Certificates

Find out how to apply for an official or commemorative certificate, or order a replacement.

• Birth
• Marriage
• Civil partnership
• Change of name
• Death
• Replacement recognised details
• Correct a certificate

Order a certificate

Birth registration, surrogacy and adoption records

• Register a birth
• Add the father or parent to your child's birth registration
• Access adoption records
• Surrogacy
• Register a parentage or discharge order
• Changes to the law—donor conception information register

Register a birth

Register your bub—Our kids count

Learn more about closing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander registration gap.

• For parents and carers
• Access to cultural recognition order records
• For community organisations
• Community visits
• Birthing Tree (Artii Nganthi) commemorative birth certificate
• Sageraw Paykaw (South East Butterfly) commemorative birth certificate

Find out more

Get married at the Brisbane registry

• Visit our Brisbane registry gallery
• How to get married at the Brisbane registry
• Get a letter of no record of marriage in Queensland
• Registering your marriage or civil partnership
• Follow the #brisbaneregistry on Instagram

Start planning your perfect wedding now

Family history research

See what information is available and learn how you can access and order records.

• How to order historical records
• Download previous purchases Information you can access
• Hints and tips

Search for free

Changing a name

• Changing your name
• Changing your child’s first names before their first birthday or before they turn 18
• Note a change of name on your birth certificate
• Changing your family name after marriage, separation or divorce

Change your or your child’s name

Changing legal record of sex

Learn about altering your sex and first names to better express or affirm your identity.

If you were born or adopted in Queensland:

• Alter your record of sex (16 or older)
• Alter your child's record of sex (under 16)

Find out about developmentally informed practitioners.

If you were born or adopted outside of Queensland and have lived here for 12 months:

• Recognise your sex (16 or older)
• Recognise your child's sex (under 16)

Find out more

Service providers

Create and submit official documents online for birth, death and marriage services.

Find out about being a service provider

Data and statistics

Life events in Queensland:

• Yearly life event statistics
• Access to birth, death and marriage data in certain situations

National data:

• Australian Death Check
• National death data
• Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Australasia

Learn about life event data