Registration of a newborn child: deadlines, procedure, package of documents, fines

Registration of a child at the place of residence is a mandatory procedure regulated by law. Until the age of 14, children must be registered with their parents or guardians. After receiving a passport, the teenager is allowed to register at another address (but only with the permission of the parents or guardianship authorities). You can register a child through the passport office of the territorial department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the MFC offices. Today it is more convenient to contact multifunctional centers, since they do not involve long queues and have a convenient reception schedule for citizens.

Rules for registering a newborn child

Registration of a newborn is an inevitable and integral procedure that all parents must carry out as soon as possible after discharge from the maternity hospital. In order to understand the essence of the process, you should know and understand the following rules:

Registration takes place at the child’s place of residence, or where his parents or official representatives are registered.
Migration department employees do not have the right to demand permission from persons living in the residential premises in which the child is registered.
From the moment they receive the birth certificate, parents have 7 days to register their newborn. Otherwise, they may be held liable.
If the parties do not live together, they can decide for themselves where the minor is registered and with whom he will live in the future.
To submit documents, you do not need to pay a state duty or other fee or tax.
Registration is possible in any room, regardless of the size of the area and the number of registered persons. The main condition is that it must be residential.

The above rules are general. All the details of the process will be disclosed below, including the procedure, nuances, package of documents and other information.

A newborn citizen must have registration of place of residence

Will it be possible to register a newborn without the consent of his father?

It’s worth noting right away that if the father is officially identified, nothing will happen without his consent.

But in some situations, the dad’s consent is still not needed:

the father died or was recognized as such by a court decision,
father was declared missing,
the father is incompetent,
the father was deprived of his rights as a parent,
the father, in accordance with a court decision, may threaten the health and life of the newborn or his mother,
father is in prison
father is a conscript soldier. (And in the case of a contract service, consent will be required).

In these situations, it is necessary to prepare a document in advance indicating the presence of one of these circumstances.

Is it possible to register a newborn in a municipal apartment?

When it comes to registering a child, the form of ownership does not matter.
But we must remember that if parents are evicted for some reason, they will be expelled along with their children. In addition, you need to know that if the parents are the official owners of the residential premises, they have the right to evict them only if the neighbor’s freedoms or rules of residence are infringed. When mom and dad are not owners, other reasons are possible.

In a situation where parents live in an apartment on social security. when registering a child, they must notify the authorized institution about this - the housing inspectorate or guardianship.

Municipal apartments are allowed to be privatized. But if you do not comply with all the terms of the social contract. hiring, privatization may be refused.

Where to apply and when?

Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation dated December 31, 2017 No. 984 regulates that citizens who want to register themselves or register a newborn must contact:

Territorial branch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation - passport office. It is necessary to determine which unit “serves” a specific address; as a rule, these are district police departments.
MFC Department - you can submit documents according to the general rules, but you must obtain registration at the passport office.
Public services portal - the application is submitted in electronic form, but all originals are provided upon receipt at the migration division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

If the parents live in the apartment and want to register the baby there, you can go to the passport office of the management company. There, employees will give advice, accept documents and arrange registration. Registration deadlines as a general rule are 7 days; for newborns there is no specific period, because you must first obtain a birth certificate. However, you should not delay the process, because otherwise it will be impossible to receive help from the state.

What will they give out?

What documents are issued after? When you show up on the appointed day to pick up the papers, you need to know what they will give out in the end. In addition to the fact that the previously left documents will be returned to you, you will also receive an extract , which is called a “certificate”.

It contains information that the children are registered at a specific address for the period provided for by temporary registration - three years. This will be the official document about the baby’s place of residence for the coming years.

Where can a newborn be registered?

Practice shows that the most common option is an apartment. However, at the legislative level it is not prohibited to register a baby in the following facilities:

A house owned by parents or other relatives.
Residential premises rented from the municipality under social rent.
Office space issued on duty.
Dorm room.
Apartment rented from a third party.

As a general rule, you can register a child in any room with a completely different area, the main thing is that it is residential. This means it must be suitable for human habitation, including children.

A newborn can be registered in any residential premises

When you can’t register through the portal

It is impossible to register a child through the State Services portal in the following cases:

when the baby was born outside a medical institution;
if the spouses signed consent for another woman to bear a child;
the fact of the birth of the child was not established;
the baby was found or abandoned;
when the child has reached the age of 18;
if the mother and father are not registered at the declared place of registration.

It will not be possible to register a child through the portal into a new home if the parents themselves are not yet registered there.

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Procedure for registering a newborn

How can parents register a newborn? The sequence of actions is quite simple; you do not need to collect a huge number of documents or visit many authorities. You just need to do the following:

Obtaining a birth certificate from the maternity hospital - if there are no difficulties, it will be issued upon discharge. If there are pathologies, you can request a certificate without an extract upon request.
Based on the certificate, obtain a birth certificate, which is issued by the registry office employees.
Prepare the necessary package of documents.
Go to the passport office or MFC during office hours and hand in all documents. At the appointed time, receive a birth certificate with registration.

In order to obtain a birth certificate, you need to contact the registry office with a certificate and application. Within 30 days, specialists will issue a certificate with which you can go to the passport office.

If parents are married

The simplest and most indisputable situation is if the spouses are officially married and after the birth of a child the need for registration arises. In such a situation, the sequence of actions is simple, it consists of the steps indicated earlier. There are no discrepancies or peculiarities of the process; both parents do not have to appear at the passport office; separate consent from each of them is not required.

The easiest option is if mom and dad live together

Registration with mother

If the spouses divorced or cohabited without official registration, the child may be registered at the place of registration of the mother. In this situation, the sequence of actions generally remains the same, but you need to collect a certain package of documents. First of all, this:

Completed application form No. 6.
Mother's passport and its copy.
Birth certificate and its copy.
A document for an apartment, this could be a lease agreement, certificates confirming ownership, etc.
An extract from the house register or a certificate from the housing office indicating the composition of the family.
Certificate of absence of debts to banks and other organizations.
Dad's consent to registration.

If the mother approaches the passport office alone, it is recommended to have several copies in addition to the originals. Then you won’t need to urgently look for places that provide photocopying services, because employees will pick up the copies.

Registration of a newborn with the mother is possible with the consent of the father

Registration with father

Registration at the father's place of residence is accompanied by special features in the package of documents. Otherwise, the procedure remains the same. Dad must collect the following papers:

Application on form No. 6.
Dad's passport and copies of the main pages.
Child's birth certificate with a copy.
Documents confirming a man’s right to real estate are a gift agreement, lease agreement, purchase and sale agreement, certificate of inheritance, etc.
An extract from the house register or a certificate from the housing office.
Statements and certificates of absence of debts.
Mother's consent to perform registration actions.

Note! In the event that the man is not listed as the father on the birth certificate and paternity has not been proven in any other way, the staff will refuse the request to register the newborn.

Why is it needed?

Why is this procedure necessary for a newborn? It will allow the child, albeit for a limited period, to still belong to a certain area of the city or settlement.

Temporary registration makes it possible to use the services of medical government organizations, in particular, clinics, hospitals, and emergency medical care.

It also allows parents, immediately after the birth of the child and the registration of documents for him, to stand in line at a kindergarten or school.

Package of documents

The required package of documents was described earlier, but you should determine the general package that needs to be collected according to the general rule:

A completed application in Form No. 6. As a general rule, it is issued by passport service employees.
Birth certificate of the newborn.
Passports of parents or one of them.
Marriage or divorce certificate.
Certificate of paternity.
An extract from the house register describing the composition of the family.
Certificate from personal account.
Consent of one of the parents if necessary.

This is a general list that may vary depending on the situation. To receive advice and assistance, you need to contact the passport office. As a rule, an extract from a personal account is not required in practice; employees of the authorized body do not request it.

Application form No. 6 for registration can be downloaded from the link:

As a rule, you do not have to fill out the document in advance; employees will issue the form during your personal appointment.

About the opportunity

Is it possible to register a child with grandma ? Yes, you can. A son or daughter is registered at a relative’s address most often for:

registration for kindergarten or school;
living under the supervision of a grandmother or grandfather while parents are at work;
receiving subsidies and benefits.

If you have just such a question, do not delay re-registration of the child, otherwise it may attract the attention of guardianship.

You can learn how to register a child at the place of residence of the father or mother from our articles.

Temporary registration of a newborn

Temporary registration differs from permanent registration in terms of validity, but the registration procedure generally remains the same. You can register a newborn at the place of registration of one of the parents, guardian, trustee or adoptive parent. For registration, you must provide the following documents to the migration department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation:

Birth certificate.
Completed application form.

The only difference between temporary registration and permanent registration is that in this way a newborn can be registered only with his mother, father, guardian or trustee. It is not possible to register your child separately.

Is it possible to register a grandson or granddaughter in an apartment without parents?

It is impossible to unequivocally answer the question whether a grandmother can register a grandson without parents.

This is influenced by several factors at once:

age of the person being prescribed;
who the grandmother is: just a relative or the baby’s guardian.

It is impossible to register children under 14 years of age without a mother, father or legal representative in “someone else’s” living space. A grandmother can accommodate her grandson without parents only if she is his guardian. In other cases, such registration is illegal.

After 14 years of age, a teenager can register himself to live with a relative. The presence and cohabitation of the father or mother is not required.

Features of registration of a newborn

A newborn up to the age of 18 is recognized as a child and has a range of rights that extend to the housing sector. That is why you should understand the features of the baby’s registration:

The owner's consent is not required to carry out registration actions.
Migration department specialists cannot require consent to register a child from other persons living in the residential premises.
You cannot delay the procedure, otherwise medical, social and other assistance may be denied.
If registration is being organized at the place of residence of one of the parents, it is necessary to obtain consent from the other, or to appear at the passport office together. Otherwise there may be a refusal.
If the parents are not officially married, they can choose any place to register the baby.

Each parent must first take care of registering their newborn baby. This is an important legal action that has legal consequences.

Responsibility

If parents violate the deadlines allotted to them by law for registering a newborn, they face a fine. This penalty is prescribed in Article 19.15 of the Administrative Code.

Failure to register in itself does not imply the imposition of penalties on parents. But sooner or later they will have to take care of registering the child. Then the fact of violation of the registration deadlines provided for by law will be revealed and administrative sanctions will be imposed.

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Fine for lack of registration for a newborn

Art. 19.15 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation provides for liability for failure to fulfill the obligation to register at a new place of residence. The law does not provide for a separate type of punishment for the lack of registration of a newborn, so in such a situation the general rules will apply.

In St. Petersburg and Moscow, the fine for lack of registration ranges from 3 to 5 thousand rubles. In other cities, fines range from 2 to 3 thousand. No other punishment is established by law.

What laws govern this?

When a child is born, where is he/she registered by law? The main legislative framework determining the procedure for registering a baby includes:

The Civil Code of the Russian Federation in Article 20 determines the place of residence of a minor citizen, Article 679 fixes the requirements of the law regarding the need for the consent of the owner of the living space;
Housing Code of the Russian Federation in Art. 70 determines that there is no need to obtain the consent of the landlord and family members of the tenant;
The Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, in Part 2 of Article 19.15, regulates the procedure for imposing fines for missing the legally established deadlines for performing various legally significant actions;
RF IC in paragraph 3 of Art. 65 regulates the procedure for resolving disputes when mom and dad live separately and it is impossible to reach an agreement peacefully.

Read on our website about what liability is provided for a child’s lack of registration, as well as how to get one for your child temporarily at his/her place of residence.

Who should I be registered with?

A newborn must be registered in the apartment with legal representatives. If they are registered in different places, then you can register the baby with one of them with the written consent of the second.

When registering a child with a mother, the father's consent is not required. Many parents, for some reason, want to register their child with grandparents or other relatives, but this is impossible under the provisions of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.

Where can a newborn child be registered?

Legislative framework on the topic

Registration issues have a serious impact on the lives of citizens, therefore the legislator clearly regulated not only the procedure, but also its features in the following acts:

Federal Law of June 25, 1993 No. 5242-1 “On the right of citizens of the Russian Federation to freedom of movement, choice of place of stay and residence in the Russian Federation.”
Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated July 17, 1995 No. 713, dedicated to the rules for registering and deregistering citizens at their place of stay.
Code of Administrative Offences.
Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation dated December 31, 2017 No. 984 “On approval of the regulations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the provision of public services for registration of citizens of the Russian Federation at the place of stay and place of residence within the Russian Federation.”

Each of these regulations affects certain aspects of registration of citizens of the Russian Federation, including newborns. There is no separate law dedicated to infants; they are subject to general provisions and principles.

Registration of a newborn is the responsibility of every parent, which must be completed shortly after receiving the birth certificate from the registry office.
It is registration that gives the right to receive medical, social and material assistance from the state. To receive it, parents must contact any department of the MFC, use the government services portal, or go to the migration department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. In addition, you should take into account all the features, rules and procedures described in this article. Order a free legal consultation