Deaths which happened in the East Riding of Yorkshire may be registered at any of the registration offices in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Find your nearest registration office.
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A death should be registered within five days unless the coroner is involved, the
appointment takes about 30 minutes.
If the coroner is involved it can take between 1 day and one year to register.
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If the person died in a house or hospital, the death can be registered by:
- a relative
- someone who was present at the death
- someone who was living in the house
- an official person from the hospital
- the person making the arrangements with the funeral directors
Deaths that happened anywhere else can be registered by:
- a relative
- someone who was present at the death
- the person who found the body
- the person making the arrangements with the funeral directors
Most deaths are registered by a relative. The registrar would normally only allow
other people if there are no relatives available.
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The following information will be required:
- a medical certificate of death issued by a doctor (unless there has been a
coroner's post mortem)
- when and where the death happened
- full name and address of the person who has died (the deceased).
- maiden name if the deceased was a married women
- full name and occupation of husband/wife or civil partner of the deceased
- date and place of birth of the deceased
- occupation of the deceased
- you will also be asked if the deceased was receiving any pension/s from any
government department.
- if possible either the medical card or the national health service (NHS)
number of the deceased
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All death registrations will be carried out in private interview rooms. The registrar will enter details onto the computer and print out the register page A green form will be issued by the registrar or, in some circumstances another form may be issued by the coroner. This form should be taken to the funeral director to enable the funeral to be arranged.
A registration or notification of death form will also be issued for social security
purposes. This form should be completed and returned to any local Department of
Work and Pensions as soon as possible. It is sometimes necessary to obtain a copy death certificate from the registrar; this is a certified copy of the information held in the register. The registration usually takes about 30 minutes.
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There is no charge for registering a death. Forms will be given to you for use by the
funeral director and the Department of Work and Pensions. You may purchase copies of the register entry.
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The coroner is a doctor/lawyer who has responsibility for investigating deaths occurring in particular situations. A coroner can arrange for a post-mortem examination of the body. An judicial investigation is often conducted which is a legal inquiry into the causes and circumstances of a death.
A coroner is responsible for:
- investigating human deaths
- determining a cause of death
- issuing death certificates
- maintaining death records
- responding to deaths in mass disasters
- identifying unknown dead
- other functions depending on local laws
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There are a number of reasons why a death might have to be reported to the
Coroner. It may be because:
- there was no doctor treating the deceased during the last illness
and therefore there is no doctor who is legally qualified to issue a medical
certificate of the cause of death
- the doctor certifying the death has not seen the deceased after
the death or within 14 days of the death
- the death was the result of an accident, injury, self neglect,
occurred during an operation or was the result of an industrial disease related
to the deceased's occupation
In all these circumstances the registrar is legally required to report the death to the coroner in order to properly establish the cause of death. The registrar
cannot register until the coroner has notified the registrar.
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It's helpful for someone to come with the person to the registration office to act as
interpreter. However, the person must register the death personally. The helper/interpreter cannot register the death.
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Tell Us Once is delivered through registration service and provides customers with the opportunity to share information about the death with other government and local council services at the same time as completing the registration.
This can be done face to face during the registration appointment, or over the telephone at a more convenient time. When someone has died, their death must be registered with the registrar. Once that’s done several other organisations may have to be contacted and given the same information. We can help by giving the information to the Department for Work and Pensions and they can pass on this information to a number of other government departments and local council services on your behalf.
If you wish to use this service please bring to the registration national insurance numbers for the deceased and any surviving spouse, if applicable and any passports, driving licence or blue badge that belonged to the deceased.
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Yes. You can order a copy death certificateonline.
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Death certificatesare available at a cost of £4 each at the time of the registration and after that at a cost of £10.00 whilst the register remains in use (current). You may need several depending on how complicated the deceased person’s affairs were. Photocopies will not be acceptable by institutions.
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