A death certificate is one of the most difficult types of document in terms of morale, but you may need it in many cases: formalizing the procedure for accepting an inheritance, traveling abroad with a child if one of the parents has died, or obtaining additional rights for a child, where required the consent of both parents, when applying for social services, benefits, in which the death registration certificate is the basis. It happens that the document may be lost, in such cases it can be obtained at any department of the Civil Registry Office.

!ATTENTION! If the death certificate was obtained in the temporarily occupied territories, then it will not have legal force in Ukraine, even though everything will be filled out on standard forms. It will be impossible to issue an inheritance, an extract from an apartment or payments for organizing a funeral. For all documents, you must contact the offices of the Civil Registry Office in the territories controlled by Ukraine.

First of all, you can contact the nearest branch of the RAGS. Next, you need to write an application for the re-issuance of a death certificate. However, there are some difficulties. To obtain a duplicate document, you must specify good reasons:

1. The original death certificate has been lost or damaged.

2. If the original is with other relatives of the deceased or persons who registered the death, but have no connection with them.

3. When it is necessary to provide a document abroad and in Ukraine, for example, to receive an inheritance.

Also, this document will be required to obtain citizenship in order to prove your belonging through your relatives.

A spouse, children, grandchildren, grandparents, parents, heir can receive a document.

You will need the following documents to obtain a death certificate:

- Passport of the person applying for a duplicate.
- Documents that confirm the relationship or a document that confirms the change in the data of the person who applies.


If you do not have time to obtain a duplicate death certificate or other reasons do not allow you to do this, you can order this service on our website by clicking on this link, and we will restore your death certificate instead of you. In addition, if this document needs to be presented in another country, the company's lawyers will carry out the appropriate procedure for legalizing the document in accordance with the requirements of the relevant foreign state.