Deaths abroad Notarisation of Germans without domestic residence

You submit the application for subsequent certification of a death to the competent German registry office.

• Contact the relevant German registry office in writing, by telephone or in person, describe your request and ask for the documents you need to submit.
• Submit the application for subsequent certification and enclose the necessary documents.
• The registry office will check your details and the evidence you have provided and, if necessary, will subsequently certify the death.
• You have the option of applying for a German death certificate at the same registry office for a fee.

The registry office in whose jurisdiction the person born abroad has or last had their place of residence or habitual abode is responsible for notarisation; if the deceased person had their last place of residence or habitual abode in Germany, the registry office responsible for this location shall notarise the death. If this does not result in jurisdiction, the registry office in whose jurisdiction the applicant has or last had their domicile or habitual residence shall notarise the civil status case. If this does not result in jurisdiction, the registry office I in Berlin notarises the civil status case.

• the death of a German citizen took place abroad
• Eligible applicants are
  • the parents of a child who died abroad, the child of the deceased person and spouses or life partners
  • Persons who can assert a legal interest in the notarisation vis-à-vis the registry office

In addition to the information to be included in the death entry, you must submit the necessary certificates or other documents that you have in your possession.

In particular, the following documents are required:

• Your identity card/passport as applicant
• foreign death certificate of the deceased person (if necessary with translation and certification by the competent foreign authority (apostille) or legalisation by the German diplomatic mission abroad; it may be sufficient to submit a multilingual form)
• the marriage or civil partnership certificate of the last marriage or civil partnership of the deceased person and, if applicable, proof of its dissolution,
• the birth certificate of the deceased person,
• proof of the deceased's last place of residence
• for naturalised citizens: naturalisation certificate

• § Section 36 of the Civil Status Act (PStG)

• Deaths abroad Notarisation of Germans without domestic residence
• Subsequent notarisation in a German death register of a death abroad of a German person not resident in Germany.
• The application for subsequent certification can be submitted to the competent German registry office under certain conditions.
• Fees are charged by the registry office.
• The subsequent certification is a prerequisite for the issue of a German death certificate.
• Responsibility: competent German registry office

• Death abroad Notarisation of Germans without domestic residence in Hesse

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