Municipality of Dronten: registering a death

What do you need for a digital death declaration?

eHerkenning;

Chamber of Commerce registration number;

the deceased's Citizen Service Number;

iDeal login details (you pay immediately upon online declaration);

certificate of natural death from the attending physician. If a death certificate has been issued by the Municipal Health Service (GGD), the GGD will forward it to the municipality. In that case, you do not need a B-envelope;

B-envelope. This contains a form on which the physician has completed the cause of death for Statistics Netherlands (CBS). Please submit the B-envelope as soon as possible (without an appointment) to Dronten town hall. Or you can send it as soon as possible to:

Municipality of Dronten
Civil Affairs Department
P.O. Box 100
8250 AC DRONTEN

Note: It is important that you immediately write down the death certificate number on the B-envelope in the designated box after registering the death online. A valid passport or identity card must be included.

What do you need for reporting the death at the counter?

A valid passport or identity card;

A bank card for payment;

A doctor's statement;

A doctor's statement and request for a postponement;

A consent form from the public prosecutor and the Municipal Health Service (GGD) (only in the case of unnatural death);

Envelope B (this envelope is for Statistics Netherlands (CBS). It contains a form from the doctor. The envelope is sealed and must not be opened).

Online death notification

Make an appointment in person.

Reporting a death is free of charge.

A fee must be paid for a copy of a death certificate, or for expediting or postponing permission for burial or cremation.