Padrón in Málaga: documents, offices and how to register (2026)

Use these guides when you need a plain-English starting point before choosing the city page, official portal, calculator, or Ask Guiri workflow that matches your situation.

Check the source before you act

Use this page to prepare the file for málaga padrón, then confirm current forms, appointment categories, fees, and account instructions on the official source listed here.

• Save receipts, confirmations, registry numbers, and downloaded PDFs.
• Use Ask Guiri when the next step depends on your own document, address, status, deadline, or portal error.

Choose the correct municipal route

Málaga accepts padrón applications in person through the municipal offices named in its procedure. Check the city's current office arrangements before travelling.

• Use an OMAC or a Gestión Tributaria office listed by the city.
• If you live in more than one municipality, register where you spend most of the year.
• Start with the official procedure to distinguish a registration, address change, or personal-data change.

Use address evidence that matches your home

The city asks for identity evidence and proof of actual residence. A rental file needs more than a lease alone.

• For a rental, use the current habitual-residence lease and the latest rent-payment receipt.
• Include recent water, gas, or electricity evidence for the address when the municipal checklist asks for it.
• Include the landlord's current ID, plus company evidence where relevant.

If someone else holds the home paperwork

A person authorising your registration must show that they have the right to occupy or own the home. Use Málaga's municipal authorisation route rather than an informal note.

• Include the authorising person's identity documents.
• Include the ownership or occupation evidence the city names for that person.
• Keep the municipal filing record; do not assume it is the proof document another office may later request.