Please note we are no longer based at Shakespeare Street, but at the Council House in the Old Market Square.

If your child has already been registered and you wish to re-register to add the natural fathers name or following marriage to the natural father, you should contact the Register Office for advice.

Tell Us Once

When you register a birth you can also register for the Tell Us Once service. This notifies various government departments about the change in circumstances Click here for more information.

For a list of Local Register Offices in the County, click here.

You can book an appointment to register a birth by clicking here to visit the Birth Registration Appointments online service. 

Please ensure you arrive in time for your appointment as we will not be able to see you if you are late. 

• Who may register the birth
• Information which will be needed by the Registrar
• Additional details which must be given to the Registrar
• Checking the information
• On completion of the registration you will be issued with documents
• Giving details by making a 'declaration'
• Queries

The law requires that every birth shall be registered within six weeks of the date of birth.

Who may register the birth

If the parents of the child are married to each other, either parent may attend to register the birth. Where the parents are not married to each other they both usually need to attend if the father's details are wanted in the register entry. If the father is not able to attend, but the mother wishes to have his details in the register entry, please telephone the Registrar on the above number for further advice.

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Information which will be needed by the Registrar

The Registrar will interview you in private, when you will need to give the following information for recording in the Register book:

• The date and place of baby's birth
• The full name and surname you wish to give the child
• Where the parents are married or, if not married, where both parents attend together, the baby's father's full name, occupation, any previous names used, and place of birth
• The mother's full name, occupation, any previous names used, and place of birth
• The mother's usual address at the time of baby's birth
• If the parents are not married to each other, the father's usual address

Additional details which must be given to the Registrar

Other details will be collected which do not appear in the Register book or on the birth certificate. These are gathered confidentially and will only be used for the preparation and supply of statistical information by the Registrar General:

• The mother's date of birth
• The father's date of birth if the parents are married, or if not married and both parents attend together
• If parents are married to each other, the month and year of the marriage, whether the mother has been married more than once, and the number of the mother's previous children by her present and any former husband.

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Checking the information

The Registrar will take down all the details in draft form and will ask you to check that they have been recorded correctly. The non-statistical information will then be copied into the Register, which you will be asked to check through carefully and sign.

Documents which will be supplied following the registration

On completion of the registration you will be issued with the following documents:

• A free 'short' birth certificate which states baby's name, date of birth, sex and district of birth
• Standard 'full' birth certificates may be purchased at the point of registration at a cost of £4 each. This certificate includes all the details entered in the Register.

Giving details by making a 'declaration'

If you live outside the City of Nottingham you may, register the birth via the office of your local Registrar. You should telephone your local Registrar to make an appointment. He/she will take a declaration of the particulars required and forward it to Nottingham Register Office. When the birth has been recorded in a Register in Nottingham, you will receive through the post the free 'short' birth Certificate and, if requested, the standard 'full' birth certificate.

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Queries

If you have any further queries regarding registering a birth, please do not hesitate to contact Nottingham Register Office.

Register Offices outside of the City of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire County Council:

Amber Valley Register Office
Market Place
Ripley
Derby
DE5 3BT

Tel: 01773 841 380

Basford Register Office
Highbury Road
Bulwell
Nottingham
NG6 9DA

Tel: 0844 9808080
Email: basfordro@nottscc.gov.uk

East Retford Register Office
Nottinghamshire County Council Offices
Chancery Lane
Retford
Nottingham
DN22 6DG

Tel: 0844 9808080
Email: bassetlawro@nottscc.gov.uk

Erewash Register Office
87 Lord Haddon Road
Ilkeston
Derbyshire
DE7 8AX

Tel: 0115 932 1014
Email: erewash.registrars@derbyshire.gov.uk

Mansfield Register Office
Dale Close
100 Chesterfield Road South
Mansfield
NG19 7DN

Tel: 0844 9808080
Email: mansfieldro@nottscc.gov.uk

Newark Register Office
County Offices
Balderton Gate
Newark
Nottinghamshire
NG24 1UW

Tel: 0844 9808080
Email: newarkro@nottscc.gov.uk

Rushcliffe Register Office
The Hall, Bridgford Road
West Bridgford
Nottingham
NG2 6AQ

Tel: 0844 9808080
Email: rushcliffero@nottscc.gov.uk