Municipality of Maastricht: 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? In most cases, your lawyer will send the divorce decree to the municipality where you got married. The municipality will register your divorce if all conditions are met.

Do you live in a municipality other than the one in which you got married? After registering the divorce, your home municipality will be notified.

If you got divorced outside of the Netherlands

Did you get divorced abroad and live in the Netherlands? If so, you will have to register your foreign divorce in the Basisregistratie Personen – BRP (Personal Records Database). You can do this at the municipality where you are registered.

Registering a divorce

There is no fee for registering your divorce with the municipality. Do you need proof of your divorce? If so, you pay a fee for an official copy of or excerpt from the divorce decree. For more information contact the municipality.

Once the municipality has received the documents, it will register the divorce as soon as possible. The divorce becomes official as soon as the municipality registers it in the civil registry.