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The following payment methods are accepted:
Credit or Debit Card - MasterCard or Visa only and card number must have 16 digits.
No other credit cards or travellers cheques will be accepted.
Cheque or Money Order - made payable to the "Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages".
Note: When paying at a regional courthouse cheques or money orders should be made payable to the "Department of the Attorney General".
Cash - when paying in person at the Perth Registry or at a regional courthouse.
Overseas Customers - Must pay in Australian dollars using an international money order or bank cheque made payable in Australian dollars to the "Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages".
| Certified copy (certificate) of a registration of birth, death or marriage (including a search over any period not exceeding ten years) | $42 |
| Certified copy (certificate) of a registration of birth, death or marriage at least 75 years old, when the registration number and registration district are provided | $30 |
| Priority service, in addition to any other fee (not payable for births from 1974 onwards or deaths & marriages from 1984 onwards when lodged in person at the Perth Registry Office or Albany, Armadale, Bunbury, Fremantle, Geraldton, Joondalup, Kalgoorlie, Mandurah, Midland or Rockingham courthouses) | $33 |
| Commemorative birth certificate (including the issue of a standard birth certificate) | $52 |
| Celebration of marriage (includes GST) | $160 |
| Notice of intended marriage (includes GST) | $135 |
| Certified copy (certificate) of a registration of marriage | $42 |
| Shortening of time (GST free) | $40 |
| Preparation and registration of a change of name, includes a certificate | $150 |
| Change to a child's given name/s once within 12 months of birth, includes a certificate | $42 |
| Search of records (each name) | $30 |
| Certified copy (certificate) of a change of name document (1957 onwards) | $42 |
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Addition to, or correction of, information in the register, includes a replacement certificate |
$42 |
| Search in an index (including a search over any period not exceeding ten years), includes a Result of Search certificate | $30 |
These fees were set 1 July 2007.
Contact details
Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages
Level 10
141 St Georges Terrace
PERTH WA 6000
Telephone: 1300 305 021
Facsimile: (08) 9264 1599
Contact General Enquires (Births, Deaths & Marriages)