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Ordering certificates

Certificate costs

The table below shows the costs depending on the type of certificate you require. 

Postage type
Postage or collection
Fee including the £12.50 certificate
Rule

Standard Collection

Collection £12.50 Certificate issued within five working days

Fast tracked collection

Collection £38.50 Certificate issued within one working day

One hour collection

Collection £50 Certificate issued within one working hour (only available for requests received Monday – Friday, 9am – 12pm)
Standard  1st Class £15 Certificate issued within five working days, then posted out
Standard tracked Tracked within 24hrs £20 Certificate issued with five working days, then posted out
Fast tracked 1st Class £41 Certificate issued within one working day, then posted out 
Fast tracked, tracked postage Tracked within 24hrs £46 Certificate issued within one working day, then posted out

Collection of certificates is only available from Chester Register Office, Merchants House, Crook Street, Chester, CH1 2BE.

Please note: working days are Monday to Friday. For certificates ordered after 12pm on Friday, Monday will be the next working day.