There is a token fee payable for the registration which includes the issue of a Certified Entry of Death . It is this document that most of us know as the death certificate. Keep this form for your records and family historians. Now is also the time to ask for copies of this certificate . You will need one for each insurance company and bank, PEP or institution that you have to notify or make claims from.
Copies issued at the time of registration are cheaper than ones requested at a later date .
This is a Very Important Document and one that you must hang on to. This is the only form that officially notifies the cemetery or crematorium that the death has actually been legally registered and that the funeral may, therefore, proceed. Most hospitals and mortuaries require sight of this form before they will release the body. Burial Burial forms vary widely in both their simplicity and their unreasonable complexity. Seek their advice on the completion of the forms and the need for any supporting paper-work such as deeds of ownership etc.