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

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

If you are raising a child alone because your divorced partner has died, you can receive a child-raising pension.

The probate court may also issue a so-called joint certificate of partial inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir can apply for a joint certificate of partial inheritance.

The probate court may also issue a so-called joint minimum certificate of inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir can apply for a joint minimum certificate of inheritance.

You can apply for a death certificate at the relevant registry office.

The probate court may issue a so-called joint certificate of inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir can apply for a joint certificate of inheritance.

The probate court can also issue a so-called joint certificate of inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir can apply for a joint certificate of inheritance.

The probate court can also issue a so-called joint certificate of inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir can apply for a joint certificate of inheritance. If there is an inheritance before and after the deceased, the certificate of inheritance shows this.

The probate court can also issue a so-called joint certificate of inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir can apply for a joint certificate of inheritance. The scope of this certificate may be limited if parts of the estate are located abroad.

The probate court may also issue a so-called joint certificate of partial inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir can apply for a joint certificate of partial inheritance. If there is an inheritance before and after the deceased, the certificate of inheritance shows this.

The probate court may also issue a so-called joint certificate of partial inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir can apply for a joint certificate of partial inheritance.

A joint certificate of inheritance may be issued for several heirs. Each co-heir may apply for a joint certificate of inheritance. It shows whether there is an antecedent and subsequent inheritance. If parts of the estate are located abroad, the certificate may be limited to specific items.

A joint partial certificate of inheritance can also be issued for several heirs; each co-heir can apply for one. If there is a preceding and subsequent inheritance, the certificate of inheritance shows this. The certificate may be restricted to a specific subject if parts of the estate are located abroad.

The probate court may also issue a so-called joint certificate of partial inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir may apply for a joint certificate of partial inheritance. The scope of this certificate may be limited if parts of the estate are located abroad.

If you have accepted your inheritance, you often need proof of your inheritance status. If you are the sole heir under a will or inheritance contract, you can apply for a sole heir certificate.

If you are the sole heir, you often need a certificate of inheritance as proof of your inheritance rights. You can have this limited to the estate in Germany if estate items are located both in Germany and abroad.

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

For the transport of a corpse to a place outside Lower Saxony, an international mortuary passport is required under certain conditions.

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.

If you are the sole heir according to legal succession, you can apply for a sole heir certificate at the probate court to prove your status as heir.

If your spouse or registered partner dies, in many cases you can receive a widow's or widower's pension.

Children for whom one or both parents have died can apply for an orphan's pension.

The probate court can also issue a so-called joint certificate of inheritance for several heirs. Each testamentary co-heir can apply for a joint certificate of inheritance.

The probate court can also issue a so-called joint certificate of partial inheritance for several testamentary heirs. Each co-heir can apply for a joint certificate of partial inheritance.

Would you like to reserve a specific grave on the occasion of a death or for precautionary purposes? You can purchase a right of use for this.

If you want to acquire and own weapons and/or ammunition as an heir, you must apply for a permit from the competent weapons authority.

If it subsequently transpires that the heir shown in the certificate of inheritance is not the true heir, the certificate of inheritance may be withdrawn.

If a German or a German dies abroad, you can subsequently have the death certified at the responsible German registry office.

Each corpse must be examined externally by a doctor (post-mortem examination). The purpose of the post-mortem examination is to determine the occurrence of death, as well as the time and cause of death.

If you need to present a German death certificate in another European country, you can apply for the issuance of a multilingual form at the registry office.

The death of a person must be reported to the registry office in whose area the person died.

If your daughter or son dies as a result of an accident at work, a commuting accident or an occupational disease, you may receive a parental pension under certain conditions.

Every corpse must be buried. The burial can be carried out as a burial or cremation.

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.

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.

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

After the death of your former partner or spouse, you can receive a pension from the statutory accident insurance.

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.

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.

If you have set up a power of attorney and/or a care directive, you should register it in the Central Register of Lasting Powers of Attorney of the Federal Chamber of Notaries.

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.

Have you paid for the repatriation of a person insured under the statutory accident insurance scheme? Then you can recover the costs if the person died as a result of an insured event.

Revoke a disposition upon death (e.g. a will or a contract of inheritance) from special official custody.

A disposition of property upon death, for example a will, is placed in special official safekeeping at the local court during the person's lifetime. The custody data is transmitted electronically by the local court or notary's office to the Central Register of Wills and registered there.

Do you want to transfer your right to use a grave site to another person? Find out more here.

If it subsequently transpires that the heirs shown on the certificate of inheritance are not the real heirs, the certificate of inheritance can be withdrawn.