Birth registration is a widespread practice throughout human history.
Originally, information about birth was collected and kept for population taxation purposes, as well as to have information on available military strength at hand.
The fact of birth was registered in the churches, which kept the appropriate registers.
On the historical territory of the modern Republic of Moldova, this practice continued until the beginning of the 20th century.
Currently, in most countries, legislative acts are implemented that regulate the registration of the fact of birth and, accordingly, the issuance of a confirmatory document.
The Republic of Moldova, in its turn, in order to protect the patrimonial and personal non-patrimonial rights of individuals, as well as in the interest of the state, has also implemented laws that establish the state registration of civil status documents.
The birth certificate in Moldova is the document that confirms the state registration of a civil status act and directly, the fact of a person’s birth.