Sterbeurkunde Ausstellung
Hamburg
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<div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Apply for a death certificate for a family member</div>
Begriffe im Kontext
<div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Certificate orders</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">funeral</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Document requirements, online</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Registry office</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">death certificate</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Death</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">estate administration</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">death</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">death register</div> (Synonym), <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Certificate request</div> (Synonym)
Fachlich freigegeben am
07.03.2023
Fachlich freigegeben durch
nicht vorhanden
- Civil Status Act §55
- Civil status law §60
- Civil Status Act §62
The death certificate is a document that certifies the death of a person.
Every death must be reported to the registry office in whose jurisdiction the death occurred.
The death certificate is an important document that you as a relative can apply for in the event of death.
You can apply for a death certificate once the death has been recorded in the death register.
The death certificate is important for, for example:
Every death must be reported to the registry office in whose jurisdiction the death occurred.
The death certificate is an important document that you as a relative can apply for in the event of death.
You can apply for a death certificate once the death has been recorded in the death register.
The death certificate is important for, for example:
- the burial and its preparation (e.g. for the coffin and transfer) as well as
- the settlement of the estate
- the use of statutory or private insurance benefits.
When applying, you must submit:
- ID card or passport
- Evidence of kinship, such as
- birth certificate
- marriage certificate
- civil partnership certificate
- if picked up by a representative:
- written power of attorney of the authorized person,
- their ID and
- your own ID card
- for other people, such as close relatives:
- Proof of legal interest, such as
- certificate of inheritance
- land register extract
- Proof of legal interest, such as
An application for a death certificate can be made by:
- the last spouse,
- the last life partner within the meaning of the Act on Registered Life Partnerships,
- Ancestors and descendants of the deceased person or
- siblings with legitimate interest,
- Close relatives, such as aunts and uncles, who can prove a legal interest, for example through a letter from the probate court
- 18.00 EUR, each additional one in the same processing step 8 EUR.
- Certificates for pension purposes are free of charge.
You must apply for the death certificate at the responsible registry office in person, in writing or electronically.
Personal application:
Application by post, fax or email:
Personal application:
- Go to your local registry office during opening hours to apply for a death certificate.
- You must present your identity card or passport for identification purposes.
- You can also request and have a person you trust collect the death certificate. To do so, this person must present a written power of attorney and their own ID card or passport (original or certified copy).
Application by post, fax or email:
- Send an informal letter to the responsible registry office asking them to issue you a death certificate.
- Please provide your full name, address and relationship to the deceased person.
- Your letter should address your eligibility to apply.
- The letter must contain the following information about the deceased person:
- Name first Name
- date and place of birth
- date and place of death
- if applicable, information about the spouse of the deceased
- registry office and registration number (if known)
- <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Registry office I in Berlin</div>
- <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Hospitals in Hamburg</div>
- <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">General register of the Hamburg registry offices</div>
- <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">State archive, cultural authority</div>
- <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Hamburg hospital portal</div>
- <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">State Archives, civil status documents</div>
- <div lang="en-x-mtfrom-de">Online service: request for certificates</div>
There are the following hints:
- You can apply for death certificates in writing (letter post, e-mail, fax). It is not possible to apply by telephone.
- If you no longer know the location of the event registered in the registry office, please contact the general register of the Hamburg registry offices in writing or by email. There you can find out which registry office has notarized the civil status case.
- For civil status cases (birth, marriage, death) that have been certified in a Hamburg registry office since 2009, further certificates can be issued in all Hamburg registry offices.
- For death certificates of deaths more than 30 years ago, please contact the Hamburg State Archives (see links).
- You can have the death certificate provided with an apostille (= additional authentication) at the Office for Migration. For this purpose, it must not be older than 6 months.
- Death Certificate Exhibition
- Every death must be reported to the registry office in whose area of responsibility the death occurred no later than the third working day after the death
- a death certificate can be issued once the death has been recorded in the death register
- Applications for a death certificate can be made by:
- the last spouse,
- the last life partner within the meaning of the Act on Registered Life Partnerships,
- Ancestors and descendants of the deceased person or
- Siblings with Legitimate Interest and
- Close relatives, such as aunts and uncles, who can prove a legal interest, for example through a letter from the probate court
- the death certificate is important, for example, for
- the burial and its preparation (e.g. for the coffin and transfer),
- the settlement of estates,
- the use of statutory or private insurance benefits
- The application must be submitted to the competent registry office in person, in writing or electronically
- responsible: registry office in whose area of responsibility the death occurred.
If you want to find out exactly who is responsible for your request, please follow the link to Hamburg Service