How to get a death certificate? Apply for a death certificate

Death certificate is an important legal document which is required by the family and heirs

There are many documents related to a person like his bank account, life insurance and many other facilities. When a person dies, all the facilities related to him are transferred to his heirs but for this, it is necessary to have a death certificate of the person. After the death of the person, it is issued on the application of his family member or relative.

Application for death certificate can be done both online and offline. It is mandatory to get it made by the government.

This certificate has to be made online within 21 days of death and offline it can be made even after 21 days
The certificate can be made by any member of the family of the deceased or by a relative
This includes the cause of death, whether the death occurred at home or in a hospital, and the date on which the death occurred.
This certificate can make a person of any religion a citizen
This certificate can be made compulsory by the government
It is easy to get insurance claim through certificate
By this the property can be transferred to heirs
Pension for the wife of the deceased can be availed by proof of the certificate
Some prescribed fee has to be paid for its registration

death certificate documents

Aadhaar card of the deceased
identity card of the deceased
Photographs of the deceased
The applicant should be a family member or relative of the deceased
The application form must be filled in completely
There must be an affidavit

You can apply online within 21 days. How to apply online

First of all go to the online central government website
Create an account here with your email id.
fill the application form
Attach all scanned documents with the application
Fill the application completely, check it and submit it
After submitting the form, take a print out of it
After this, go to the registrar’s office and submit this application

After 21 days you can apply offline. How to apply offline?

You will first have to go to the district office of your area
get application form
Fill the application form completely and attach all the documents
Check all the documents and forms properly and submit them
On submitting the application form, a registration reference number is given which you can track from time to time to get information about the status of registration.

In this way you can get a death certificate

How to get a death certificate? Apply for a death certificate

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