Registry extract — Rahvastikuregister (eesti.ee) · Estonia

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Most extracts now come online with your digital ID from Rahvastikuregister (eesti.ee) / omavalitsus (612 4500) — the population or civil registry for Estonia — within minutes and often free; in person at Kohalik omavalitsus — linnavalitsus / vallavalitsus (eesti.ee) otherwise, with ID. Criminal-record certificates come from the justice ministry's service, birth and marriage certificates from the registry of the place of the event, and address certificates from where you are registered. Using it abroad? Ask for the multilingual EU form (free) instead of a translation. Your digital ID — ID-kaardi / Smart-ID / Mobiil-ID sulgemine — abiliin 1777 (1777) — is the fastest route for all of them.

Call firstRahvastikuregister (eesti.ee) / omavalitsus

Report toKohalik omavalitsus — linnavalitsus / vallavalitsus

If that failsID-kaardi / Smart-ID / Mobiil-ID sulgemine — abiliin 1777

🗣️ What to say

"I need an official [extract: proof of address / birth certificate / marriage certificate / criminal record] for [purpose, country of use]. Can I obtain it online, what does it cost, and can it be issued as the multilingual EU form?"

🪜 Step by step

Which extract, for whomThe receiving institution says what it accepts: recent (usually under 3–6 months), original, multilingual form.
Online: Rahvastikuregister (eesti.ee) / omavalitsus with ID-kaardi / Smart-ID / Mobiil-ID sulgemine — abiliin 1777Digital ID login, download as a signed PDF. Most institutions accept the PDF; some want a stamped paper.
In person: Kohalik omavalitsus — linnavalitsus / vallavalitsusID card, small fee, immediate or by post.
AbroadMultilingual standard form for civil-status documents (no translation, no apostille within the EU). Apostille for elsewhere — see that page.
Someone else's extractOnly with their written authorisation or a legal interest (heirs, court).

📇 All contacts

Rahvastikuregister (eesti.ee) / omavalitsusResidence registration, personal code, extractsWithin 14 days of moving📞 612 4500 🔗 www.rahvastikuregister.ee

Kohalik omavalitsus — linnavalitsus / vallavalitsusNuisances, roads, waste, registration, lost propertyFor anything the municipality handles🔗 www.eesti.ee

ID-kaardi / Smart-ID / Mobiil-ID sulgemine — abiliin 1777Suspend certificates, report misuseWhen lost or misused📞 1777 🔗 www.id.ee

Notarite KodaInheritance, deeds, powers of attorneyFor inheritance and certification🔗 www.notar.ee

❓ Frequently asked

How recent must it be?

Whatever the receiver says; three months is the common rule. Order it last, just before you need it.

Criminal record for a job abroad

Obtain it in every country you lived in for the last years; each issues its own. Some accept the EU exchange (ECRIS) via the home country.

My birth was registered abroad

The registry of the place of birth issues it; your embassy can help. Some countries let you transcribe it into the home registry once.

📎 Sources

Last checked: 2026-09-26

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“criminal record certificate Estonia”
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📑 I need an official extract — address registration, birth, marriage, criminal record — where do I get it?