Municipality of Montferland: registering a death

When a death occurs, you will receive two envelopes from the general practitioner:

A declaration of natural death and a sealed green envelope for the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In the event of an unnatural death, the declaration of death is issued by the coroner.

You must hand both envelopes over to the civil registrar who draws up the death certificate and issues the authorisation for burial/cremation. Bring your proof of identity with you.

The civil registrar also needs the details for the funeral, such as the date of the funeral, place of the funeral and whether it will be a cremation or a burial.

In the case of an unnatural death, the municipality also requires a statement of no objection for the burial or cremation. (Issued by the Public Prosecutor).

If there was a marriage booklet, the civil registrar can add the death of the person concerned to the marriage booklet.

If the burial or cremation has to be delayed or if the deceased had let it be known that they wished to give their body to science, please contact the Department of Public Affairs.

Deaths must be registered in the municipality where the person died. This is mandatory. It is usually the funeral director who registers the death. Relatives can also do it themselves with our online form (log in with eRecognition).

There are no costs involved in registering a death.

The municipality draws up 2 documents and gives these to the declarant:

• A document containing the funeral authorisation ('the authorisation for burial' or the 'authorisation for cremation'). Did the deceased let it be known that they wanted their body to be donated to science? Then the declarant will be given a document granting 'authorisation for dissection';
• An extract from the death certificate.