Registration and issuance of the secure death certificate

Document attesting to a person's death.

Death not attested by a healthcare worker (typically deaths at home)

• Death confirmation attestation + Death declaration form (collected at the borough of the place of death)
• Any document bearing the deceased's NPI (if they had completed RAVIP)
• Any document bearing the applicant's NPI
• Secure marriage certificate if the deceased was married.

Death attested by a healthcare worker

• Death certificate + Death declaration form (issued by the hospital)
• Any document bearing the deceased's NPI if they had completed RAVIP
• Any document bearing the applicant's NPI
• Secure marriage certificate if the deceased was married.

This service is governed by the following texts:

• Law no. 2002-07 of 24 August 2004 on the Code of Persons and the Family
• Law no. 2021-13 of 20 December 2021 amending and supplementing law no. 2002-07 of 24 August 2004 on the code of persons and the family
• Decree 2018-471 of 10 October 2018 defining the procedures and operation of the administrative framework for derogatory civil-status registration and setting the rules for dematerialisation of records
• Decree no. 2019-072 of 06 March 2019 amending articles 2, 3, 4 and 5 of decree no. 2018-471 of 10 October 2018 defining the procedures and operation of the administrative framework for derogatory civil-status registration and setting the rules for dematerialisation of records
• Decree no. 2025-679 of 29 October 2025 defining the practical procedures for derogatory civil-status registration of births of children aged thirteen (13) and under and of deaths.