Municipality of De Wolden: registering a death

• A valid proof of identity (passport, ID card or driver's license),
• A doctor's certificate of death,
• A cause of death certificate CBS (Bureau of Statistics).

Declaration by next of kin

You can register a death yourself.  You can do this at the department of Burgerzaken (civil affairs) at city hall: Raadhuisstraat 2, Zuidwolde.

Online registration by funeral directors

You can also ask a funeral director to file a declaration for you. Funeral directors established in the Netherlands can submit a declaration online.

You only pay the application costs of  the death certificate. For more information please contact the municipality: +31528378200 of gemeente@dewolden.nl .

• As a surviving next of kin, you will immediately receive the extract from the 'certificate of death' and the 'permit to bury or cremate'. 
• Funeral directors should receive the extract and any other documents on the same working day or, at the latest, the next working day.