Divorce registration
सम्बन्ध विच्छेद दर्ता
Responsible office
Ward office of your municipality or rural municipality (local registrar), after the District Court has granted the divorce
वडा कार्यालय (स्थानीय पञ्जिकाधिकारी)
01 · Before you apply
Essential information
Legal basis
Muluki Civil Code 2074 (divorce by court decision); National Identity Card and Civil Registration Act 2076 (राष्ट्रिय परिचयपत्र तथा पञ्जीकरण ऐन, २०७६): s.18(1) notice within 35 days (either party), s.19(2) registrar checks the court decision, s.19(3) late registration on payment of the prescribed late fee; National Identity Card and Registration Rules 2077, as amended to 2082: r.16(3) notice forms received without fee, r.17(2) late fee per Schedule 3, r.21 copies.
Fee information as of
National rule (Act 2076; Rules 2077 as amended to 2082): free within 35 days; late-fee and copy-fee amounts (Schedule 3) not found
Source updated
2082-08-01 BS (Rules 2077 with amendments, posted by DoNIDCR); 2082-04-14 BS (Act 2076 posted); DoNIDCR FAQ undated
Data confidence
medium
02 · Prepare
Documents you need
Bring original documents together with readable photocopies. Names, dates and record details should match across every document.
- Divorce information form
- Informant's citizenship certificate (DoNIDCR FAQ 39)
- The court's divorce decision (फैसला), as a certified copy from the District Court; the registrar must check it before registering (Act s.19(2))
- For a divorce granted abroad: the original decision, certified by the consulate (DoNIDCR FAQ 39)
- Some wards also ask for citizenship photocopies of both husband and wife (Aandhikhola, Panchkhapan) and the wife's permanent-address certificate (Aandhikhola); Panchkhapan requires the husband's permanent address to be in that ward
03 · At the office
Step-by-step process
- 1
Get a certified copy of the divorce decision from the District Court.
- 2
Within 35 days, go to the ward office of the permanent address, or the local registrar's office where the event occurred (DoNIDCR FAQ 4; Panchkhapan: the ward of the husband's permanent address).
- 3
Fill in the divorce information form and attach the documents; the registrar checks the court decision.
- 4
Within 35 days registration is free. After 35 days the event is still registered, but you pay the national late fee set in Schedule 3 of the National ID and Registration Rules 2077 (amount: confirm at the ward).
- 5
Collect the divorce registration certificate, usually the same day.
04 · Cost
Fees and charges
Registration within 35 days
DoNIDCR FAQ 4: '३५ दिनभित्र निःशुल्क वा त्यसपछि बिलम्ब शूल्क तिरी दर्ता गराउन सकिन्छ'; Rules 2077 r.16(3): notice forms are received 'बिना दस्तुर' (without fee). Older local charters listed a fee (Aandhikhola Rural Municipality Rs 50, 2073 BS; Panchkhapan Municipality Rs 2,000, 2077 BS); if your ward charges one, ask under which law.
Free
Late registration (after 35 days)
Set nationally, not by the local Finance Act: Act 2076 s.19(3) (registered 'तोकिए बमोजिमको विलम्ब शुल्क लिई') and Rules 2077 r.17(2) (late fee per Schedule 3, अनुसूची-३). The official online copy of the Rules ends before Schedule 3, so the amount could not be read.
Not published - confirm at the office
Copy of divorce certificate
Rules 2077 r.21(2): each copy costs the Schedule 3 fee; r.21(3): half the fee if the certificate was lost or not delivered for reasons beyond your control.
Not published - confirm at the office
05 · Digital options
Online services
06 · Read carefully
Important notes
- The 35-day free period and the late fee are national rules (Act 2076 and Rules 2077), so they should be the same at every ward; the late-fee amount itself was not readable online.
- A divorced woman can then restore her parents' address on her citizenship at the DAO (divorce registration and court decision required) and remove her husband's surname from her passport (divorce certificate).
08 · Verification