What to Do after Death:
A
PRACTICAL GUIDE
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Summary
of forms and certificates:
Listed
below are some of the forms and certificates you will be given
by the doctor and Coroner.
The list explains when and where you get each form.
| When
registering a death |
You
will usually get a |
From |
| In
all cases |
Formal
notice |
The
doctor |
| If
the death is not referred to a coroner. |
Medical
certificate |
The
doctor |
| If
the death is referred to a coroner but there is no inquest. |
Notification
by the coroner (the pink form/form 100) |
The
coroner (usually
Sent direct to the
Registrar but you may be asked to
Deliver it)
|
| If
there is an inquest and the body is to be buried. |
Order
for burial (form 101) |
The
coroner |
| If
there is a post-mortem or an inquest and the body is to be
cremated. |
Certificate
for cremation (form E) |
The
coroner |
| If
the body is to be moved out of England or Wales. |
Removal
notice (form 104) |
The
coroner |
Summary of forms and certificates
Listed below are some of the forms and certificates you will be
given when registering a death. The list explains when and where
you get each form.
| When
registering a death |
You
will usually get a |
From |
| If no coroner has issued a certificate E for cremation or
a burial order. |
Certificate for burial or cremation (the green form) |
The registrar |
| If social security needs to know about the death |
Certificate of registration of death (form BD8 rev) |
The registrar |
| If you need any for obtaining probate, pension
claims insurance policies, savings certificates and premium. |
Death certificate(s) |
The registrar |
Burial:
Find
out if the person who died had already arranged a grave space
in a churchyard or cemetery, by checking the will and looking
through their papers.
The
Church of England has set fees for burial and a funeral service
and set fees if the chaplain to the cemetery or crematorium takes
the service. There are extra fees for an organist, choir, church
heating and the erection of a headstone. The costs may be higher
for the burial of someone who did not live in the parish.
