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Other matters of interest : The Death Certificate
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The Births and Deaths Registration Act requires every death to be reported to the Department of Home Affairs. The death notice obtained from the doctor / pathologist needs to be handed in at Home Affairs. Oakleigh provide our families with the service of obtaining the Death Certificate from Home Affairs. Obtaining a death certificate is vital in order to administer the deceased's estate and to proceed with the Cremation or Burial.
The Executor needs to take several copies of the Death Certificate to a police station along with the original, to be stamped and certified by the police. Every instruction given and transaction done on behalf of the deceased, e.g. closing accounts, etc, will need to be accompanied by a certified copy of the death certificate.
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