Where do I go?
Not every procedure is the municipality's. These are the commonest needs and the right place for each.
What you needWhere to go
Proof of residenceThe mukhtar
Civil registry extract or family recordThe mukhtar and the civil registry office
Registering a birth, marriage or deathThe mukhtar and the civil registry office
Identity cardThe civil registry office
PassportGeneral Security
Power cutÉlectricité du Liban
Water supply subscriptionSouth Lebanon Water Establishment
Occupancy permitUrban Planning, or the union technical office
Hospital servicesTebnine Government Hospital
A problem with the water networkThe municipalityMunicipality
Street lighting out or brokenThe municipalityMunicipality
Waste not collectedThe municipalityMunicipality
A pothole or road damageThe municipalityMunicipality
Municipal clearance certificateThe municipalityMunicipality
A building or renovation permitThe municipalityMunicipality
Clearing rubble from a destroyed homeThe municipalityMunicipality
A survey of a damaged buildingThe municipalityMunicipality
Requesting information from the municipalityThe municipality — Law 28/2017Municipality
The procedures that are not the municipality's are listed here deliberately: a wasted journey costs more than a page does.