Public Awareness Study to Have Marriage Deed Jamilah 1 , Mega T. Puspita 2 , Endang Dimyati 3 , Tetep, Prima Melati {jamilah@institutpendidikan.ac.id 1 , megatiara1515@gmail.com 2 , endangdimyati@institutpendidikan.ac.id 3 } Institut Pendidikan Indonesia, Jl. Terusan Pahlawan No.83, Garut 44151 123 , Abstract. This research is motivated by the low level of society to have a marriage certificate. The objectives of this study are (1). Want to know about the condition of the community over ownership of a marriage certificate. (2). Want to know what factors cause difficulties in having a marriage certificate. (3). Want to find out the efforts made by the marriage registrar to increase public awareness in the ownership of the marriage certificate. This study describes the social conditions by exploring the reality that exists at this time. Techniques for collecting data on observations, interviews and documentation. The results of this study are. (1). In the community it is found that ownership of a marriage certificate is low (2). The underlying factors are the low level of the economy, understanding, education and preferring marriage under the hand. (3). Efforts that have been made by the marriage registrar officer, namely by providing relief fees in making marriage certificates, held the SUSCATIN (Bride Candidate Course) program, held a socialization on the procedures for ownership of marriage certificates and also provided guidance to the Village Head regarding the importance of having a marriage certificate. Conclusion, the public's unconsciousness has a marriage statement due to the low understanding of the community, inadequate economy and the tradition of siri marriage. The implication is that the government, especially the regional government, is expected to be more active in conducting socialization to the community to minimize the low ownership of marriage certificates Keywords: Study, Public Unconsciousness, Marriage Deed 1 Introduction Humans are social creatures who cannot live alone, so they need friends, friends and even spouses to share their joys and sorrows. Always want to be noticed and pay attention, love and love, want to be understood and must be mutual understanding. Humans form a population called the community where they will live, grow crops, raise livestock, farm, live in a society, and depend on one another. One of the bonds that exist in human relations in society is marriage. In the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 1 of 1974 concerning Marriage, Article 1 states that, marriage is an inner and outer bond between a man and a woman as husband and wife with the aim of forming a happy, eternal family or household based on the One Godhead. Based on the research by Nunung Fatimah (2008, In a Study of Increasing Public Awareness to Have Marriage Deeds (A Case Study of Karang Tengah Village Community in Cibadak Subdistrict, Sukabumi District), that the reason people do not have marriage certificates is caused by: a. The lack of knowledge and understanding factors neglects the ownership of marriage certificates, for example, they were officially married before the marriage registrar / ICBLP 2019, February 13-14, Sidoarjo, Indonesia Copyright © 2019 EAI DOI 10.4108/eai.13-2-2019.2286094