Colombia — Civil registry lookup by serial (SCCRC)

Locate a birth civil registry record (registro civil de nacimiento) from Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil (SCCRC) using the serial printed on the registry document.

This complements citizen by document and lookup by name when you already have the civil-registry serial.

What this API returns

• documentNumber, documentType — NUIP/CC when present
• 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/registraduria/serial

Use this endpoint when you have the civil registry serial and need the linked identity fields. 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
serial	string	yes	Civil registry serial (up to 10 digits; leading zeros allowed)	0031058170

Request

JavaScript

import axios from "axios";

const { data } = await axios.get("https://api.verifik.co/v2/co/registraduria/serial", {
	params: {
		serial: "0031058170",
	},
	headers: {
		Accept: "application/json",
		Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.VERIFIK_TOKEN}`,
	},
});
console.log(data);

Python

import os, requests

url = "https://api.verifik.co/v2/co/registraduria/serial"
headers = {"Accept": "application/json", "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.getenv('VERIFIK_TOKEN')}"}
params = {"serial": "0031058170"}
r = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
print(r.json())

Response

200

{
	"data": {
		"documentType": "CC",
		"documentNumber": "10000001",
		"firstName": "ALIXON DAYANA",
		"lastName": "TORRES MORA",
		"fullName": "ALIXON DAYANA TORRES MORA",
		"arrayName": ["ALIXON", "DAYANA", "TORRES", "MORA"],
		"sexo": "FEMENINO",
		"serial": "0031058170",
		"oficina": "NOTARIA UNICA - BOGOTA D.C.",
		"expeditionPlace": "NOTARIA UNICA - BOGOTA D.C.",
		"fecha": "15/03/1990",
		"dateOfBirth": "15/03/1990",
		"recordType": "REGISTRO CIVIL DE NACIMIENTO"
	},
	"signature": {
		"dateTime": "July 20, 2026 12:00 PM",
		"message": "Certified by Verifik.co"
	}
}

404

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

409

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

Features

• Lookup by serial printed on the registro civil de nacimiento
• Single-record response (not a matches array)
• GET and POST share the same handler

Use cases

• Digitize or validate data from a physical registro civil
• Resolve NUIP/CC from a known civil-registry serial
• Audit trails that store serials instead of document numbers

Notes

• serial is digits only (padding with leading zeros is accepted).
• Sandbox example serial: 0031058170 (maps to sandbox document numbers in the 10000001–10000010 range).
• Temporary source availability issues may surface as 409 (Endpoint_out_of_service).
• Related: Registraduría certificate, Citizen by name, Marriage registry.