Municipality of Haarlemmermeer: registering a divorce in the civil registry

Where you register your divorce depends on your situation.

If you got divorced in the Netherlands

Did you get married and divorced in the Netherlands? Then your lawyer will send the divorce decree to the civil registrar in the municipality where you got married. The registrar will then register your divorce.

Your lawyer must send the documents to:

[contact details for the municipality]

Do you live in a municipality other than the one in which you got married? Then the registrar will inform your municipality of residence.

If you got divorced abroad

Did you get divorced abroad and you live in the Netherlands? Then you must have your foreign divorce registered in the Basisregistratie Personen – BRP (Personal Records Database). You do this at the municipality in which you are registered.

[contact details for the municipality]