BIRTH CERTIFICATE - must be produced by each person giving notice. A full extract is preferred.

DECREE OF DIVORCE, DISSOLUTION OR ANNULMENT - must be produced if a previous marriage has been dissolved.

In England a Decree Nisi of Divorce must be submitted before a marriage notice can be accepted if the divorce is not yet final. The Final Divorce Decree Absolute must then be submitted once it has been granted. (please note that Divorce Decree Absolutes are usually annotated with a Red court stamp.  If your documents does not bear a stamp of this colour please ensure you are forwarding an original document and not a photocopy).

Any divorces granted outside the UK must be accompanied by a completed foreign divorce questionnaire.

DEATH CERTIFICATE - must be produced if the person giving notice is widowed.

If you and the person you are marrying are related within any of the Degrees of Relationship please contact the Registration Office for further information on documentation to be produced.

CERTIFICATE OF NO IMPEDIMENT- must be produced by a person giving notice if they state their birth place is a country outside the UK and their nationality is not British. For further information please contact the Registration Office.

A person whose country of domicile is outwith Scotland will not be allowed to marry in Scotland if the marriage would be void under the law of his or her country of domicile.

All documents produced to the Registrar must be in the English language. If they are not they must be accompanied by an English certified translation.

If you wish to serve notice but are not in possession of one or more of the required documents please contact the registration office to assertain whether notice may be served on the strength of the documentation in your possession as in some instances some documentation may follow on at a later date.