Death

Apply for a death certificate for a family member

If one of your family members has died, you can apply for a death certificate at the relevant registry office.

Death certificate issued in the event of death abroad

You can apply for the issue of a German death certificate for a death that occurred abroad at the competent German registry office.

You can apply for the issue of a death certificate for a death occurring on a German seagoing vessel at the registry office I in Berlin.

Right of use for a grave Transfer

Upon application to the cemetery administration, you can transfer the right to use a grave to another person or take it over from another person.

Right of use for a grave Allocation

A grave in a cemetery cannot be purchased. You can only purchase the right to use a grave for a fee. A funeral home can also obtain this right on your behalf.

Burial Execution Cremation

In order to carry out a burial in the urn, many things must be taken into account. You can find an overview here.

Also compare the explanations under "Funeral - Execution".

Funeral Execution Forced burial

If no one takes care of the funeral of a deceased person, the local regulatory authority arranges for it at the expense of the person obliged to be buried or at the expense of the heir.

Funeral Carrying out burial in the ground

In order to carry out a burial in a coffin, many things must be taken into account. You can find an overview here.

Also compare the explanations under "Funeral - Execution".

Funeral Execution Sea burial

In order to carry out a burial in the urn, many things must be taken into account. You can find an overview here.

Also compare the explanations under "Funeral - Execution".

Death certificate issue

If a person has died, a doctor must immediately carry out the post-mortem examination. He or she establishes the death and completes the death certificate. The death certificate must be presented to the competent registry office when the death is notified.

Corpse Passport Exhibition

In which cases is a mortuary passport required for the transfer of a corpse?

Request multilingual death certificate form

If you need to present a German death certificate in another European country, you can apply for a multilingual form to be issued by the registry office.

Show death

You are obliged to report the death of a person to the registry office no later than three working days after the death has occurred.

Apply for a certificate of notification of death

If you cannot be issued a death certificate after reporting a death due to missing data, you can have the notification of death certified.

Requesting a multilingual extract from the civil status register

If you require a multilingual extract from the civil status register, you can apply for this at the relevant registry office. Extracts are issued, for example, from birth, marriage and civil registers.

Death abroad Notarization of deaths on sea-going vessels

You can apply for the subsequent certification of a death on a foreign seagoing vessel in a German death register at the competent German registry office.

Death abroad Notarization of Germans without domestic residence

If a German citizen without a permanent residence in Germany dies abroad, you can have the death subsequently certified at the competent German registry office.

Granting of funeral expenses assistance

If you are obliged to cover the funeral costs of a deceased person even though you do not have the financial means to do so yourself, you can apply to the social welfare provider to have the costs covered.

If persons insured by law have died in connection with the insured activity, the surviving widows or widowers will receive a widow's or widower's pension as long as they have not remarried.

Rules applicable in the case of death

The federal states are responsible for funeral law and therefore also the rules on the transport and transfer of a body. Involving an undertaker is recommended.

Receiving death benefits from the agricultural accident insurance fund

You have paid for the funeral of a person who died in an accident at work, a commuting accident or as a result of an occupational disease? If so, the agricultural accident insurance will reimburse you for the costs under certain conditions.

Reimbursement of transfer costs by the agricultural accident insurance company

Have you paid for the repatriation of a person who died as a result of an accident at work, a commuting accident or an occupational disease? Then you can get the costs back under certain conditions.

Receive widow's and widower's pension from the agricultural accident insurance fund

As a widow, widower or surviving partner in a civil partnership, you can receive a pension from the Agricultural Employers' Liability Insurance Association under certain conditions.

Orphan's pension received from the Agricultural Accident Insurance Fund

If your father or mother has died, you will receive an orphan's pension from the Agricultural Accident Insurance under certain conditions.

Apply for a widow's or widower's pension from the Agricultural Pension Fund

As a survivor or surviving dependant, you can receive a widow's or widower's pension from the Agricultural Old Age Insurance Fund (LAK).

Apply for orphan's pension from the Agricultural Pension Fund

After the death of one of your parents, you will receive an orphan's pension from the Agricultural Pension Fund under certain conditions. Grandchildren and siblings of the deceased can also receive orphans' pensions.