• Registration

 You normally need to register a person's death within five days. Once you've done so, you'll be given a death certificate, a green certificate for the funeral director and forms relating to the DSS and state pensions where necessary. You may wish to purchase extra copies of the entry to the register to satisfy bank, insurance and pension requirements. Different time limits apply in the case of stillbirth. Registration may also be delayed if it is referred to a coroner.

Who Can Register?
If the person died in a house or hospital, the death can be registered by:

	a relative
	someone present at the death
	an occupant of the house/official from the hospital
	the person making the arrangements with the funeral directors

Deaths that occurred anywhere else can be registered by:

	a relative
	someone present at the death
	the person who found the body
	the person in charge of the body
	the person making the arrangements with the funeral directors

• Most deaths are registered by a relative of the deceased. The registrar would normally only allow one of the other people listed above to do so if there are no relatives available.
• Where to Register

To avoid delays, it's best to go to the register office in the area in which the person died. You can choose another register office, but it may take longer to get the necessary documents and this could delay the funeral arrangements

 

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