Sterbeurkunde Ausstellung bei Sterbefall im Ausland
Application for issuance of a German death certificate in case of death abroad
Begriffe im Kontext
nicht vorhanden
- Vorschriften für den Todesfall, einschließlich solcher über die Überführung der sterblichen Überreste in einen anderen Mitgliedstaat
- Urkunden und Bescheinigungen (1070200)
- Auslandsaufenthalt (1120200)
- Todesfall (1190100)
Fachlich freigegeben am
07.10.2020
Fachlich freigegeben durch
Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior and Sport
You can apply for the issue of a German death certificate for a death that occurred abroad at the competent German registry office.
You can apply for the issue of a German death certificate for a death that occurred abroad at the competent German registry office.
- As the applicant, you must prove your identity (ID card, passport or copy of ID document).
- if necessary, the presentation of other documents is required.
- the prior subsequent certification of the death occurring abroad in a German death register.
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An application for the issuance of a death certificate can be made by:
- spouses and partners of the deceased person
- ancestors and descendants of the deceased person (e.g. child, grandchild)
- Siblings of the deceased person, if you can prove a legitimate interest, or
- other persons, if they show a credible legal interest.
- Applicants must be over 16 years of age.
Gebühr:
15€
Issue of a death certificate
Gebühr:
7,50€
for each additional copy, if requested at the same time as the first copy
- You submit the application for issuance of the death certificate to the competent registry office and enclose the required documents.
- The registry office will check your details and the documents you have submitted and, if necessary, issue the death certificate.
- The registry office will send you the death certificate by mail, unless a personal pickup has been arranged.
- The fees are paid by you either in advance or after sending / upon collection.
The period of 30 years for keeping the death register by the registry office must not have expired .
- Issue of a German death certificate in the event of a death abroad.
- The application for the issuance of a German death certificate can be made under certain conditions at the competent registry office.
- Fees are charged by the registry office.
- The prerequisite for the issuance of a German death certificate is the prior subsequent recording of the death that occurred abroad in a German death register.
You submit the application to the registry office that subsequently recorded the death that occurred abroad in the death register kept by it.