It is an office where activities in the field of civil status registration (birth, marriage, death) are carried out. At the Registry Office, you can obtain complete copies and abbreviated copies of civil status records, certificates of civil status, and you can supplement civil status records if they do not contain all the required data. As a result of the transcription (location) of a foreign civil status record, a Polish civil status record can be obtained from this office. The head of the Registry Office may also accept declarations necessary to recognize paternity or declarations of spouses on the surname of their common child or declarations of a divorced spouse on returning to the surname he had before marriage. You can also change your name or surname at the selected Registry Office if you are a Polish citizen.
