Municipality of The Hague: registering a death

You may need the following additional documents in some cases:

• If the person died of unnatural causes: Verklaring van niet-natuurlijk overlijden (declaration of unnatural death) from a coroner and a Verklaring van geen bezwaar tegen begraven of cremeren (declaration of no-objection to the funeral or cremation) from the officier van justitie (public prosecutor.
• If the funeral or cremation needs to be postponed, a permit.
• If the deceased’s wishes were to donate their body for scientific research: their will.
• If the deceased is to be transported outside the Netherlands, a casket declaration with a medical statement.
• If the deceased’s wishes were to be buried or cremated within 36 hours or after 6 working days, a request with a Verklaring van geen bezwaar (declaration of no-objection) from the Gemeentelijke Gezondheidsdienst – GGD (Municipal Health Service). This must be done within 36 hours, together with a declaration from the public prosecutor.
• If the deceased person is not registered in the Netherlands or their Burgerservicenummer – BSN (citizen service number) is not known, a valid identity document of the deceased person.
• If the date of death is not known (if the body was discovered), a proces-verbaal (official report) from the police.

Declaration by surviving dependants

You can register the death yourself. You must do this in the municipality where your loved one died. Next of kin can report the death by email. You send the report including the attachments to: overlijdensloket@denhaag.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. Undertakers can report a death by logging in with eHerkenning. If you are an undertaker and you do not (yet) have eHerkenning you can also report the death by email to: overlijdensloket@denhaag.nl.

You pay a fee for requesting a death certificate. View the costs.