Registering a divorce in the civil registry in the Netherlands
Has a judge has agreed to your divorce (echtscheiding)? Then you and your partner will be sent a copy of the final order (echtscheidingsbeschikking). When does your divorce become final? Once you have registered the final order in the municipality’s civil registry (burgerlijke stand van de gemeente).
You can register the final order in the Register of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships (burgerlijke stand van de gemeente). Do this at the municipality where you were married. This must be done within 6 months of the court ruling. When you have done this you are legally divorced.
This is how it works for you
Here is some information from your municipality.
Echtscheiding melden
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.
Your lawyer must send the documents to:
[contact details for the municipality]
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.
[contact details for the municipality]
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of Haarlemmermeer
Visiting addresses
Taurusavenue 100
2132LS Hoofddorp
| Monday | 9:00-17:00 |
| Tuesday | 9:00-20:00 |
| Wednesday | 9:00-17:00 |
| Thursday | 9:00-17:00 |
| Friday | 9:00-17:00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Haarlemmerstraatweg 51 51
1165MJ Halfweg
| Monday | 9:00-13:00 |
| Tuesday | 9:00-13:00 17:00-20:00 |
| Wednesday | 9:00-13:00 |
| Thursday | 9:00-13:00 |
| Friday | 9:00-13:00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Eugénie Prévinaireweg 19
2151BA Nieuw-Vennep
| Monday | 9:00-17:00 |
| Tuesday | 9:00-20:00 |
| Wednesday | 9:00-17:00 |
| Thursday | 9:00-17:00 |
| Friday | 9:00-17:00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |