Apply for a certificate for leaving the church
Description
The registry office in your place of residence will accept your declaration of withdrawal from the church. You can make a verbal declaration for the record at the registry office; a written declaration must be notarized.
Citizens who have their main place of residence in Halle (Saale) can declare their withdrawal from the church before registrars of the city of Halle (Saale).
- Identity card
With the certificate of withdrawal from the religious community, you can have the church tax canceled at your local tax office.
- Alternative to an identity card: Passport (in this case, a registration certificate is required as proof of residence)
- It is not necessary to submit a birth certificate, marriage certificate or civil partnership certificate to the registry office in Halle (Saale).
- Acceptance of the declaration of withdrawal from the church: 30.00 euros
Processing takes place immediately.
The application must be made in person
You have the option of making an appointment for your request online.
Children and young people can leave the church as follows:
- up to the age of 7: by legal representatives
- from the age of 7 until the age of 12: by the legal representative or by the child themselves with the consent of the legal representative
- from the age of 12: declaration of withdrawal by legal representative with the child's prior consent
- from the age of 14 (religious maturity): by the young person themselves
§§ Sections 1 to 3 of the Church Resignation Act of the State of Saxony-Anhalt
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
06108 Halle (Saale)
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