Municipality of Nieuwkoop: registering a death

In the Netherlands, a deceased person must be buried or cremated within six days of death. The civil registrar must issue a permit for this. It is therefore best to file a declaration (or have it done) with the municipality within five days. You can find more information about everything you need to arrange after a death on the site of the Rijksoverheid (Government).

• Your valid proof of identity (passport, driver's license, Dutch identity card or residence permit).
• A doctor's statement of the death (a so-called A statement).
• Envelope with an explanation of the cause of death certificate (a so-called B form).

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.

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 is free. You do have to pay for the application for a death certificate. For more information, please contact the municipality of Nieuwkoop via info@nieuwkoop.nl or call +31 172 521100.

• 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.