Municipality of Gouda: 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. Please make an appointment with the municipality of Gouda by calling the municipality at phone number +31 182 58 84 44 or send an e-mail to gemeente@gouda.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 and verlof begraven of cremeren (permission for burial or cremation) are free of charge. An official copy of the death certificate, verlof eerder of later begraven (permission for burial at an earlier or later point and verlof vervoer naar buitenland / laissez-passer (permision for transport abroad are not free of charge.  For more information about the costs, please call the municipality at phone number +31 182 58 84 44 or send an e-mail to gemeente@gouda.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.