Municipality of Twenterand: 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. Make an appointment with the municipality of Twenterand

Afspraak maken | Twenterand

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.

Informatie voor uitvaartondernemers | Twenterand

Reporting a death is free. 

An extract of the death certificate costs €16.60. A multilingual model form costs €16.60. (rates 2024)

• 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.