Apply for a marriage or relationship certificate

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A certificate can only be issued if the marriage or relationship was registered in South Australia. If the marriage or relationship occurred outside of South Australia, contact the Registry of that state, territory or country.

Relationship certificates are usually needed to prove that a relationship has been registered.

Commemorative certificates are also available.

You can't apply for a certificate over the phone.

The people who are named on the registration can apply for a certificate.
Anyone can access a certificate that's more than 75 years old.
Certain people can apply for someone else's certificate.

You'll need to supply information about the people whose certificate you want, and proof of your identity.

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Fees

Marriages

Standard certificate - $72.00
Standard and commemorative certificates - $99.00

Relationships

Standard certificate - $66.50
Standard and commemorative certificate - $93.50

Who can apply for someone else's certificate

Only these people can apply for someone else's marriage or relationship certificate:

a child of the couple
a child of one person named on the certificate - authorised under the Adoption Act 1988, subsection 41(4)
an executor of their estate, administrator or trustee - evidence of authority and relationship to the deceased is needed
someone with written authority or power of attorney - evidence of authority is needed.

What you'll need

You'll need to know basic information such as the couple's names and the date of the marriage or registration.

Proof of identity

You need to prove your identity unless you are applying for a certificate that's more than 75 years old.

You'll need to provide one of these combinations of documents:

TWO documents from list 1
ONE document from list 1 and ONE document from either list 2 or 3
ONE document from list 2 and TWO documents from list 3
THREE documents from list 3.

At least one document must show your name and address and one document must show your signature.

All identification documents must be current (not expired). Where a document from list 3 is provided as evidence of your address, it must have been issued within the last three months.

You can upload scanned or photographed images of your ID documents.

If you are applying online, you must include a document from list 1, or your Medicare card, if agreeing to be verified by the online Document Verification Service (DVS). If you live overseas, you can use your overseas driver’s licence or passport.

List 1	List 2	List 3
Australian passport	Government employee photo ID card	Bank statement
Australian driver’s licence	Overseas driver’s licence	Council rates notice
Centrelink concession card	Tertiary student ID card	Utility account statement (electricity, gas, water)
	Overseas passport	Proof of age card
	Aviation/maritime security ID card	Tenancy or lease agreement
	Medicare card	Motor vehicle registration papers
	Australian firearms licence	Telephone or mobile account
	Security guard or crowd control licence	ATO notice of assessment
		Mortgage documents
		Australian Electoral Commission enrolment
		Seniors card
		Superannuation fund statement
		Certified academic university transcript
		Credit or debit card

Ways to pay

You can pay for your certificate:

in person - cash, cheque, money order, credit/debit card
by post - cheque, money order, credit card
online - credit card.

Make cheques payable to Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Occasionally Consumer and Business Services (CBS) can't find a record to match an application. If this happens, a 'no record' certificate is issued and a search fee of $72.00 for each ten-year period is charged.