When a death occurs within North Somerset it must be
registered with the Registration Service normally within five
days.
If you cannot make it to a Register Office in North Somerset you
can register the death by declaration at another Register Office
more convenient to you in England or Wales.
The death must be registered by a qualified informant - this is
usually someone related to the deceased by blood or marriage.
Your declaration will then be sent to our offices where we
will register the death for you.
You should contact the Register Office where you plan to make the
declaration and tell them where the death occurred.
They will then contact the Registration Service in North
Somerset for information to help complete the
declaration.
More time should be allowed for funerals when following this
process to allow for the burial or cremation documents to reach
you.
If a death ocurrs outside North Somerset a qualified
informant can give the information about the death to the
North Somerset Registration Service who will pass it on to the
district where the death occurred.
The death certificate will then be sent to you by post by
the relevant Registration Service. This is called registration by
declaration.
The information provided in this section is for guidance only
and is not a full expression of the law.
For more information contact our
Registration
Service.
