CCQ, r. 10 - Tariff of duties respecting acts of civil status, change of name or of designation of sex and substitution of the usual given name

Updated to 12 December 2023

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chapter CCQ, r. 10

Tariff of duties respecting acts of civil status, change of name or of designation of sex and substitution of the usual given name

Civil Code of Québec

(Civil Code, arts. 64, 73 and 151).

O.C. 1593-93; S.Q. 2022, c. 22, s. 203.

DIVISION I DUTIES RESPECTING THE ACTS OF CIVIL STATUS

1. The duties payable for the issuing of copies of acts, certificates and attestations are, according to the document, the method of application and the period indicated, as follows:

(1)  for a certificate of birth, marriage, civil union or death,

(a)  $28 by electronic means, $38 by mail and $43 at the counter until 31 March 2012;

(b)  $29 by electronic means, $39 by mail and $44 at the counter from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013; and

(c)  $31 by electronic means, $44 by mail and $49 at the counter as of 1 April 2013;

(2)  for a copy of an act of civil status,

(a)  $35 by electronic means, $45 by mail and $50 at the counter until 31 March 2012;

(b)  $36 by electronic means, $46 by mail and $51 at the counter from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013; and

(c)  $37 by electronic means, $51 by mail and $55 at the counter as of 1 April 2013;

(3)  for a certificate of civil status,

(a)  $40 by electronic means, $50 by mail and $55 at the counter until 31 March 2012;

(b)  $41 by electronic means, $51 by mail and $56 at the counter from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013; and

(c)  $42 by electronic means, $56 by mail and $61 at the counter as of 1 April 2013;

(4)  for an attestation related to an act or to a notation made in an act of civil status, $6;

(5)  for a detailed attestation related to the information contained in a copy of an attestation of birth or the nature of the changes made to an act of birth, $25.

The duties payable for an application requiring an accelerated processing are, according to the document, the method of application and the period indicated, as follows:

(1)  in any case referred to in subparagraphs 1 to 3 of the first paragraph,

(a)  $50 by electronic means, $60 by mail and $65 at the counter until 31 March 2012;

(b)  $51 by electronic means, $61 by mail and $66 at the counter from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013; and

(c)  $60 by electronic means, $65 by mail and $70 at the counter as of 1 April 2013;

(2)  in the case referred to in subparagraph 4 of the first paragraph, $35;

(3)  in the case referred to in subparagraph 5 of the first paragraph, $60.

O.C. 1593-93, s. 1; O.C. 1286-96, s. 1; O.C. 1276-2001, s. 1; O.C. 964-2010, s. 1; S.Q. 2022, c. 22, s. 204.

2. (Revoked).

O.C. 1593-93, s. 2; O.C. 964-2010, s. 2.

3. (Revoked).

O.C. 1593-93, s. 3; O.C. 1276-2001, s. 2.

4. Duties of $20 are payable for a consultation report on a search in the register of civil status concerning a person or event and covering a 5-year period; duties of $4 are added for each additional year searched.

O.C. 1593-93, s. 4.

5. Duties of $100 are payable for the preparation of an act of birth following a summary investigation, where the birth is declared more than one year after it occurred; the duties payable are only $50 if the declaration, although late, is made to the registrar of civil status during the year of birth.

O.C. 1593-93, s. 5.

5.1. Duties of $100 are payable for adding the filiation to an act of birth where the filiation is declared more than one year after the birth ; the duties payable are only $50 if the declaration of filiation, although late, is made to the registrar of civil status during the year of birth.

O.C. 490-2002, s. 1.

DIVISION II DUTIES RESPECTING CHANGE OF NAME

6. The duties payable for an application to change the surname or given name of a person are $125.

O.C. 1593-93, s. 6.

7. Where a person requests, in a single application, that his or her surname be changed and that the new surname be assigned to his or her minor children, the duties prescribed in section 6 are increased by $25 per child.

O.C. 1593-93, s. 7.

8. The duties payable for the issuing of a copy of a certificate of change of name are $10.

O.C. 1593-93, s. 8.

DIVISION II.1 DUTIES RESPECTING SUBSTITUTION OF THE USUAL GIVEN NAME

S.Q. 2022, c. 22, s. 205.

8.1. The duties payable for the substitution of a usual given name for another given name stated in the act of birth are $125.

S.Q. 2022, c. 22, s. 205.

DIVISION III DUTIES RESPECTING CHANGE OF DESIGNATION OF SEX

9. The duties payable for an application for a change of designation of sex are $125.

O.C. 1593-93, s. 9.

10. The duties payable for the issuing of a copy of a certificate of change of designation of sex are $10.

O.C. 1593-93, s. 10.

DIVISION III.1 INDEXING

O.C. 964-2010, s. 3.

10.1. The duties prescribed in subparagraphs 1 to 3 of the first paragraph and in subparagraph 1 of the second paragraph of section 1 are indexed on 1 April of each year starting in 2014 according to the rate determined in section 83.3 of the Financial Administration Act (chapter A-6.001).

O.C. 964-2010, s. 3.

10.2. The duties prescribed in subparagraphs 4 and 5 of the first paragraph of section 1, in subparagraph 2 of the second paragraph of section 1 and in sections 4, 5, 5.1, 6, 7, 8, 8.1, 9 and 10 are indexed in the same manner as of 2011.

O.C. 964-2010, s. 3; S.Q. 2022, c. 22, s. 206.

DIVISION III.2 EXEMPTIONS

S.Q. 2022, c. 22, s. 207.

10.3. Persons whose name was changed in the context of their stay in an Aboriginal residential school or their descendants who wish to change their name to a traditional Aboriginal name are exempt from paying the duties payable for an application for a change of name until 8 June 2032.

For that period, those persons are also exempt from paying the duties payable for the issuing of copies of acts, certificates and attestations.

S.Q. 2022, c. 22, s. 207.

10.4. A person who is the subject of a first application for a change of designation of sex is exempt from paying the duties for such an application and the duties for the issuing of a copy of the certificate of change of designation of sex.

S.Q. 2022, c. 22, s. 207.

DIVISION IV MISCELLANEOUS

11. (Omitted).

O.C. 1593-93, s. 11.

12. (Omitted).

O.C. 1593-93, s. 12.

REFERENCES

O.C. 1593-93, 1993 G.O. 2, 6213

O.C. 1286-96, 1996 G.O. 2, 4247

O.C. 1276-2001, 2001 G.O. 2, 5854

O.C. 490-2002, 2002 G.O. 2, 2292

O.C. 964-2010, 2010 G.O. 2, 2992

S.Q. 2022, c. 22, s. 207

S.Q. 2022, c. 22, ss. 204, 206 and 207

S.Q. 2022, c. 22, ss. 203, 205 and 206