Municipality of Beek: registering a death

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 Beek.

https://www.gemeentebeek.nl/

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.

Registering a death: free of charge

Official copy of the death certificate: see website https://www.gemeentebeek.nl/

Verlof begraven of cremeren (permission for burial or cremation): free of charge

Verlof eerder of later begraven (permission for burial at an earlier or later point: free of charge

Verlof vervoer naar buitenland / laissez-passer (permision for transport abroad: free of charge

You pay a fee for this service. For more information, contact the municipality https://www.gemeentebeek.nl/.

• 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.