Municipality of Zwolle: registering a death
If someone has died, you or the undertaker must register this in the municipality where the person died. The municipality processes the death of this person in the Municipal Personal Records Database (BRP).
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 Zwolle.
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.
Overviews of all costs can be found on these pages:
- 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.
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Municipality of Zwolle
Last updated on 2 February 2023