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Stato civile (civil status) refers to the Italian system of civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths, maintained by the anagrafe in each commune. The stato civile system was established nationwide in 1866, though some regions (e.g., the former Kingdom of the Two Sicilies) maintained earlier records.
Records from the stato civile include: atti di nascita (birth records), atti di matrimonio (marriage records), and atti di morte (death records). Each is maintained in duplicate — one at the commune and one at the provincial archive (Archivio di Stato).
For Italian CBD cases, the stato civile records are the primary evidence of the citizenship chain. Records from before 1866 are typically found in parish archives (archivi parrocchiali).
Related terms
The anagrafe is the Italian civil registry office that maintains records of residents, births, marriages, and deaths in each Italian commune (municipality).
An atto di nascita is an Italian birth certificate, retrieved from the anagrafe (civil registry) of the commune where the person was born.
A comune is an Italian municipality — the basic unit of local government. There are 7,900+ comuni in Italy, each with its own anagrafe (civil registry).
Jure sanguinis (Italian for 'right of blood') is the Italian citizenship-by-descent regime, which has no generational limit and is the most accessible CBD regime in Europe.
A 1948 case is a judicial petition for Italian citizenship filed in the civil court of Rome, available to descendants of Italian women who gave birth before January 1, 1948.
AIRE (Anagrafe degli Italiani Residenti all'Estero) is the registry of Italian citizens living abroad, maintained by each Italian consulate.