Newborn Registration Service
Law No. 3 of 1957 dated August 1, 1957, relating to the organization of civil status and its amended and complementary texts.
Law No. 53 of 1959 dated May 26, 1959, relating to family names.
Code of civil and commercial procedure
Joint circular between the Ministries of Justice and Interior No. 45 dated September 29, 1984.
Law No. 53 of 1959 dated May 26, 1959, relating to family names.
Code of civil and commercial procedure
Joint circular between the Ministries of Justice and Interior No. 45 dated September 29, 1984.
The applicant must not have a family name registered at birth.
A request addressed to the Minister of the Interior, signed by the applicant, stating their full address.
The request must be accompanied by the applicant’s birth certificate.
Birth or death certificate (of the applicant’s parent).
Birth certificates of the applicant’s siblings showing the different family names they bear.
A copy of the applicant’s identity card.
The request must be accompanied by the applicant’s birth certificate.
Birth or death certificate (of the applicant’s parent).
Birth certificates of the applicant’s siblings showing the different family names they bear.
A copy of the applicant’s identity card.
Submit a request for correction of birth registers signed by their owners to the civil status clerk (according to the jurisdiction of birth).
The request must be accompanied by the required documents.
The Prime Ministry receives the new family name for publication in the Official Journal of the Tunisian Republic.
The municipality receives the new family name to register it in its records and correct the applicant’s family name.
The request must be accompanied by the required documents.
The Prime Ministry receives the new family name for publication in the Official Journal of the Tunisian Republic.
The municipality receives the new family name to register it in its records and correct the applicant’s family name.
Civil status service (according to the birth jurisdiction).
Civil status service in municipal districts
Within two months following the submission of a request accompanied by the necessary documents.
