Municipality of Rhenen: registering a death

If your partner or family member has passed away, you have a lot to arrange. The funeral director will register the death online for you. This must be done within 6 days of the death, in the municipality where the person died. The municipality draws up a death certificate and gives permission for the burial or cremation.

City of Rhenen

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. Een afspraak maken | Gemeente Rhenen (mijnafspraakmaken.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. Gemeente Rhenen - Aangifte van overlijden

You pay a fee for this service. For more information, check our website for the current rate.

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.