Death

Registration

WHO CAN APPLY/SUBMIT IT?

They are obliged to promote the registration:

with character generatesl: the closest relatives of the deceased (blood relatives up to the fourth degree and relatives up to the second: parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, brothers, uncles, cousins and brothers-in-law) or, failing that, the neighbors. It is considered empowered to Promote the registration of anyone who has knowledge of the death.

special assumptions: If the death occurs outside your home, the following are obliged to promote the registration of the death: the relatives, the management of the hospitals, clinics and health establishments where the death occurred.

In addition, the physician who assisted the deceased in his last illness, or any other who recognizes the corpse, must immediately send the death certificate to the Civil Registry, in which, in addition to the name, surname, character and number of the association of the subscribes, it will be stated that there are unequivocal signs of death, stating its cause and, with the precision that the registration requires, date, time and place of death and mentions of the identity of the deceased, indicating if it is known by own science or accredited and, in In this case, official documents examined or mentions of the identity of the person confirming the data, who will also sign the report. If there are indications of violent death, it will be communicated urgently and especially to the person in charge.

Registration can be carried out, in any case, by judgment or court order declaring the death.

It is usually the funeral agents, representing the family, who are in charge of carrying out these procedures before the Civil Registry.

WHERE DO YOU REGISTER?

To request the registration of the death, it is necessary to know which is the competent Civil Registry to carry it out. The Civil Registry of the place where the death occurred is considered competent, with some exceptions and special rules:

If said place is unknown, the death registration will be made in the Registry corresponding to where the body was found. And if it occurs in the course of a trip, that of the place where the burial is to take place or, failing that, that of first arrival.

In the event of a shipwreck or air disaster, the corresponding Registry will be that of the place where the first proceedings are conducted, and in the event that no proceedings are conducted by the Spanish authorities, jurisdiction will be determined by the place of the accident.

Without prejudice to the rules of competence to carry out registrations, in certain cases such as death in the course of a trip, the registration can be transferred to the Civil Registry of the deceased's domicile, at the request of their heirs.

REQUIREMENTS

The inscription is practiced by virtue of the declaration of the person who has knowledge of the death.

Medical certification of the existence of unequivocal signs of death will be necessary to proceed with the death registration.

If the identity of the deceased is unknown, the registration will be replaced by names or nicknames, apparent age and if the time, date or place of death cannot be expressed, indicating the maximum and minimum limits of the time in which it occurred.

CONTENT

The declaration of death is made before the Civil Registry, providing the medical certificate of death or judicial order of registration, in free form required by the Registry, in which the following information must be completed:

Name and surname of the deceased
Parents' names
Civil status
Nationality
Date and place of birth
DNI
Birth registration data
last address
Day, time and place of death
Place of burial, if it appears in the declaration of death certified by the Authority or official in charge of the cemetery.
Citation of the document or documents from which the above data was extracted, unless they are known by the deponent, and reference to other identification data when those required are not known, or to clothing and papers found with the deceased, and even his photograph.

Presentation

NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION

Medical certificate of death.
Photocopy of the ID or passport of the deceased.
Official form of declaration of death by family member and authorization from the undertaker.

(The document on which the registration in the Registry is based is normally the medical death certificate, or the court order in the case of criminal investigation proceedings for violent death, when the registration is made, as is the ordinary rule, before the burial. .

However, to make the registration when the corpse has disappeared or has been buried before registration, a final judgment, government file or order of the judicial authority that instructs the proceedings followed by violent death will be necessary, which affirm without any doubt the death. )

Spanish death registration occurred abroad in the Central Civil Registry. You must provide:

Death certificate issued by foreign Civil Registry.
Literal birth certificate of the deceased issued by the Spanish Civil Registry.
Spanish documentation with which it was identified, if it can be presented.
Accreditation of the domicile of the promoter in Spain.
Data declaration sheet.

If a death certificate issued by a foreign Registry cannot be presented, the processing of a government file will be necessary.

(These documents are collected for informational purposes only, and, at the time of qualification, may be required as many appropriate data as deemed by the Magistrate Judge in Charge, to whom the registry qualification corresponds, or to the Secretary of the Registry in the processing of the files in which intervene.)