Information you need to provide when registering a death


Documents required


When you attend to register the death you must take with you the following documents:


• Medical certificate of the cause of death, signed by a doctor unless the Coroner is issuing the paperwork


Information about the deceased


• The date and place of death • Their full name and any other names they are known by, or have been know by, including their maiden surname, if appropriate


• Their date and place of birth


• Their last main paid occupation (also if the deceased is married, widowed or has a formal civil partnership, the full name and occupation of their spouse or civil partner)


• Their usual address


• The date of birth of a surviving spouse or civil partner


• Details of any public sector pension, e.g. civil service, teacher or armed forces


To help ensure the accuracy of the information recorded it would be useful, but not essential, if you could bring supporting documentation with you (e.g. passport, driving licence, utility bill, birth and marriage certificates, medical card)


Information about yourself


What information will you need to give the Registrar about yourself as the person registering?


• Your relationship to the deceased for example, son, daughter, widow, widower, niece, nephew, surviving civil partner


• Whether you were present at the death • Your full name • Your usual address


To help ensure the accuracy of the information recorded it would be useful if you could bring supporting documentation with you (e.g. passport, driving licence, proof of address)


The documents you will receive from the Registrar


After the information has been recorded into the death register, the registrar will issue the following forms and certificates:


• A certificate for burial or cremation (called the ‘green form’), giving permission for the body to be buried or for an application for cremation to be made (unless this has previously been issued by the Coroner)


• If the deceased is to be buried or cremated


outside of England or Wales the coroner will issue the necessary forms


• A certificate of registration of death (form BD8): issued to inform the Department of Work and Pensions of the death


You will also have an opportunity to purchase certified copies of the entry in the death register which you may need if you have to deal with deceased’s affairs eg insurances, bank accounts etc.


Sheffield Register Office Bereavement Guide


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