One of the most important documents regarding a person who has passed away is their death certificate. How important is a death certificate? A death certificate is always needed to settle estate and will claims. Also, if someone would want to remarry, a death certificate will serve as proof of the dissolution of marriage, allowing the person to remarry.  A death certificate can be obtained only after the death is registered.

How do you register someone’s death? After the death occurs, a physician or coroner will fill out a Medical Certificate of Death and give it to the funeral director. The funeral director and a family member must then complete the Statement of Death form. The funeral director will then submit both the Medical Certificate of Death and the Statement of Death form to the local municipality’s clerk’s office so that the death can be registered. According to the Office of the Registrar General, it takes about 3 months for the death to be registered. You can apply for the death certificate once you receive notice that the death has been registered.

What happens if you need the death certificate quickly? If you must have the death certificate earlier than three months time, you must apply for the Early Registration of Death. What is the Early Registration of Death? This is the process whereby the registering of a death is done quicker. This process can only be done if there is a pressing urgency; this will not be done if someone just wants the process to be expedited.

What counts as a pressing urgency? The validity of the urgency is always left up to the discretion of the Office of the Registrar General. We have found that the following reasons have been accepted as valid for an Early Registration of Death. If you can prove that because of the person’s death there is a pressing urgency to settle any estate claims, this has been seen as a valid reason to qualify for an early registration of death. Also if someone needs to claim a will from a deceased relative, as long as there is sufficient proof of this need, then this has been valid before for an early registration of death.

How can Canadianbirthcertificate.com help? Our firm will analyze your case and make sure that you can qualify for the Early Registration of Death. We would go over all the forms with you, make sure you have the all the necessary documentation ready, and prepare the reason of urgency in a way that gives it the best chance of success. In our experience, we have been able to have the registration done in two weeks and have the certificate in one week.