Maharashtra - Correct or Update a Death Certificate

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Procedure

Apply In-Person

1. Applicants must visit the office of Registrar (Birth and Death) of the Municipality/Panchayat/Notified Area Committee assigned to your area in order to correct or update a death certificate.
2. Here is the link with the contact and address details of the Municipal corporations in Maharashtra: Contact link
3. Collect the ‘Death Certificate Update/Correction’ form from the office of the registrar and fill it completely.
4. Now complete the form with the necessary information and make sure you have all the documents in hand that are listed under the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. After filling the form, attach the documents mentioned in the required documents section below with the completed application form.
6. Check the application form and then submit it to the concerned authority.
7. Now pay the required application fee to the concerned authority.
8. The registrar after validating the application form and the documents will provide you with an acknowledgement/receiving slip.
9. Collect the acknowledgement/receiving slip and keep it safe for future reference.
10. The application will be processed further by the concerned department.
11. Once it is processed, and the updated/corrected death certificate is ready, the applicant will receive an SMS or call on the registered mobile number to collect the certificate.
12. The applicant will be required to carry the acknowledgement/receiving slip along with them when going to collect the updated/corrected certificate from the office of the registrar.

Apply In-Person (Via Aaple Sarkar Sewa Kendra)

1. Applicants can also visit the nearest Aaple Sarkar Sewa Kendra for updation/correction of the death certificate. Find out your nearest Aaple Sarkar Sewa Kendra: Contact link. Select the District and Taluka from the respective drop-down list and click the “Proceed” button to get the list of Aaple Sarkar Sewa Kendras.
2. Collect the ‘Death certificate updation/correction’ form from the Aaple Sarkar Sewa Kendra and fill it completely.
3. After filling the form, attach the documents mentioned in the required documents section below with the completed application form and then submit it to the Aaple Sarkar Sewa Kendra officer.
4. Pay the application fee to the Aaple Sarkar Sewa Kendra officer.
5. Next, the Aaple Sarkar Sewa Kendra officer will fill up the application form on your behalf and submit it.
6. After successful submission of the application form, the Aaple Sarkar Sewa Kendra officer will provide you with an application number as an acknowledgement.
7. Write down the application number and keep it safe for future reference.
8. The application will be processed further by the concerned department.
9. Once it is processed, and the updated/corrected death certificate is ready, the applicant will receive an SMS or call on the registered mobile number to collect the certificate.
10. The applicant will be required to tell the application number while collecting the updated/corrected certificate from the Aaple Sarkar Sewa Kendra.

Note:

• The Aaple Sarkar Portal Link, Pune Municipal Corporation Connect Portal Link by the government of Maharashtra does not provide the death certificate updation/correction facility. Applicants can only apply for the death certificate through the portal.
• Carry the original documents while visiting the office of the registrar (Birth and Death) to apply for updation/correction of the death certificate.

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Required Documents

• Application form
• Application letter
• 3 Affidavit (Applicant and 2 Witness). Notary affidavit of INR 10 Non-Judicial Stamp paper
• Copy of the original death certificate
• In case of Medico-legal cases for death events, a certificate from the concerned police authority is a must along with FIR and postmortem report
• Copy of ID proofs such as Voter ID, PAN card, Aadhaar card, Passport, Driving license, Ration card, Marriage certificates supporting the request for updation/correction of certificate
• A letter from the hospital authorities where death has occurred.

Office Locations & Contacts

• Contact and address of the Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
• Contact and address of the Pune Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
• Contact and address of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
• Contact and address of the Thane Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
• Contact and address of the Nashik Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
• Contact and address of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
• Contact and address of the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
• Contact and address of the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
• Contact and address of the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
• Contact and address of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation: [Scroll down to the lower right-hand side of the webpage for address
  
• Contact and address of the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
• Contact and address of the Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
• Contact and address of the Amravati Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
• Contact and address of the Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
• Contact and address of the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
• Contact and address of the Akola Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
• Contact and address of the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
• Contact and address of the Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
• Contact and address of the Jalgaon Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
• Contact and address of the Latur Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
• Contact and address of the Dhule Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
• Contact and address of the Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
• Contact and address of the Parbhani Municipal Corporation: Contact link
  
  

Solarpur Municipal Corporation
Indrabhuwan,
Ambedkar Chowk,
Railway Line,
Solapur,
Maharashtra 413001
Link: Contact link
Contact and address of Aaple Sarkar Sewa Kendra: link. Select the District and Taluka from the respective drop-down list and click ‘Proceed’ to get the list of Aaple Sarkar Sewa Kendras.

Eligibility

• Parents, Children, or relatives of the deceased.
• A death certificate will be issued to any citizen or any foreigner's legal heir, the death of whose relative takes place in the State.

Fees

• Application fee details shall be provided by the concerned authority.

Validity

• A death certificate is valid forever.

Documents to Use

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

• The time taken to update/correct the death certificate is 15 days.

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Instructions

The death certificate can be updated by the parents, children, spouse, relatives, or legal heirs of the deceased in case there is a mistake in the following details:

• Name of the Deceased
• Father’s / mother’s/ husband’s / wife’s name of the deceased
• Address at the Time of Death
• Place of Death
• Date of death
• Death Certificate Issuance Date
• Registration Office
• Registration Number
• Date of Registration
• District
• Tehsil

Required Information

• Date of death
• Sex
• Name of deceased
• Name of the deceased’s father
• Name of the deceased’s mother
• Name of the deceased’s husband/wife
• Age of the deceased
• Aadhaar No of the deceased
• Aadhaar No of deceased’s father
• Aadhaar No of deceased’s mother
• Aadhaar No of deceased’s husband/wife
• Address of the deceased
• Place of Death

Need for the Document

• According to the Registration of Births and Death Act 1969, it is mandatory to register every death with the state government within 21 days of occurrence.
• A death certificate is used in various social, legal, and, official obligations such as
  • Closing bank A/c
  • Claiming insurance
  • Selling or Claiming properties (such as a car, house, etc.) of the deceased
  • Claiming investments ( such as mutual funds, FDs, RDs, EPF, PPF, etc) of the deceased
  • A death certificate is an important official document issued for the purpose of settlement of all the belongings and benefits of the deceased individual to the relatives
• A death certificate is required to apply for a succession certificate, family certificate, etc.

Information which might help

• In case the death is not reported within 21 days, permission has to be obtained from the Registrar/Area Magistrate by paying the prescribed fee for late registration and can get the death certificate.
• If the death is reported within 21 days of occurrence, you can obtain a free copy of the death certificate/extract after verification.
• If the death occurs in a medical institution, it will be intimated for registration by the institution directly to the registering authority

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

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Others

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