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Death and Inheritance

When a person dies, their relatives and loved ones face many questions: What support can be expected? Is there a will? What formalities have to be taken care of?

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There are 58 services for Death and Inheritance

Application for a death certificate in the event of a death on a German seagoing vessel

You can apply for a death certificate for a death that occurred on a German seagoing vessel at the registry office I in Berlin.
Application for the issuance of a German death certificate in the event of a death abroad

You can apply for the issuance of a German death certificate for a death that occurred abroad at the competent German registry office.
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 death report certified.
Apply for a death certificate

You can apply for a death certificate at the competent registry office.
Apply for an International Mortuary Passport

For the transport of a corpse to a place outside Lower Saxony, an international mortuary passport is required under certain conditions.
Applying for a certificate of sole inheritance on the basis of a will

If you have accepted your inheritance, you will often need proof of your heirship. If you are the sole heir according to a will or contract of inheritance, you can apply for a...
Applying for a certificate of sole inheritance on the basis of intestate succession

If you are the sole heir according to the law of succession, you can apply to the probate court for a certificate of sole inheritance to prove your status as heir.
Applying for a child-raising pension

If you are raising a child alone because your divorced partner has died, you can receive a child-raising pension.
Applying for a half-orphan's or full-orphan's pension

Children whose parents have died can apply for an orphan's pension.
Applying for a joint certificate of inheritance

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

The probate court can also issue a so-called joint certificate of inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir may apply for a joint certificate of inheritance.
Applying for a joint certificate of inheritance as a prior or subsequent heir

The probate court can also issue a so-called joint certificate of inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir may apply for a joint certificate of inheritance. If there is a...
Applying for a joint certificate of inheritance on the basis of a will

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

The probate court may also issue a so-called joint partial certificate of inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir may apply for a joint certificate of partial inheritance.
Applying for a joint certificate of partial inheritance as a prior or subsequent heir

The probate court may also issue a so-called joint partial certificate of inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir may apply for a joint certificate of partial inheritance....
Applying for a joint certificate of partial inheritance on the basis of a will

The probate court may also issue a so-called joint certificate of partial inheritance for several testamentary heirs. Each co-heir may apply for a joint certificate of partial...
Applying for a joint certificate of partial inheritance on the basis of legal succession

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

If you are the sole heir, you will often need a certificate of inheritance as proof of your right to inherit. You can have this limited to the estate in Germany if the items of...
Applying for a limited Community certificate of inheritance

The probate court can also issue a so-called joint certificate of inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir may apply for a joint certificate of inheritance. This can be...
Applying for a limited Community certificate of inheritance

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....
Applying for a limited joint certificate of inheritance as a prior or subsequent heir

A joint certificate of inheritance may be issued for several heirs. Each co-heir may apply for a joint certificate of inheritance. It indicates whether there is a pre- and...
Applying for a limited joint certificate of inheritance as a prior or subsequent heir

A joint certificate of partial inheritance may also be issued for several heirs, and each co-heir may apply for one. If there is a pre- and post-inheritance, the certificate of...
Applying for a minimum joint certificate of partial inheritance

The probate court may also issue a so-called joint minimum partial certificate of inheritance for several heirs. Each co-heir may apply for a minimum joint certificate of...
Applying for a widow's or widower's pension from the Agricultural Old-Age Fund

As a survivor, you can receive a widow's or widower's pension from the Agricultural Old-Age Fund (LAK).
Applying for a widow's pension or widower's pension

In many cases, if your spouse or registered partner dies, you can receive a widow's or widower's pension.
Applying for an orphan's pension from the Agricultural Old-Age 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...
Applying for the right to use a grave site

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.
Authorisation to acquire and possess weapons and ammunition Granted to purchasers as a result of an inheritance

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.
Burial place: Permit - to create/expand

The creation and expansion of a burial ground as well as the reoccupation of a closed burial ground is reserved for the cemetery owners. The sponsors can commission (private)...
Contract of inheritance

In addition to drawing up a will, there are also cases when it is better to conclude a contract of inheritance. You can also determine the transfer of your assets in the...
Death abroad - application for certification

If a German or a German dies abroad, you can subsequently have the death certified at the responsible German registry office.
Death abroad Notarization of deaths on seagoing vessels

You can apply for the subsequent certification of a death on a foreign seagoing vessel in a German death register at the responsible German registry office.
Death abroad Notarization of Germans without residence in Germany

If a German without a permanent residence in Germany dies abroad, you can subsequently have the death certified at the responsible German registry office.
Funeral costs assumption

The burial obligation results from § 8 of the Lower Saxony Law on Mortuary, Funeral and Cemeteries (BestattG). The burial of the deceased person shall be carried out in the...
Funeral expenses

The necessary costs for a funeral are to be borne by the persons who are obliged to provide for the funeral.
Guardianship for Unknown Parties Appointment
Guardianship of the Estate Order

It is not uncommon for someone to die without leaving a will or without relatives who would be known. If the estate consists of more assets than liabilities, the probate court...
Inheritance

Inheritance refers to the entire assets of a deceased person (testator). As an heir, you are the universal successor. However, you are not obliged to accept the inheritance. You...
Issue a death certificate

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...
Multilingual form for issuing death certificates

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.
Notarize the renunciation of the inheritance

If you do not wish to accept an inheritance, you must declare the renunciation of the inheritance to a notary, have it certified and present it to the probate court.
Notification of a death

The death of a person must be reported to the registry office in whose area the person died.
Orphan's pension received from the Agricultural Accident Insurance

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

Have you paid for the funeral of a person who died as a result of an accident at work, a commuting accident or an occupational disease? In this case, the agricultural accident...
Receiving a parental pension from agricultural accident insurance

If your daughter or son dies as a result of an accident at work, an accident on the way to work or an occupational disease, you can receive a parental pension under certain...
Register your health care proxy and care directive in the Central Pension Register

If you have drawn up a health care proxy and/or guardianship directive, you should register it in the Central Pension Register of the Federal Chamber of Notaries.
Registering a funeral

Every corpse must be buried. The burial can be carried out as a burial or cremation.
Reimbursement of repatriation costs by the Agricultural Accident Insurance

Have you paid for the repatriation of a person who died as a result of an accident at work, an accident on the way to work or an occupational disease? Then, under certain...
Renunciation of inheritance transcript

Once you have become an heir, you must decide whether to accept or reject the inheritance. You can declare the renunciation of the inheritance to the probate court.
Repatriation costs for deceased persons in the statutory accident insurance

Have you paid for the transfer of a person with statutory accident insurance? Then you can get the costs back if the person died as a result of an insured event.
Special official custody of a disposition upon death (e.g. will)

A disposition upon death, for example a will, is placed in special official custody at the district court during one's lifetime. The custody data is transmitted electronically...
Succession

If someone dies and has not left a disposition of his inheritance, the legal succession occurs. It is based on the general ideas about to whom the assets of the deceased should...
Transferring the right to use a grave site

Do you want to transfer your right to use a grave site to another person? Find out more here.
Widow's and widower's pension for former spouses received from the statutory accident insurance

After the death of your former partner or spouse, you can receive a pension from the statutory accident insurance.
Widow's and widower's pension received from the Agricultural Accident Insurance

As a widow, widower or surviving part of a civil partnership, you can receive a pension from the Agricultural Employers' Liability Insurance Association under certain conditions.
Withdrawal of a joint certificate of inheritance

If it turns out afterwards that the heirs named in the certificate of inheritance are not the real heirs, the certificate of inheritance can be withdrawn.
Withdrawal of a single certificate of inheritance

If it turns out afterwards that the heir identified in the certificate of inheritance is not the real heir, the certificate of inheritance can be withdrawn.
Withdrawal/return of a disposition upon death from special official custody

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

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