The Registry creates and preserves records of Western Australian births, deaths, marriages and changes of name.
Last updated: 6 August 2024Listen to article
Your browser does not support the audio element.The Registry creates and preserves records of Western Australian births, deaths, marriages and changes of name in accordance with the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1998. Eligible customers are able to apply for certificates from these records to be used for a range of legal, personal and historical purposes.
Find information on marriage in Australia, getting married at the Perth Registry Office, how to find or become an authorised marriage celebrant and how to apply for a marriage certificate or single status certificate.
Learn more on how to change your name and apply for a previously registered change of name certificate.
These details will help you find information about local, interstate and selected overseas Registries and other useful organisations.
The WA Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages is aware that some private companies have set up official-looking websites to charge people for downloading copies of birth, death and marriage forms.
The forms are available on this website for the public to download at no cost.
From 2 August 2021 all birth, death, marriage and change of name certificates will be issued on new design security certificate paper. The new paper includes state-of-the-art features to keep these important identity documents secure and help protect Australians from identity crime.
Certificates printed on previous security certificate paper are still valid unless cancelled or void for other reasons.
The Perth Registry Office has two wedding rooms which offer magnificent views overlooking the Swan River. Friendly civil ceremonies are conducted Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) commencing at 9.00 am and concluding at 4.00 pm.
 Grevillea Room (seats 35 guests) |  Banksia Room (seats 20 guests) |
All couples are required to lodge a Notice of Intended Marriage (PDF 884KB), identification (passport or birth certificate) and, if previously married, a divorce certificate or death certificate of their previous spouse. These documents must be lodged via appointment with the Perth Registry Office at least one month before the desired date of marriage.
To book your initial lodgement appointment you must contact the Registry’s Marriage Services Team on 1300 305 021. Appointments are a requirement.
If you are located overseas, interstate or in regional Western Australia, you may be eligible to post or email the Notice of Intended Marriage (PDF 884KB), however, you will need to arrange for your signatures to be witnessed by a qualified person (as stated on the Notice) . Original documents will need to be presented to the Marriage Services Team a week before your marriage ceremony.
On the day of the ceremony, two witnesses must be present to witness your marriage and sign the marriage documentation. Your witnesses:
Note: The Registry does not supply witnesses for your ceremony.
On occasion where the couple or witnesses do not speak and/or understand English the Registry will provide an interpreter free of charge. This includes Auslan.
As the Registering Authority for all marriages in Western Australia, the Perth Registry Office is the only establishment that can issue the certified (legal) marriage certificate immediately after your marriage ceremony. This certificate is used to legally recognise your changed marital status and entitlement to use your married name.
Note: The Perth Registry Office is not affiliated to the Perth Marriage Office which is operated by a private authorised marriage celebrant.
