Municipality of Nijmegen: 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.
If you married in Nijmegen, your lawyer must send the divorce degree to:
Gemeente Nijmegen
Postbus 9105
6500 HG Nijmegen
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.
Mailing address municipality of Nijmegen:
Gemeente Nijmegen
Postbus 9105
6500 HG Nijmegen
There is no fee for registering your divorce with 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.
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of Nijmegen