Registering a Death


A death must be registered within five days from when it occurred. This period can be extended in exceptional circumstances and if the Coroner is involved. The registration must take place in the district where the death occurred.


If it is difficult to get to the appropriate registration office, you may visit your local office and declare the necessary information, which will then be sent to the office for the district in which the death occurred to enable the death to be registered in that district. They will send you the appropriate documents; consequently registration by declaration may result in a delay in the issue of the document needed for the funeral arrangements.


You can book an appointment to see a Registrar at our office:


Town Hall,


Pinstone Street, Sheffield, S1 2HH


To make an appointment or if you need further advice and help please telephone our office on: 01142 039427


You can only register a death once you have the medical cause of death certificate from the doctor, or, in the case of a death reported to the Coroner, confirmation from the Coroner’s office that the relevant paperwork has been issued to the Register Office.


The death can only be registered by the following people, in order of priority:


• A relative (e.g. by blood, marriage or civil partnership)


• Someone present at the death


• The occupier of the nursing/residential home/ official from the hospital where the death took place


• The person making the arrangements with the funeral directors


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Sheffield Register Office Bereavement Guide


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