Apply In-Person:

1. The relatives, acquaintance of the missing person, shall approach the police station to get information about unidentified dead bodies.
2. Please visit the respective office.
3. Meet the respective authority at the office and consult with them about the process to get information about unidentified dead bodies.
4. As advised, please write an application on a plain A4 sheet or collect the form (if any) from the concerned authority.
5. Once the complaint is ready, please attach the required documents as per the “Required Documents” section of this page and submit it to the designated receiving authority.
6. This request will be processed further. As the required details will be digitally available, the authorities will try to find the matching details from the database.
7. This complaint or request can be processed immediately. Based on the matching data, the information recorded can be provided.
8. In case the matching data is not availed, the application will be recorded in the office to cross-check for any matching data in near future.
9. The whole process can be completed in same day or as per the timeline provided by the authorities.
10. Fee related information is provided under the “Fees” section of this page.
    

Please select the state name for respective State Procedure.

1. Andaman and Nicobar
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Arunachal Pradesh
4. Assam
5. Bihar
6. Chandigarh
7. Chhattisgarh
8. Daman and Diu
9. Goa
10. Gujarat
11. Haryana
12. Himachal Pradesh
13. Jammu and Kashmir
14. Jharkhand
15. Karnataka
16. Kerala
17. Ladakh
18. Lakshadweep
19. Madhya Pradesh
20. Maharashtra
21. Manipur
22. Meghalaya
23. Mizoram
24. Nagaland
25. New Delhi
26. Odisha
27. Puducherry
28. Punjab
29. Rajasthan
30. Sikkim
31. Tamil Nadu
32. Tripura
33. Uttar Pradesh
34. Uttarakhand
35. West Bengal

• A written complaint (if the complaint form is available in the police station, then make use of it)
• Applicant’s proof of address (Ration card / Bank pass book / Telephone bill / Aadhaar card)
• Applicant’s proof of identity (Voter ID / Passport / Aadhaar card / Driving licence)
• Photo of the missing person (the latest one before missing)
• Aadhaar card
• Additional documents (if any)
  

Note:Apart from the above documents, authorities may ask for additional information or documents. Please provide them for processing.

Office of the joint commissioner of police: licensing,
First floor of Police Station Defence Colony,
Near Moolchand Hospital,
New Delhi -110049.
Phone: 011-26262260
Contact link

• The applicant should be a citizen of India.
  
• Those who are 18 years and above are eligible to apply.
  
• The relatives, acquaintance of the missing person are eligible.
  

This service is offered free of cost. But, the applicant has to pay the charges (if any) as per authorities quote while applying.

The information obtained itself is valid for the purpose for which it was obtained and doesn’t warrant any validity with respect to period.

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• The complaint registration is instant.
  
• The processing may not take more than a day or as per the timeline provided by the respective police station authorities.
  

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• A dead body should only be released when identification is certain.
  
• Don’t forget to take all the originals of the document along with a copy for filing the complaint.
  
• Incomplete application will be rejected.
  
• Avoid spelling mistakes while filling the application form.
  
• Please find the missing persons squad/desk in police stations for clarification.
  

• Name of the complainant
• Name of the missing person
• Age of the missing person
• Gender of the missing person
• Address of the complainant and missing person
• Father's Name of complainant and missing person
• Email ID
• Mobile number
• Aadhaar card number
• District name
• Date of the earlier complaint registered
• FIR number or any other details as appropriate for the acknowledgement of submission of complaint
• Date of complaint
• Mobile number
• Email ID
  

This process is helpful for the relatives, acquaintance of the missing person to clarify if there is any matching person identity is found.

• While registering a complaint about a missing person, the complainant should clearly mention the date and the probable time the victim was missing. Also, the details of the missing person including name, parentage, age, height, complexion, sex, clothes worn and any special mark of identification etc.
  
• Apart from making a complaint, the complainant shall also publish an advertisement in a local newspaper about such person mentioning his particulars and identification marks, along with his/her photograph.
  
• Nowadays, social media platforms and radio/FM can also be useful to find such person.
  

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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More information which might help people.