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Change of address in the padrón in Córdoba

Change your address in the padrón if you move home within Córdoba. If you come from another town, this is not your procedure: you need to register as a new resident.

The padrón proves where you live. Other offices may ask you for it.

The essentials

What it costs: It is free: the City Council says registering, changing address and certificates have no fee. If you pay for a private help service, like ours, that is a separate payment.
How long it takes: You can apply whenever you want. The City Council does not say how long it takes to decide. Keep your receipt and, if you want to know how it is going, ask the Statistics office (Estadística). No deadline does not mean it is immediate.
To prepare it: 20–40 min to organise your preparation

Open the official page

Is it for you?

People already registered in Córdoba who are moving to another home in the city. If you arrive from another town, you need to register in the new one.

Are you moving within Córdoba or coming from another town?
Is the home yours, do you rent a flat or a room, or do you live in someone else's home? The document you need to bring changes.
Are you also registering children, or doing the procedure for someone else?

What to bring

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Your valid ID and the ID of each person registering with you
The City Council registration form (hoja padronal or application), signed
Which one works in your case
Download the City Council form (modelo 60-444) and sign it. If you need a written permission, it is on the same City Council page.
A document that proves you live in that home (the steps explain which one works for you)
Which one works in your case
Bring a document that proves you live in that home. If the home is yours: the IBI (property tax) receipt, the deeds or a recent note from the Property Registry. If you rent: the full contract and the latest receipt. If the owner lets you live there: their permission (modelo 60-171), their ID and a document proving the home is theirs. If people are already registered in the home: permission from a registered adult with rights over the home, and their ID.
If someone gives you permission or does the procedure for you: their signed permission
If you register children: their documents and those of whoever has custody
Which one works in your case
Before you apply, read the section on children on the City Council page. What they ask for changes with the family relationship, each parent's consent and who has custody. Use the form for your real case.

Step by step

Check whether you are moving within Córdoba or coming from another town. Within the city it is a change of address; from another town it is a new registration.
Download the City Council form (modelo 60-444) and sign it. If you need a written permission, it is on the same City Council page.
Bring a document that proves you live in that home. If the home is yours: the IBI (property tax) receipt, the deeds or a recent note from the Property Registry. If you rent: the full contract and the latest receipt. If the owner lets you live there: their permission (modelo 60-171), their ID and a document proving the home is theirs. If people are already registered in the home: permission from a registered adult with rights over the home, and their ID.
Submit it online from the City Council page or at a municipal registry office. Before you go, check that the office can see you.
Keep the receipt with the registration number. If they ask for more documents, reply using that number. Once the change is recorded, check that your details are correct.

Afterwards

Keep the registration number. You can use it to reply if they ask for something, without starting a new application.
Once the change is recorded, ask for the proof your next procedure needs.
Check separately the address your other offices and services have for you.

Common mistakes

Asking for the certificate before the change is recorded.
Bringing an incomplete rental contract, or a permission without the documents of the person who signs it.
Registering a child as if they were an adult registering alone.

What this guide does not decide

The City Council checks that you live in that home and may ask for more documents. If you have no contract or other usual document for the home, ask the padrón office or social services what you can do. This guide cannot tell you whether they will accept other proof.

Official links

Alta y cambio de domicilio en el padrónAyuntamiento de Córdoba