A birth, marriage or a death certificate can be requested online via The Latvian State Portal.

Requesting documents from public institutions in Latvia

Civil Registry Department of the Ministry of Justice (civil status documents, multilingual language forms and reference statements)

dzimts.dep@tm.gov.lv

https://www.tm.gov.lv/en/contacts

Ministry of Justice (a certificate concerning judgments in matrimonial matters specified in the Article 39 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003)

tm.kanceleja@tm.gov.lv

https://www.tm.gov.lv/en/contacts

Information Centre of the Ministry of Interior  (Certificate on (non-) criminal record) https://www.ic.iem.gov.lv

Sworn Notary (judgements on divorce if the marriage is divorced at the sworn notary – to the respective sworn notary who has divorced the marriage

https://www.latvijasnotars.lv/notaries_map

Court (judgements on divorce, if the marriage is divorced at the court – to the respective court where the marriage has been divorced).

https://tiesas.lv/tiesas/saraksts

National Archives (reference statements on the length of service, pension)

 

LNA@arhivi.gov.lv

https://www.arhivi.gov.lv/default.aspx?lang=EN

Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (reference statements from the Register of Natural persons)

pmlp@pmlp.gov.lv

https://www.pmlp.gov.lv/en

 

If the document needs to be certified with Apostille, this should be indicated in the application to the relevant Latvian public institution.