{"id":17488,"date":"2019-08-11T04:48:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T04:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/?p=17488"},"modified":"2019-08-13T06:49:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T05:49:08","slug":"how-to-get-a-death-certificate-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/how-to-get-a-death-certificate-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get a Death Certificate in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Nigeria, the National Population Commission is saddled with the responsibility of registering and issuing of death certificate in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Any person who dies in Nigeria is eligible to be registered and this serves as the official and permanent record of the deceased by the State.<\/p>\n<p>A death certificate is then issued to serve as proof of registration of the death.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Conditions for the Registration of Death in Nigeria<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The death must be registered by the registrar of birth and death in the area where death took place<\/li>\n<li>An applicant must have proof of death<\/li>\n<li>An applicant must be a blood relative of the deceased<\/li>\n<li>Death must be reported within seven (7) days from date of death<\/li>\n<li>Death reported after thirty (30) days from date of death and within twelve (12) months may be registered at a fee as may be prescribed by the commission<\/li>\n<li>Death reported after twelve (12) months from date of death can only be registered with written authority of the Deputy Chief Registrar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Procedure for Obtaining Death Certificate in Nigeria<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>A death certificate obtained from the health institution where the death occurred is gotten. If the death occurred outside a health institution, there will be need to apply for one at a hospital.<\/li>\n<li>The certificate obtained above is then taken by the relatively authorized person to the registrar of birth and death in any designated registration centre<\/li>\n<li>The following are the necessary information needed in order to get a death certificate:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>An application for a death certificate<\/li>\n<li>The name of person reporting death<\/li>\n<li>The name of the deceased person<\/li>\n<li>The date and place of birth of the deceased person<\/li>\n<li>The age, sex and marital status of the deceased person at the time of death<\/li>\n<li>The time and date of death of the deceased<\/li>\n<li>The Place of death<\/li>\n<li>The cause of death<\/li>\n<li>Details of dependants left behind (Spouse and children)<\/li>\n<li>Identification documents of applicant<\/li>\n<li>Copy of identification documents of the deceased<\/li>\n<li>Death certificate issued by the hospital<\/li>\n<li>Proof that the deceased is a blood relative<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Upon receipt of an application, the death details as well as the cause of death will be documented and a certificate issued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Nigeria, the National Population Commission is saddled with the responsibility of registering and issuing of death certificate in Nigeria. &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"How to Get a Death Certificate in Nigeria\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/how-to-get-a-death-certificate-in-nigeria\/#more-17488\" aria-label=\"More on How to Get a Death Certificate in Nigeria\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2143,41],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6w1sx-4y4","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20014,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17488\/revisions\/20014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerianfinder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}