Bulgaria - Obtain a Death Certificate

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Procedure

A death certificate is issued in the place where the death occurred due to the fact that records of civil status are kept there. For example a person can have a permanent address in Sofia but if he/she died during a vacation in Varna, then the death certificate must be issued in Varna.

A death notice is issued by the GP or hospital / depending on where the death occurred.

It is free of charge and the GP is obliged to issue it.For this purpose the identity card of the deceased must be provided. According to the Civil Registration Act a death certificate is drawn not later than 48 hours after death, based on a death notification issued by a competent medical person.

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Required Documents

1. An application form.
2. A notification of death
3. An identity card of the applicant.
4. An identity document of the person declared death(a passport for persons over 70 years old who do not have an ID card).

Office Locations & Contacts

Office Locations : http://www.namrb.org/?id=33

Eligibility

Before issuing a death certificate, the authorities usually require a certificate from a physician or coroner to validate the cause of death and the identity of the deceased.

Fees

The issuance of a death certificate is free of charge

Validity

The death certificate has no expiration date and can be stored in the municipality for up to 130 years.

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Processing Time

The death certificate must be issued no later than 48 days after the death.

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Instructions

Often people do not make a difference between notice of death and death certificate. A death notice-it is issued by the GP who established the death, or by the hospital in which it occurred. This document is needed in order to be issued a death certificate. The excerpt of the death certificate constitutes permission for the burial of the deceased person.

Required Information

In order a death certificate to be obtained the following information should be provided to the municipality-the date and time of the death, identity document of the person declared dead, identity document of the applicant.

Need for the Document

Death certificate - this is the official document that is issued after the death of the person. It is issued on the basis of a report of death and it is necessary to submit the personal documents of the deceased - identity card or passport. After issuing the death certificate, the personal documents are submitted to the municipality together with the death notice and are kept there. To the relatives of the deceased is issued excerpt from death certificate, which become an official document for them.They can use it in sharing and settlement of the estate of the late, and before banks,the social security administration and etc.

Information which might help

If you want to obtain a death certificate for a second and subsequent time, it is recommended that you check exactly what year and on what date the person died because if you dont know this will hinder the municipal employees.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

After the death of an insured person, their spouse, children and parents have the right to a death benefit payable in a lump sum and the equivalent of two month's wages. The following documents must be presented to the local office of the National Social Security Institute:

• An application form
• Applicants identification card
• An heir certificate
• Photocopy of the death certificate
  

The heirs also fill in a form, certifying their personal bank accounts to which the proportionate sum will be transferred to each one of them.

External Links

http://bulgaria.angloinfo.com/money/social-security/death-benefit/
http://www.kavarna.bg/index.php?do=81&id=376&lang=en

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