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The Republic of Latvia

Law on the Residents' Register

Adopted on 27 August 1998

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Article 1

This Law regulates the operation of a uniform residents' registration system - The Residents' Register (hereafter the Register) - in the territory of Latvia and establishes the procedure by which the data are submitted to the Citizenship and Migration Matters Department (hereafter the Department) and further made use of.

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Article 3

The main task of the Register is to ensure registration of Latvia's citizens and non-citizens as well as foreign citizens with residence permits in Latvia, stateless persons and refugees by entering and updating the information in the Register in the order set by law.

Article 4

(1) Entering data in the Register means completing the standard primary registration form.

(2) Updating means amending the data contained in the Register by indicating the date when the change is made, its legal basis and the number of the document certifying the amendments, the date of issue, the issuing state and the issuing authority.

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Article 8

(1) It is the responsibility of the Department official who is entering data on a person to verify the accuracy of these data with the documents which bear legal force in Latvia and certify these data.

(2) The person submitting the data for the primary registration form confirms them with his/her signature.

(3) The accuracy of the data concerning a person under 16 as well as a person who is within the trusteeship or guardianship is confirmed by this person's legal representative.

Article 9

Entries in the Register are done in the Latvian language except for the names, surnames and addresses of foreign citizens, stateless persons and refugees which are written in Latin characters in accordance with their travel documents issued by a foreign country.

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Article 10

(1) The following information on a person shall be entered in the Register

1) identity number;

2) name(s);

3) surname;

4) maiden name (previous name);

5) date of birth;

6) place of birth;

7) sex;

8) legal bond with the state;

9) ethnicity;

10) registered address in Latvia;

11) address of a foreign place of residence;

12) data on the passport or another personal identification document issued as a substitute of a passport in the order prescribed by the legal acts:

a) kind of the document;
b) number and series;
c) date of issue;
d) issuing state and issuing authority;
e) validity term;

13) information on birth registration:

a) entry number in the birth register;
b) place and state of birth registration;
c) date of birth registration;

14) information on the birth certificate;

a) number;
b) date of issue;
c) issuing state and issuing authority;

15) information on the residence permit in Latvia:

a) kind of the permit;
b) number;
c) date of issue;
d) validity term;
e) issuing authority;

16) date of the person's arrival in Latvia and the country from which the person has arrived if the person is not a Latvian citizen or non-citizen;

17) information on marital status:

a) single;
b) married;
c) divorced;
d) widowed;

18) information on the latest spouse;

19) information on the registration of marriage, divorce or invalidity of marriage:

a) marriage registration number;
b) place and state where the marriage is registered, discharged or declared void;
c) date when the marriage is registered, discharged or declared void;

20) information on the document certifying the registration of the marriage, the discharge of the marriage or the declaration of its being void;

a) number of the marriage certificate or number of the marriage divorce certificate or of the marriage invalidity certificate;
b) date of issue of the marriage certificate or of the marriage divorce certificate, date and place where the court decision on divorce or invalidity was passed,
c) the issuing state and the issuing authority of the marriage certificate or the marriage divorce certificate or of the bill of divorce or of invalidity;

21) information on children under 16,

22) information on father and mother,

23) information on a person's legal incapacity or capacity:

a) number of the civil case;
b) date and place of the court decision;

24) information on emigration from Latvia:

a) date of emigration;
b) country to which the person is emigrating;
c) date of emigration registration;
d) number of emigration registration document;
e) institution of registering emigration;
f) number, kind, issuing state, place and date of issue, validity term of the emigration document;

25) information on a person missing:

a) number of the civil case declaring the person missing;
b) date and place of the court decision;
c) issuing state of the court decision;
d) name of the court which has taken the decision;

26) information on expulsion from Latvia:

a) number of the expulsion order;
b) date of issue of the expulsion order;
c) date until which a restriction to entry is valid;
d) issuing authority;
e) country to which the person is expelled;
f) kind of expulsion document, its number, issuing state, place and date of issue, validity term;

27) information on a person's death:

a) date of death;
b) place of death;

28) information on death registration:

a) entry number in the death register;
b) authority and state of death registration;
c) date of death registration;

29) information on the document certifying a person's death:

a) number of death certificate, number of the civil case on declaring a missing person dead, number of the civil case on stating the fact of death registration or number of the civil case attesting a person's death;
b) date of issue of the death certificate, date of the court decision on stating the fact of death registration or date of the court decision on attesting a person's death;
c) issuing state and issuing authority of the death certificate or of the court decision;

(2) The legal bond between a person and the state mentioned in the first Paragraph of this article is a person's affiliation with the state which has issued or will issue in the order set by the state a passport or another personal identification document. In terms of this Law the forms of legal bond between a person and the state are:

1) citizen;

2) non-citizen;

3) stateless person;

4) refugee;

(3) Information to be entered in the Register on a person's father and mother in case information on them is missing in the Register is:

1) name(s);

2) surname;

3) sex;

4) date of birth;

5) ethnicity;

6) legal bond with the state;

7) date of death.

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Article12

The following information shall not be included in the Register:

1) race or skin colour;

2) religious conviction or affiliation with a confession;

3) political conviction or affiliation with a political party or movement as well as information on political views;

4) sexual orientation or illness;

5) other information not required in Article 10 of this Law.

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The President of State G.Ulmanis
Riga, 10 September 1998


Source: Unofficial translation

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