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Death abroad Notarization of Germans without domestic residence

Service Description

A death that occurred abroad can also be certified in a German death register at your request. The so-called subsequent notarization also applies to Germans who died abroad and who were not resident in Germany.

With the subsequent notarization, an entry is made in a German death register in addition to the notarization abroad.

Under certain conditions, you can apply for subsequent notarization at the competent German registry office.

Process flow

You submit the application for subsequent certification of a death to the relevant 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 required documents.
  • The registry office will check the information you have provided and the documents you have submitted and, if necessary, carry out the subsequent certification of the death.
  • You have the option of applying for a German death certificate for a fee.

Competent authority

  • The registry office in whose area the deceased person had their habitual residence in Germany is responsible for the application.
  • If the deceased person was not domiciled in Germany, the registry office in whose area you as the applicant have or last had your domicile or habitual residence is responsible.
  • If none of the above alternatives apply, you can submit the application to Registry Office I in Berlin.

Requirements

  • the death occurred abroad
  • The following are entitled to apply
    • the parents of the deceased person
    • the children of the deceased person
    • the spouse or partner of the deceased person
    • Persons who can assert a legal interest in the notarization vis-à-vis the registry office

Which documents are required?

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

In particular, the following documents are required:

  • Your identity card/passport as the applicant
  • Foreign death certificate of the deceased person (if necessary, with translation and certification by the competent foreign authority (apostille) or legalization by the German diplomatic mission abroad; it may be sufficient to submit a multilingual form)
  • Proof of the deceased person's marital status (e.g. marriage certificate, divorce decree)
  • the birth certificate of the deceased person
  • proof of the deceased person's last place of residence
  • for naturalized citizens: naturalization certificate

It may also be necessary to submit further documents. Therefore, please enquire in advance at the relevant registry office.

What are the fees?

Fee: 62,00 EUR
Payment in advance: no
Subsequent certification in the death register

Fee: 10,00 EUR
Payment in advance: no
Death certificate / certified printout from the death register

Legal basis

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Technically approved by

Thuringian Ministry of the Interior and Municipal Affairs

Professionally released on

05.12.2023

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)

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Competent Authority

Landeshauptstadt Erfurt, Stadtverwaltung - 32.05.01 Personenstandswesen

Postal address
Bürgermeister-Wagner-Straße 1
99084 Erfurt
Telephone
0361 655-7670
WWW
https://www.erfurt.de/ef/de/rathaus/sv/aemter/stelle-390.htmc
Opening times

Monday 08:00 - 13:00

Tuesday 08:00 - 13:00

Wednesday 08:00 - 13:00