Today, searching for a person is not considered difficult, since there are quite a few ways to find out the necessary information. But even in this case, it is advisable to know at least minimal data that can help in this matter. Often the available information consists in the fact that only the surname or first name and patronymic are known. How to find out a person’s registration by name in such a situation?
How can you find out registration if necessary and the main reasons for the search?
Typically, the search problem applies to citizens who are hiding as alimony debtors or are defendants in court cases. A search is also carried out for the heirs, who are considered the legal successors of the testator. Many people are looking for their relatives or friends with whom, due to certain circumstances, they have lost contact. Reasons for searching for a person also include the following circumstances:
- if there is a purchase of living space, then you need to find out whether there are any registered in it;
- When alienating real estate, in order to obtain a certificate of the presence of people registered in it, you need to check the registration using passports.
Government services, as well as the Internet, can help in this matter, but in this case it is very difficult to find out your registration, since most people indicate minimal information about themselves. Although you can try, for example, by using a friend’s name to find him on social networks.
Having additional information, it will be much easier to find out about the person you are interested in. Sometimes people indicate their phone number on their pages on social networks, then you can just call. You can also send an application to Rosreestr or to the FSN website.
Extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate
This information has a partially open status and can be provided to a certain circle of people, provided they have a passport and a completed written application.
Third parties who have nothing to do with a specific property do not have the right to receive an extract from the Register about the composition of citizens registered at a specific address, only when they receive official permission from one of the residents, the owner of the property or a representative of the municipality, if the apartment belongs to a government agency.
The permission is issued in the form of a notarized power of attorney.
Having such a power of attorney with an apostille or registration papers or certificates of ownership of the apartment, you can contact the registrar to obtain a certificate. For private houses, an archival extract from the house register is provided.
To do this you must provide:
- identification:
- title documents for real estate;
- power of attorney (if the request is submitted by a third party);
- application form No. 11;
- original house register (for the private sector).
To complete a request, the full name and region of registration of the person you are looking for is sufficient. To increase the likelihood of a successful search, entering the month and day will help you find the person faster.
Is it possible to find out the place of registration of a citizen only by last name on your own?
You can find out at what address a citizen is registered in different ways. To do this, you will need to make appropriate requests to special services. But if we take into account the presence of namesakes, it will be a little difficult to find out registration by only one surname. To have a better chance of getting results, you will need to know at least the approximate address, as well as the date of birth.
What are the ways to find out your registration address?
There is a list of official ways to find out the necessary information about the person you are interested in. The most common and effective include contacting:
- Federal Migration Service body. This department deals with the issue of registration of citizens who live on the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as individuals staying in the country for more than 7 days. In addition, here you can find out information if a person bought a plane ticket or other transport in connection with moving to another city.
- Information desk. Such institutions are located in all regions of the state, where information is also available about the place of residence of a person at his registration address.
- EGRN. The service deals with issues of real estate registration. Accordingly, the necessary information is entered into the database.
- Bodies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This method occurs if the wanted citizen has committed unlawful actions against a person who wants to find him.
- Inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service. By TIN. Such a document, although indirectly related to its owner, can be used to find out whether the wanted citizen has any debts, and if they exist, find out the passport details, where, accordingly, there is information about registration.
- Private detective. To come to the rescue in this matter, since it has a more expanded list of possibilities for contacting the relevant services. In this case, it is worth indicating only the first name, last name and patronymic, date of birth, and having additional information will greatly simplify the search.
- Phonebook. The method is not very effective. The thing is that the information indicated in it may have incomplete information, since they are issued for a certain period of time. Outdated versions may not contain the latest information regarding the person of interest.
- Traffic police It is possible to find out the place of residence by knowing the car number of the citizen who is being sought. In this case, an appeal is made to the traffic police authorities or you can enter the car’s license plate into their database. After receiving information on the car number, you can actually look up information regarding the registration of the car owner.
- Authorized bodies. An effective way to find a citizen is to contact the authorized bodies, since they have more opportunities. This is due to the fact that information about the personal data of citizens is not disclosed due to the specified legislation. But the official duties of the authorized bodies also include searching for people, so they have access to all databases where there is complete information about all subjects of the state. In addition, they have the opportunity to obtain the necessary information from other services that have the necessary information.
- Internet databases. Regarding the question of how to find out the registration from the passport details of a wanted citizen, there are options on the Internet to find out the registration on special sites, but in order to avoid falling for scammers, it is best not to contact the World Wide Web with such information.
It is worth noting that the question of finding out the registration of the citizen of interest can be difficult. This is due to the fact that any information about a person’s personal data is considered classified, and only authorized bodies have access to it.
Where do you need to apply and what papers are needed for this?
A request to the FMS may be effective, since it deals with registration issues, namely registration at the place of residence, regardless of whether the person will reside permanently or only needs temporary registration. This is because this service undertakes to register a person upon his request.
In order to make a request to the Federal Migration Service, you will need to send an application to the appropriate department at your place of residence, then:
- fill out an established form where you will need to indicate all known information regarding the wanted person;
- write a statement indicating the reasons for the search;
- The request will be processed approximately 15-30 days; this is the period of time the data is verified.
It is worth noting the fact that you can contact the FMS not only by visiting this service in person, but also by sending an application through a special portal - State Services. You can also find out online information of interest regarding the registration of a citizen who is being sought. For example, information about registration can be found out in the FMS from a foreign passport; if a person was in the territory of another state or traveled to another country, then it is possible to find out the plane flight where exactly he went.
As for the help desk, such a service is located in each region, so you can contact the nearest point. Here you will also need:
- fill out a form with all reliably known information about the person;
- the designated time, namely within 30 days, the bureau will verify the information.
But there is one caveat: it lies in the fact that if several citizens with the same information (namesakes) are found, information is issued for all those found.
As for the papers that will need to be provided, it all depends on the reasons for searching for a particular person. As already noted, personal information about citizens is considered confidential, and requests are mainly made by authorized bodies. But individuals can also make a request, for example:
- to a real estate agency, providing a passport and, accordingly, a purchase and sale agreement;
- the Unified State Register also requires a passport and an agreement related to the purchase and sale of real estate;
- notarized permission;
- Law enforcement agencies also need a passport.
Finding our loved ones through telephone directories
The easiest way to find a person’s address online is to enter his last and first name into one of the telephone directories available on the Internet. The search system in them is organized quite conveniently; you can find information about a person using his full name and phone number (usually a database of landline city numbers). After entering the data, all the matches found will be displayed to you, and you will be able to get the information you need (the person’s address, his phone number, year of birth, other people registered at the given address, etc.).
By their existence, these resources somehow violate the laws of many countries on the protection of personal data (a person’s consent is required for the processing and disclosure of personal information). Nevertheless, such resources have been operating for a long time, although they are characterized by rather unstable operation.
Among such resources I would highlight:
- spra.vkaru.net - the resource is a telephone directory that contains data on telephone numbers and addresses of subscribers from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia and Moldova. Even though most of the site's data dates back to the mid-to-late 90s, you can find the addresses of many people there. The resource itself is quite unstable, and for Russians it is completely blocked by Roskomnadzor (you will have to use a VPN).
Search for people on spra.vkaru.net
To work with a resource:
- Go to spra.vkaru.net;
- Hover over the desired country at the top and select its corresponding region for an easier search;
- In the form that opens, you will need to enter the person’s last name (and his initials), select the level of match, and then click on search;
- The site will display the found list of people, in which you can find the person’s residential address by his full name.
- nomer-org.xyz – this popular resource is a database of telephone numbers of citizens of the CIS member states (including Ukraine, which left the union). In most cases, this site uses the same database of numbers as the above-described spra.vkaru.net (i.e., from the mid-early 90s). At the same time, the capabilities of the service allow you to find people registered at the desired address, which can be useful when concluding various types of property transactions.
Instructions for using the site:
- Go to nomer-org.xyz;
- Select the city you are interested in and enter the full name of the person you need in the search form;
- After clicking on “Find” you will be shown all the matches found with their addresses and phone numbers.
Received data on • nomer-org.xyz
In addition to the described digital resources, you can also use paper telephone directories, searching there for the address of the desired person by his last name.
How much does it cost to find out information about a person?
In order to receive the necessary information about the place of registration of a citizen, you should not forget that such data can be found in different ways. Some of them are paid, while some services are provided completely free of charge. Eg:
- If you search on the Internet, then depending on the site you choose, the cost can range from 1,000 to 10,000 rubles.
- If a request is submitted to Rosreestr or a tax authority, you will need to pay a state fee of 200 rubles (from individuals) or 600 rubles (from legal entities).
I would like to make a warning: the fact is that there are quite a lot of sites on the Internet that provide services for finding people for a fee. But in this case, you should not provide them with your personal information, especially the series and passport number, since they can be used by scammers for their own gain.
How to check temporary registration for authenticity via the Internet
Making false documents is punishable by law. The legislation is most strict towards those who produce fictitious documents. Legal entities or individuals involved in illegal registration of citizens may be punished as follows:
Who does the temporary registration?
Not all companies providing registration services operate in good faith. A person who has submitted a passport for registration may have doubts about the authenticity of the document issued. Such doubts are not unfounded, because intermediary offices often make fictitious documents, registering a person in a “rubber apartment”, indicating incorrect data or forging the paper itself.
All these difficulties - the lack of consent to register a migrant, the reluctance to stand in queues at the migration service - force people to turn to private companies that provide registration services. Most often, such offices are intermediaries who take documents from the visitor and transfer them to the migration department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and charge a fee for intermediation.
What is the liability for illegal activities?
According to the law, namely Art. 137 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation provides for liability for an attempt on the privacy of a person. Therefore, if the search for information is aimed at distributing it, then the punishment may be in the form of:
- the indicated amount of penalties;
- deduction of earnings for a certain period;
- referrals to community forced labor;
- ban on professional activities;
- imprisonment.
Therefore, if a citizen who is interested in information regarding another person has selfish goals, it is worth thinking about the consequences that may arise in the future. In any case, when applying for information, you must justify your request.
