure concerns the granting of an excerpt for the award of an act of cohabitation. Civil Partnership certificate

              The procedure concerns the granting of an excerpt for the award of an act of cohabitation.

              Relevant link: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/oikogeneiake-katastase/lexiarkhike-praxe-sumphonou-sumbioses


              Relevant Procedure: ΔΔ:894344

              Notes: Marriage prefecture with its solution in case of 2nd, 3rd, etc. of marriage.

              Document submitted under requirements: No

              Alternative document of: 6

              Yes 3531

            • Presidential Decree 1368, 1369,1370 456 1984 164 Α

              Description Civil Code

              Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=19840100164

            • Law 1,2 1250 1982 46 Α

              Description To establish a political marriage

              Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=19820100046

            • Presidential Decree 1-4 391 1982 73 Α

              Description To lay down detailed rules on the conduct of political marriages, the granting of a marriage permit and the content of the confirmatory act on the conduct of political or religious marriages.

              Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=19820100073

            • Joint Ministerial Decision 49806 2022 6088 Β

              Description Electronic application and issue of a civil marriage licence

              Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=20220206088

            • 1 Receipt of an application after the attached supporting documents

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

              Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

              Description Submission of the application of the person(s) concerned for the issue of a marriage permit and other supporting documents.

              No No


            • 2 Verification of the completeness of supporting documents

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

              Μethod of Implementation Inspection

              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.

              Notes The elements of the Jurisdiction Act, the Police Identity and the newspaper must be agreed.

              No No


            • 3 Receipt and protocol of the application

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

              Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

              Description Where supporting documents are checked and the conditions for granting a marriage permit are met, a protocol shall be given to the citizen.

              Yes No


            • 4 Reimbursement of application and supporting documents on grounds of non-fulfilment of cases


              Description Where the conditions are not met or there are no supporting documents, the application shall be returned.

              Yes Yes


            • 5 Expected period of time for a complaint or possible obstruction by a third person

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Department

              Μethod of Implementation Action of the executive / co-competent body

              Description After lodging the request, the mayor shall wait for a week for a possible complaint from third parties or an obstacle to marriage.

              Notes In the event of such a complaint, the mayor shall without delay invite the person concerned to challenge it.

              No No


            • 6 Suspension of proceedings on the basis of a verification of any complaint

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

              Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

              Description Suspension of proceedings for a review of the complaint

              No No


            • 7 Adoption of a marriage licence

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

              Μethod of Implementation Signature

              Description Adoption of a marriage licence

              Yes Yes


            • 8 Non-application of a marriage permit



              Yes Yes




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