The LCR Department offers various services related on civil registration. Their office can be located at the Lobby of the Municipal Hall Building, G. de Borja St., Pateros, Metro Manila with Tel. No. 643-3485 headed by Mr. Wilfredo M. Oliva — Municipal Registrar.

Registration of Court Decree/Order

• Adoption/Rescission of Adoption
• Annulment of Marriage/Declaration of Absolute Nullity of Marriage/Legal Separation/Court Order Setting Aside the Decree of Legal Separation
• Change of Name or Correction of Entry
• Civil Interdiction
• Declaration of Presumptive Death of the Absent Spouse/Judical Declaration of Absence
• Compulsory Recognition of Illegitimate Child/Voluntary Recognition of Minor Illegitimate Child
• Appointment of Guardian/Termination of Guadianship
• Judical Determination of Filiation
• Judical Determination of the Fact of Reappearance of Absent Spouse, if Disputed
• Naturalization Certificate/Cancellation of Naturalization Certificate
• Separation of Property/Revical of Former Property Regime
• Emancipation of Orphaned Minor
1. Reglementary Period and Place of Registration
   1. In case of a court decree/order concerning the status of a person, it shall be the duty of the Clerk of Court to advice the successful petitioner to have the decree/order registered in the Civil Registrar's office where the court is functioning, within ten (10) days after the decree/order has become final.
   2. If it is another person who shall register the decree other than the Clerk of Court, the Civil Registrar shall verify if the copy of the decision is authentic. Otherwise he shall refuse the registration thereof. It is likewise the duty of the clerk of court which issued the decree to ascertain whether the same has been registered, and if not, to have the said decree recorded.
2. Adoption :
   1. The decree of Adoption shall be recorded in the civil register within thirty (30) days after the date of issue of the final judgment of the court. If not made within the prescribed period, registration of the same shall be considered late, in which case, the registrant who may be the adopter, natural parents, adopted child, clerk of court or any interested party shall execute an affidavit showing the circumstances and reasons why the adoption was not reported for registration within the prescribed period.
   • The registrant shall submit four (4) certified true copies of the court decree of adoption
3. Presumptive Death:
   1. Presumptive death as defined by law is not registrable. However, a judicial order or decree declaring a person presumptively dead shall be registered. For the purpose of contracting a subsequent marriage, annotation shall be recorded in the marriage register as well as in the marriage certificate.

Registration of Legal Instruments

• Affidavit of Reappearance
• Acknowledgment
• Acquisition of Citizenship
• Authorization and ratification of artificial insemination
• Certificate of legal capacity to contract marriage
• Legitimation
• Option to elect Philippine citizenship
• Partition and distribution of properties of spouses and delivery of the children's presumptive legitime
• Marriage settlements and any modification thereof
• Repatriation document with oath of allegiance
• Voluntary emancipation of minor
• Waiver of rights/interests of absolute community of property
• OTHER REGISTRABLE LEGAL INSTRUMENTS
1. Place of Registration
   1. As a general rule, all legal instruments shall be registered in the civil registry of the place where they were executed except the following:
   1. Affidavit of Reappearance - where the parties to the subsequent marriage are residing, a sworn statement of the fact and circumstances of reappearance shall be recorded at the LCR office of the residence of the parties to the subsequent marriage at the instance of interested person, with due notice to the spouses of the subsequent marriage and without prejudice to the fact of reappearance being judicially determined in case such fact is disputed.
   2. Marriage Settlement - where the marriage was recorded; and
   3. Admission of Paternity, Acknowledgment, Legitimation, Voluntary Emancipation of Minor, and Parental Authorization or Ratification of Artificial Insemination - where the birth of the child was recorded.
   2. All legal instruments executed abroad shall be registered in the civil registry office of Manila.
      
      It shall be the duty of the person concerned to submit four (4) copies of the legal instrument to the LCR Office.
2. Affidavit of Acknowledgment/Affidavit of Admission of Paternity
   1. It shall be the duty of the parents or parent who executed the instrument of acknowledgement to send the original copy to the LCR Office where the birth of the acknowledged child was registered not later not twenty (20) days after the execution of the instrument, for registration in the Register of Legal Instruments and proper annotation in the Register of Births.
3. Legitimation by subsequent marriage of parents
   1. Legitimation is a remedy by means of which those who in fact were not born in wedlock and should therefore, be considered illegitimate, are, by fiction, considered legitimate, it being supposed that they were born when their parents were already validly married.
   2. Only children conceived and born outside of wedlock of parents, who at the time of the conception of the former, were not disqualified by any impediment to marry each other, may be legitimated.
   3. The requirements for registration of legitimation of illegitimate children are:
      1. Authenticated Certificate of Marriage of parents
      2. Certificate of Live Birth of the child
      3. Acknowledgement (not required for illegitimate children born on or after 3 August 1988)
      4. Affidavit of Legitimation executed by both parents
   4. For a child to be considered legitimated by subsequent marriage, it is necessary that:
      1. The parents could have legally contracted marriage at the time the child was conceived
      2. That the child has been acknowledged by the parents before or after the celebration of their marriage; and
      3. The acknowledgement has been made with the consent of the child, if of age, or with the approval of the court, if a minor, unless it has been made in the certificate before a court of record, or in any authentic writing.
4. Option to Elect Philippine Citizenship
   1. The option to elect Philippine citizenship in accordance with subsection (4) Section 1, Article IV, of the Constitution shall be expressed in a statement to be signed and sworn by the party concerned before any officer authorized to administer oaths, and shall be filed with the nearest civil registry. The said party shall accompany the aforesaid statement with the oath of allegiance to the Constitution and the Government of the Philippines. (Section 1, C.A. No. 625)
   2. The instrument of an option to elect Philippine citizenship shall be registered at the LCR Office where the instrument was executed not later than thirty (30) days from the date of execution and upon payment of required fees
   3. After registration of the instrument of election, the civil registrar shall furnish the NSO copy of each document.
   4. Only legitimate children of an alien father and a Filipino mother at the time of marriage to her alien husband are entitled to elect Philippine citizenship under the 1935 Constitution of the Philippines and Commonwealth Act No. 625 upon attaining the age of majority.
   5. Election of the Philippine citizenship executed, subscribed and sworn to before the Philippine Embassy and Consular Office abroad, together with his oath of allegiance, shall be registered in the Office of the Civil Registrar of Manila.

Requisites for Application of Marriage License

• Barangay Clearance from your respective Barangay Captain (Pateros Residents Only)
• Marriage Counseling (for those below 25 years of age) - 8:00 a.m. DSWD Office - Basement, Municipal Hall every Wednesday only
• Family Planning (Mandatory to all) - 1:00 p.m. Juan R. Sanchez Health Center (Brgy. Sta. Ana-Kaliwa) every Wednesday only
• Parental Advice (21 to 24 years old) } Appearance of parents/
• Parental Consent (18 to 20 years old)} guardian is required
• Birth Certificate or Baptismal Certificate
1. Additional requirements for FOREIGNERS:
   1. Legal Capacity to Contract Marriage from respective Embassy in the Philippines
   2. If Divorced - Divorce paper
NOTE: *The license shall be valid in any part of the Philippines for a period of one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of issue, and shall be deemed automatically cancelled at the expiration of said period if the contracting parties have not made use of it. The expiry date shall be stamped in bold characters on the face of every license issued.

Requisites for Supplemental Report

• Affidavit for supplemental report
• Certified copy of the document with the omitted entry/entries
• Supplemental report using the appropriate form
• Certified copy of the Certificate of Marriage of parents of the document owner, if the document affected is a Certificate of Live Birth

Requisites to Correct a Clerical or Typographical error in an entry and/or change of first name or nickname in the Civil Register without need of a Judical order (REPUBLIC ACR 9048)

1. For Correction of Clerical or Typographical Error (CCE)
   1. Security Paper (issued by NSO) of the certificate containing the alleged erronuous entry or entries.
   2. Not less than two (2) public or private documents upon which the correction shall be based
   3. Filing Fee of Php 1,000.00
   4. Incidental expenses such as notarial fee and photo copies of documents
   5. Such other clearances that the Municipal Civil Registrar may require

   If it's a CCE on the petitioner's middle name or mother's last name or first name of the mother, the most basic supporting document/s should be the mother's birth certificate or birth certificate of the siblings or marriage certificate of the petitioner's parents.
   
   If it's CCE on the petitioner's last name or father's last name or first name of the father, appropriate documents to support the petition should be the father's birth certificate or birth certificate of siblings or marriage certificate of petitioner's parents.

2. For change of First name or Nick Name (CFN)
   1. Security Paper (issued by NSO) of the certificate containing the alleged erronuous entry or entries.
   2. Not less than two (2) public or private documents upon which the correction shall be based
   3. We also require the following clearances to be submitted:
      • NBI Clearance
      • Police Clearance
      • Certificate of Employment or Affidavit of No Income, if unemployed
   4. The petition for change is required to be published in a newspaper of general circulation once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks. As a proof of the publication, the petitioner is required to submit the following:
      • Affidavit of publication from the publisher
      • Copy of the newspaper clipping
   5. Filing Fee of Php 3,000.00
   6. Incidental expenses such as notarial fee and photo copies of documents
   7. Such other clearances that the Municipal Civil Registrar may require
   NOTE: *Prescribed forms are available at the LCR Office

Illegitimate Children to use the Surname of their Father (RA No. 9255)

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9255 (An Act Allowing Illegitimate Children to Use the Surname of their Father, Amending for the Purpose Article 176 of Executive Order 209 Otherwise known as the Family Code of the Philippines).

Article 176 expressly provides that illegitimate children shall use the surname of the mother and shall be under the parental authority of their mother. This provision is amended by R.A. No. 9255 as follows:

"Article 176. Illegitimate children shall use the surname, and shall be under the parental authority of their mother, and shall be entitled to support in conformity with this code. However, illegitimate children may use the surname of their father if their filiation has been expressly recognized by the father through the record of birth appearing in the Civil Register, or when an admission in a public document or private handwritten instrument is made by the father, provided the father has the right to institute an action before the regular courts to prove non-filiation during his lifetime. The legitime of each illegitimate child shall consist of one-half of the legitime of a legitimate child.

The law applies to illegitimate children whose births are either not yet registered or were previously registered under the surname of the mother whether born before or after the effectivity of R.A. 9255. Specifically, this law applies to illegitimate children born on or after August 3, 1988.

1. Requirements for the Child to use the Surname of the Father
   1. Submit four (4) copies of the duly accomplished Certificate of Live Birth to the LCR
   2. Affidavit to Use the Surname of the Father (AUSF)
   3. Valid ID of both parents
   4. Consent of the child, if 18 years old and over at the time of the filing of the document
   5. Any two (2) of the following documents showing clearly the paternity between the father and the child:
      • Employment records
      • SSS/GSIS records
      • Insurance
      • Certification of membership in any organization
      • Statement of Assets and Liabilities
      • Income Tax Return (ITR)