Municipality of Amersfoort: registering a death

A death is usually reported to the municipality by the funeral director. As a surviving relative (family or acquaintance) you may also make the declaration yourself. You do this at the Civil Affairs Department in the municipality where the person died. Do this as soon as possible.

Declaration by surviving dependants

You can register the death yourself. You must do this in the municipality where your loved one died. Make an appointment with the municipality of Amersfoort.

Overlijden aangeven | Gemeente Amersfoort (in Dutch)

Online registration by funeral directors

You can also ask the funeral home to register the death for you. Funeral homes who are located in the Netherlands can register deaths online.

Overlijden aangeven | Gemeente Amersfoort

Registering a death is free of charge.

As a surviving dependant, you receive the extract from the death certificate and the verlof tot begraven of cremeren (permission for burial or cremation) immediately.
Funeral homes should receive the extract and any other documents on the same working day or, at the latest, the next working day.