Municipality of Zeist: 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.

Registration by funeral directors

You can also ask the funeral home to register the death for you. Funeral homes which are located in the Netherlands can register deaths online.

• Registering a death: free of charge
• Verlof tot begraven of cremeren (permission for burial or cremation): free of charge

You pay a fee for applying for a death certificate. For more information, contact the municipality.

• As a surviving dependant, you receive the extract from the death certificate and the 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.