Notification of a death
The death of a person must be reported to the registry office in whose area of responsibility he or she died no later than the third working day following the death.
Death outside an institution (hospital, retirement and nursing home, other facility):
The person
- who lived in the same household as the deceased,
- in whose home the death occurred,
and
- who was present at the time of death or is informed of the death from his or her own knowledge,
is obliged to report the death orally or in writing. The notification can also be made by a funeral home.
Deaths in an institution:
- The institution must notify the registry office of the death.
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
- If the death did not occur in a hospital, retirement and nursing home or other facility, the person
- who lived in the same household as the deceased,
- in whose home the death occurred, and
- who was present at the death or learned of the death,
obligation to report the death orally. The person can also entrust it to a funeral home.
- Funeral directors registered with a Chamber of Crafts, Industry or Commerce can make the notification in writing.
- Hospitals, retirement and nursing homes or other facilities must notify the death in writing.
Which documents are required?
- Marriage or civil partnership certificate of the last marriage or civil partnership, if applicable, proof of dissolution
- Birth certificate of the deceased (possibly not necessary if the registration data of the birth result from a marriage or civil partnership certificate)
- Proof of last place of residence (e.g. identity card, simple population register information, rental agreement, electricity bill or comparable documents)
- medical certificate of death
What are the fees?
Fee: free of charge
Process flow
- If the death did not occur in a hospital, retirement or nursing home or other facility,
- you need to contact a doctor and a funeral director
and
- report the death orally to the competent registry office or instruct the undertaker to report it.
- If the death occurred in hospital, you as a relative should contact a funeral director in consultation with the hospital staff.
- The doctor issues a death certificate and usually hands it over to the undertaker.
- If you have instructed the undertaker to make the report, he or she will prepare a written death notice (including all necessary documents) and hand it over to the registry office.
- If the death occurred in a hospital, retirement and nursing home or other facility, the institution will prepare the written death notification and send it to the registry office.
- The registry office checks the documents presented for authenticity and the information on the documents for completeness.
- The death may be recorded in the death register.
- If requested, the registry office will issue death certificates from the established register.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
A death must be reported no later than the third working day following the death.
