Apply for a death certificate
Apply for this service online:
You can apply for a death certificate from the relevant registry office under certain conditions.This is necessary for various administrative procedures after the death of a person.
Who should I contact?
Responsible authorities
Bürgerservice
www: https://www.haren.de
Opening Hours:
Monday - Tuesday 8.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m,
and 14.00 - 17.00
Wednesday 8.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
Thursday 8.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m,
and 14.00 - 18.00
Friday 8.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m.
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible
Contact
Frau Lübbers
Room:
Zimmer Bürgerbüro // EG
responsible for:
- Haren (Ems):
- Application for a certificate of no impediment to marriage for German nationals, stateless persons, homeless foreigners or foreign refugees within the meaning of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees with habitual residence in Germany
- Apply for a change of address on the eID card
- Apply for a civil partnership certificate
- Apply for a new ID card when it expires
- Apply for a new identity card if lost
- Apply for an International Mortuary Passport
- Apply for an eID card as a European citizen
- Apply for an identity card for the first time
- Apply for identity card because of name change after divorce
- Applying for a civil partnership certificate for a civil partnership entered into abroad
- Birth certificate issuance
- Certificate of good conduct extended
- Children's passport change due to change of address
- Children's passport notification due to loss
- Children's passport notification due to relocation
- Children's passport report for theft
- Declaration of the right to a name
- Driving licence: Extension - driving licence of categories C and D
- Driving licence: issue
- Exchange old driver's license for a new one
- Identity card status query
- Information on the population register Provision to parties and voter groups
- Life certificate for submission to the pension insurance: Issue
- Lost property
- Marriage consummation with same-sex partner
- New passport issue due to change of name on divorce or dissolution of civil partnership
- Notification of a death
- Passport change due to change of place of residence
- Passport issuance
- Passport issuance
- Passport issuance for frequent travelers
- Passport issuance new due to change of other data
- Passport issuance new due to expiry of validity
- Passport issuance provisionally
- Passport issue for minors for the first time
- Passport message for retrieval
- Passport status query
- Place of residence Deregistration of main residence
- Provision of information from the population register for commercial purposes
- Recognition of paternity
- Registration certificate issued
- Reporting obligation
- Request simple information from the population register
- Residence Registration as secondary residence
- Transmission blocks in the registration register
- apply for identity card due to change of name on marriage
- Agriculture: damage caused by game
- Apply for a death certificate
- Apply for a marriage certificate
- Apply for a simple certificate of good conduct
- Apply for a temporary identity card
- Apply for an identity card
- Apply for an identity card as a person under 16
- Apply for an identity card for German citizens with permanent residence abroad
- Birth Indication
- Burial place: Permit - to create/expand
- Certificate of eligibility
- Certificate of voting rights
- Change of identity card due to change of address
- Change of residence
- Children's Passport Extension
- Children's Passport Status Query
- Confirmation of landlord
- Confirmation of registration issuance
- Declaration of resignation from the church
- Documents and copies: Certification
- Express passport issue
- Fishing License Exhibition
- Have address and personal data changed
- ID card issue
- Identity card notification due to retrieval
- Identity card notification due to theft
- Information blocking device
- Information from the Central Trade Register Application
- Information in the population register Granting to landlords
- Information in the population register Provision of group information
- Marriage consummation with foreign partner
- Passport Issuance of additional passports
- Passport issuance for adults for the first time
- Passport issuance new due to change of name upon marriage or establishment of a civil partnership
- Passport notification due to loss
- Passport report for theft
- Population register information Provision of self-disclosure
- Population register information issuance extended
- Residence Deregistration of secondary residence
- Register marriage
- Reporting the loss of your own ID card
- Requesting a vehicle to be taken out of service
- Residence Deregistration
- Residence Deregistration for boatmen and seafarers
- Residence Re-registration Change of status
- Residence Registration as main residence
- Residence Registration for boatmen and seafarers
Address: Neuer Markt 1, 49733 Haren (Ems)
www: https://www.haren.de
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible
Requirements
You are entitled to submit an application for a death certificate as:
- Spouse and partner of the deceased person
- Ancestor and descendant of the deceased person
(e.g. child, grandchild) - Siblings of the deceased person, if you can credibly demonstrate a legitimate interest, or
- another person, if you can credibly demonstrate a legal interest.
You must be at least 16 years old.
Which documents are required?
- Proof of identity (copy)
What are the fees?
Fee: 15,00 EURPayment in advance: noIssue of a death certificate
Fee: 7,50 EURPayment in advance: noEach additional copy, if requested at the same time as the first copy
Process flow
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You apply for a death certificate at the relevant registry office.
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The registry office will check your details and, if you are eligible, will issue the death certificate.
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The registry office will send you the death certificate if no personal collection has been arranged.
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You pay the fees either in advance or after the certificate has been sent to you / when you collect it.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
The 30-year period for keeping the register of deaths by the registry office must not have expired.
Appeal
If the registry office rejects your application for a death certificate, you can apply to the competent court to order the registry office to issue you with the death certificate.
