Uganda Registration Services Bureau

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Uganda Registration Services Bureau
URSB
Agency overview
Formed2012
JurisdictionGovernment of Uganda
HeadquartersUganda Business Facilitation Centre, Plot 1 Baskerville Avenue, Kololo Kampala, Uganda
Agency executives
Parent agencyUganda Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs
WebsiteHomepage

The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) is a semi-autonomous government agency, established by Act of Parliament in 1998 in Uganda. URSB is responsible for civil registrations (including marriages and divorces but not including births, adoptions, or deaths), business registrations (setups and liquidations), registration of patents and intellectual property rights, insolvency and receivership, chattels registry and any other registrations required by law.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Tumusiime, Abdulaziizi (15 January 2015). "Government to inject Shs10 billion in URSB". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  2. ^ URSB (30 March 2016). "Uganda Registration Services Bureau: About Us – Overview". Kampala: Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB). Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  3. ^ Bemanya Twebaze, and Judy Obitre-Gama (1 January 2016). "Transfer of Births, Deaths and Adoption Order Registration from URSB to NIRA Effective January 01, 2016". Kampala: National Identification and Registration Authority. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  4. ^ Birungi, Sandra Janet (6 January 2016). "New body to register births and deaths". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 30 March 2016.