Births, deaths, ceremony and citizenship service

Hertfordshire Registration & Citizenship Service delivers birth, death, marriage and civil partnership registrations, ceremonial services for civil marriages, civil partnerships (same sex partnerships), civil namings, civil funerals and renewal of vows plus citizenship ceremonies, nationality checking service (NCS), settlement checking service (SCS) and change of name deeds service.

Registration services are available in our offices in Watford, Stevenage, Hatfield, St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, Cheshunt and Bishop's Stortford. Citizenship services are available at the Citizenship Unit in Hatfield.

For registration appointment bookings and copy certificates please select the appropriate links in the 'Do it online' box at the bottom of the page.

For all other registration enquiries and services please call 0300 123 4045 or email us at registrars.admin@hertscc.gov.uk
For Citizenship services and change of name deeds service please call 01707 897396 or email citizenshipunit@hertscc.gov.uk

NEW SERVICE AVAILABLE - From October 2012 powers included in The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 removed the time restrictions on when marriage or civil partnership ceremonies may take place. Hertfordshire Registration Service is now able to offer marriage or partnership ceremonies at a Hertfordshire Approved Premise in the evening. For more information please click on 'Out of Hours Ceremonies' on the left hand side of this page.

• Hertfordshire Celebrations - part 1 (PDF file 5MB)

  Venues and services for celebrations in Hertfordshire

• Hertfordshire Celebrations - part 2 (PDF file 5MB)

  Venues and services for celebrations in Hertfordshire