Death

Who can request the death certificate / death extract / multilingual extract / full copy of the death certificate?

The death certificate, the death extract and the multilingual extract can be requested by anyone in any Italian municipality, provided that they know the personal data of the person on whom they intend to obtain the document and provided that the death of the aforementioned person has been registered in an Italian municipality.

The complete copy of the death certificate, however, can be issued only to a relative, or in any case a person who has a legally relevant interest. The complete copy of the death certificate can be issued by anyone who has an interest only after 70 years have passed from the formation of the death certificate.

To obtain such documents, you must be delegated by a relative, or in any case by a person who has a legally relevant interest.

The delegation form will be sent by email after the order is completed

To request a death certificate/death extract/multilingual extract/full copy of the death certificate, you only need to fill in the form by entering the following information:

• Name;
• Surname;
• Date of death;
• Municipality and Province of death.

What does the death certificate contain?

The data contained in the death certificate are:

• Name and Surname of the deceased;
• Date of death of the deceased;
• Place of death of the deceased;
• Registration number of the death certificate from which the death results.

The death certificate is the declaration of the public official in which he certifies the death of a natural person in a specific Italian municipality.

The document (death certificate) has value of truthfulness and regularity of the information contained therein as it is signed by the municipal official and has unlimited value throughout the national territory.

What does the death extract contain?

The data contained in the death certificate are:

• Name Surname of the deceased;
• Date of death;
• Place of death;
• Registration number of the death certificate from which the death results.
• Parental status of the deceased (e.g. spouse Tizia, son Caio)

What data does the multilingual extract contain?

The data contained in the multilingual death certificate are:

• Name and Surname of the deceased;
• Date of death;
• Place of death;
• Registration number of the death certificate from which the death results.
• Parental status of the deceased (e.g. spouse Tizia, son Caio)

The only difference with the “Italian” death certificate is that the multilingual certificate is drawn up by the municipality according to a “standard” model, valid and recognized in all countries that have adhered to the Vienna Convention of '76, namely: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, Germany, Croatia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey. It does not require translation.

What does the full copy of the death certificate contain?

The full copy of the death certificate is a photocopy of the original death certificate drawn up directly by the civil status officer of the municipality where the death occurred at the time of the "declaration of death". The data contained in the full copy of the death certificate are:

• Name,
• Surname,
• Place of death,
• Date of death,
• Residence of the deceased,
• Citizenship of the deceased;
• Relatives (including possibly deceased) of the deceased,
• Personal details of the person who declared the death of the deceased.

When to request a death certificate/death extract/multilingual extract/full copy of the death certificate.

To request a death certificate/death extract/multilingual extract/full copy you need to:

to establish the opening of a succession;

requesting the death certificate / death extract / multilingual extract / full copy is useful:

to obtain social security services;

for the decommissioning of domestic utilities;

whenever an official certification of the death of a physical subject is requested.

Processing times

The processing times via EMAIL of our certificates are:

- Approximately 3/7 working days for documents processed urgently (we recommend contacting us to confirm processing times before choosing urgency);

- approximately 15 working days for non-urgent and non-apostilled certificates;

- Approximately 40 working days for certificates with apostille.

ps the days are calculated from the day following the day of receipt of the delegation.

The delivery of the document in PAPER format is managed by DHL or Poste Italiane, therefore, we do not assume any responsibility in case of delay or loss of the shipment of the document.