Colombia — Citizen lookup via Registraduría (SCCRC)

Look up a birth civil registry record (registro civil de nacimiento) from Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil (SCCRC) using a Colombian cédula (CC) document number.

Unlike citizen by document (/v2/co/cedula), this endpoint hits Registraduría only — it does not try Procuraduría, DIAN, or Olimpia. Use it to isolate SCCRC document-mode behavior.

What this API returns

• documentNumber, documentType
• firstName, lastName, fullName, arrayName
• sexo, serial
• oficina / expeditionPlace, fecha / dateOfBirth when available
• recordType — REGISTRO CIVIL DE NACIMIENTO
• A signed Verifik response wrapper

API reference

Endpoint

GET https://api.verifik.co/v2/co/cedula/registraduria

Use this endpoint when you need a document-only SCCRC lookup. The same integration is available as POST with a JSON body. GET uses query parameters as shown below.

Headers

Name	Value
Accept	application/json
Authorization	Bearer <token>

Parameters

name	type	required	description	Examples
documentType	string	yes	Must be CC	CC
documentNumber	string	yes	Colombian cédula number	1032386359

Request

JavaScript

import axios from "axios";

const { data } = await axios.get("https://api.verifik.co/v2/co/cedula/registraduria", {
	params: {
		documentType: "CC",
		documentNumber: "1032386359",
	},
	headers: {
		Accept: "application/json",
		Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.VERIFIK_TOKEN}`,
	},
});
console.log(data);

Python

import os, requests

url = "https://api.verifik.co/v2/co/cedula/registraduria"
headers = {"Accept": "application/json", "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.getenv('VERIFIK_TOKEN')}"}
params = {"documentType": "CC", "documentNumber": "1032386359"}
r = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
print(r.json())

Response

200

{
	"data": {
		"documentType": "CC",
		"documentNumber": "1032386359",
		"firstName": "LILIA MANUELA",
		"lastName": "LESPORT FERNANDEZ",
		"fullName": "LILIA MANUELA LESPORT FERNANDEZ",
		"arrayName": ["LILIA", "MANUELA", "LESPORT", "FERNANDEZ"],
		"sexo": "FEMENINO",
		"serial": "0043721066",
		"oficina": "NOTARIA 1 VILLANUEVA - LA GUAJIRA",
		"expeditionPlace": "NOTARIA 1 VILLANUEVA - LA GUAJIRA",
		"fecha": "29 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2009",
		"dateOfBirth": "29 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2009",
		"recordType": "REGISTRO CIVIL DE NACIMIENTO"
	},
	"signature": {
		"dateTime": "July 22, 2026 12:00 PM",
		"message": "Certified by Verifik.co"
	}
}

404

{
	"code": "NotFound",
	"message": "Record not found."
}

409

{
	"code": "MissingParameter",
	"message": "missing documentNumber"
}

Features

• Direct SCCRC document-mode lookup (CC only)
• Skips Procuraduría, DIAN, and Olimpia
• Single-record response (not a matches array)
• GET and POST share the same handler

Use cases

• Test or debug Registraduría document search in isolation
• Prefer SCCRC document mode when other /cedula sources are not needed
• Compare document-mode vs lookup by name

Notes

• documentType must be CC.
• SCCRC document search may return 404 even when by-name finds the same person — upstream recall differs by search mode.
• Temporary source availability issues may surface as 409 (Endpoint_out_of_service).
• Related: Citizen by document, Citizen by name, Civil registry by serial.