Registry General Bermuda : Apply For Death Certificate

Organization : Registry General
Type of Facility : Apply For Death Certificate
Country: Bermuda

Website : http://www.registrygeneral.gov.bm/

Registry General Apply For Death Certificate

Notice of Death:
The Registry General is notified of a death when it receives a “Notice of Death – Form E” from a medical practitioner or the Coroner. The particulars pertaining to the death are entered into the Death Register.

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If a Death Certificate is required one must order it from the Registry General. For new deaths, loved ones can request death certificates from the undertaker who will in turn order the Death Certificates from the Registry General.

For new deaths, a Death Certificate will be processed in 10 working days of receipt of the completed “Notice of Death – Form E” from the undertaker or coroner. For previously registered deaths, a certificate will be processed within 2 working days. Urgent requests for Death Certificates are processed in less than 2 working days for an additional fee.

Members of the public may search the death records at our Public Search Facility on payment of an hourly fee.

Death registrations are governed by the Registration (Births and Deaths) Act 1949. Copies of this legislation are available at the Department of Communications and Information, Global House, Church Street, Hamilton for a nominal fee OR from Bermuda Laws Online.

Marine Deaths:
The Registrar of Shipping provides details for Marine Deaths which are entered in the Register of Marine Deaths kept by the Registry General.

Marine Death Registrations are governed by the Merchant Shipping Act 1979. Copies of this legislation are available at the Department of Communications and Information, Global House, Church Street, Hamilton for a nominal fee OR from Bermuda Laws Online.

Death Certificate Fees:
Death Certificate – $49.00
Death Certificate – Express ** $71.00
Death Certificate (Without Search) $27.00*
Death Certificate (Without Search) Express ** $49.00*

Note:
Please consult the Government Fees Amendment Regulations 2014 for other fees not listed above or call the Registry General.
* Applicable when ordered before or at time of registration OR when registration number has been provided by the customer.
** Applicable when certificates are requested under the standard 2-day production period.
PH Per hour or any part thereof.

Notice of Birth:
Adding a Father’s Name to a Birth Entry

Voluntary:
Where a father’s name is absent from a birth entry and the father wishes to have his name added to that child’s birth entry, he and the child’s mother must make a joint request to the Registrar General to have the father’s name added. Proof of paternity may be required.

Putative:
A putative father in a paternity suit is the person alleged to have fathered the child whose parentage is at issue in the suit. A putative father’s name may be added by order of Court.

Adoptions:
An Adoption Order is made in the Magistrates’ Court, in respect of each child who is adopted in Bermuda. The adoption order is sent to the Registry General for the purpose of recording the adoption in the Adoption Register. Thereafter a certificate of adoption may be obtained on application and payment of the required fee.

The Adoption of Children Act 1963 sets out the process for adoptions. Copies of this legislation are available at the Department of Communications and Information, Global House, Church Street, Hamilton for a nominal fee OR from Bermuda Laws Online.

Contact the Registry General:
In person or by mail:
The Registry General
1st floor
Government Administration Building
30 Parliament Street,
Hamilton HM 12
Bermuda
Phone : (441) 297 7739