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Name of the Organization : Registrar General’s Department
Type of Facility : Apply For Death Certificate
Country : Jamaica
Official Website : http://www.rgd.gov.jm/

RGD Jamaica Death Certificate

With respect to registration, it is necessary to classify deaths as natural, sudden or violent. Natural deaths are those where the deceased was being attended to regularly by a medical doctor (within at least three months of death) and where the cause of death is not under reasonable doubt by the medical doctor.

Related : Registrar General’s Department Jamaica Birth/Death/Marriage Application Status Check : www.statusin.org/4575.html

Sudden deaths are those for which the deceased was not under the care of a medical doctor within three months of death and/or whose cause of death is under any suspicion of foul play. Violent deaths, as the name suggests are those that occurred under violent circumstances.

All deaths require either one of the following to be completed and certified by a medical doctor, medical officer or pathologist :
** Medical Certificate of the Cause of Death
** Post Mortem Examination Report
** Certificate of Coroner (Form D)
** Coroner’s Certificate of Finding of Jury (Form E)

How To Apply

Please have the following information ready to complete your online Death application form :
** Name of deceased
** Sex of Deceased : Male or
** Date of Death
** Date of Registration
** Death Entry Number
** Cause of Death
** Place, Parish and District of Death and Registration

Contact Us :
Address : Twickenham Park, St. Catherine
Telephone : 876-749-0550 | 876-619-1260
Email : information [AT] rgd.gov.jm

FAQs

How do I go about registering a death?
In the case of a death from natural causes the death must registered five days after the person has died. However you may send the Local District Registrar a written notice that the person has died along with the medical certificate of the cause of death received from the attending doctor within fourteen days after the death.

In the case of sudden and/or violent death contact the nearest police station if the person was not under a doctor’s care or if foul play is suspected. A post mortem or autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death .The police will issue an order burial (pink paper) this not a registration!!

Deaths are registered from :
** Medical Certificate of the Cause of Death
** Post Mortem Examination Report
** Coroners Certificate of finding of Jury
** Certificate of Coroner

What do I do when in response to my application I receive the certificate and I suspect that the information on it is “incorrect?”
** You should return all the certificates that were printed and delivered to you.
** A receipt will be issued to validate that you have returned all copies.

** Internal checks will be done at our offices to determine whether or not the error was on the Agency’s part.
** If the error was a fault of the Agency your certificates will be corrected, reprinted and delivered within 10 days at no cost to you.

** If not, you will be required to do a Correction of Error. This corrects errors of fact such as place of birth, name and parents’ particulars.