Registration of Marriage

In ordinary marriage, the time for submission of the Certificate of Marriage is within fifteen (15) days following the solemnization of marriage while in marriage exempt from license requirement, the prescribed period is thirty (30) days, at the place where the marriage was solemnized.

The solemnizing officer has the duty to report the marriage to the office of the Civil Registrar where the marriage was solemnized.

It shall be the duty of the person concerned to accomplish and send four (4) copies of the Certificate of Marriage to the civil registrar for registration. After the registration, the civil registrar shall distribute copies of the document bearing the civil registry number within five (5) days from receipt thereof as follows: first copy to the contracting parties; second copy to the Office of the Civil Registrar-General; third copy shall be retained for filing; and fourth copy to the solemnizing officer.

The following marriages maybe performed without a marriage license:

1. In case either or both of the contracting parties are at the point of death;
2. If the residence of either party is so located that there is no means of transportation to enable such party to appear personally before the civil registrar;
3. Marriages among Muslims or among members of the ethnic cultural communities provided that they are solemnized in accordance with their customs, rites, or practices;
4. In case of a man and woman who have lived together as husband and wife for at least five years and without any legal impediment to marry each other.

1. The solemnizing officer or the person reporting or presenting the marriage certificate for registration shall be required to execute and file an affidavit in support thereof, stating the exact place and date of marriage, the facts and circumstances surrounding the marriage and the reason or cause of delay.
2. The submission of the application for marriage license bearing the date when the marriage license was issued except for marriage exempt from marriage licenses shall be required.
3. Where the original or duplicate copy of the Certificate of Marriage could not be presented either because it was burned, lost or destroyed, a certification issued in lieu thereof, by the church or solemnizing officer indicating date of said marriage based on their record or log book shall be sufficient roof of marriage.

Source: http://census.gov.ph/data/civilreg/cv5.html