Deaths in the DEVON DISTRICT may be registered at any of the following offices. Deaths in the WEST DORSET DISTRICT may be Information Needed registered at any of the following offices. An appointment must be made by telephoning to Register a Death An appointment must be made by telephoning 0345 155 1002 Monday to Friday 01305 225153 8.00am - 8.00pm Monday to Thursday Saturday 9.00am - 5.00pm Matthew Lucas 9.00am - 1.00pm Friday 9.00am - 5.45pm Saturday Down House HONITON 9.00am - 4.45pm Widcombe Street East Devon Business Centre, Heathpark Way Poundbury Heathpark, Honiton, EX14 1SF Monday to Friday BRIDPORT Dorchester 10.00am - 1.00pm and 2.00pm - 4.00pm Bridport Town Council, Mountfield, Rax Lane Dorset Bridport, DT6 3JP DT1 3BS Monday EXETER 1.15pm - 3.45pm Larkbeare House, Topsham Road Wednesday 01305 753533 Exeter, EX2 4NG 10.00am - 3.45pm Monday to Thursday Friday 9 00am - 4.30pm 12.15pm - 3.15pm Friday 9.00am - 4.00pm DORCHESTER Dorset History Centre, Bridport Road Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1RP Monday - Friday 9.15am - 1.00pm and 2.00pm - 5.00pm

For deaths occurring in Somerset: WEYMOUTH TAUNTON 45 Dorchester Road, Weymouth, DT4 7JT The Old Municipal Buildings, Monday - Friday Corporation Street, Taunton, TA1 4AQ 9.15am - 1.00pm and 2.00pm - 5.00pm Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.30pm Independent Family www.funeraldirectors.uk.com Funeral Directors & Monumental Masons TELL US ONCE INFORMATION NEEDED TO REGISTER A DEATH ITEMS TO TAKE WITH YOU When someone has died their death needs to be The Doctors Certificate (otherwise known as the registered with the Registrar. Once the registration has FULL NAMES: taken place, several other organisations may have to be Medical Certificate of Cause of Death) contacted and given the same information. DATE OF DEATH: If a Post Mortem was required, the relevant PLACE OF DEATH: There is a service to help you give the information to the certificate will have been sent direct to the Department of Works and Pensions. They then pass it on Registrar by the Coroner. to a number of other government departments and local LAST ADDRESS: authority services. It is always useful (but not essential) to take the deceased’s Birth and Marriage Certificates, as How to contact this service DATE OF BIRTH: these can be shown to the Registrar, who can take  In person: If you would like to talk to an advisor, PLACE OF BIRTH: the majority of the relevant information from you may do so after you have registered the death. Further information will be given to you when you them and thus ease the procedure. call to make your appointment with the Registrar. MARITAL STATUS:  By telephone: If you would like to speak to some- The Registrar will ask for:- one on the telephone, please call the DW&P on MAIDEN NAME: The deceased’s medical card or 0800 085 7308 after you have registered the death. OCCUPATION: NHS Number The lines are open Mon-Fri 8am-8pm. This number SPOUSE’S FULL NAME AND is free to call from a BT landline but other providers OCCUPATION (if applicable): COPY DEATH CERTIFICATES may charge you. are available from the Registrar at £4.00 per copy Who they can give information to: They will contact the following organisations, if required: The person registering must take proof  Department for Work and Pensions When someone dies, the doctor who was treating them will of their identification  The Pension Service issue a medical certificate of cause of death. This certificate  Disability and Carers Service must be handed to the Registrar.  Jobcentre Plus WHAT THE REGISTRAR WILL GIVE YOU  HM Revenue & Customs (Child Benefit/Tax Credits) Occasionally, if the death was sudden or the doctor treating  Identity and Passport Service the deceased is unavailable, it may not be possible for a A GREEN CERTIFICATE  Housing Benefit Office / Council Tax Benefit Office medical certificate of cause of death to be issued. If this (the Registrar’s Certificate for Burial or Cremation) happens, the death will have to be reported to the coroner The service can also contact the following organisations: which may lead to a delay in registering the death. This needs to be handed to the Funeral Director as  Council Housing / Council Tax soon as possible.  Blue Badges Ideally, the death should be registered at a Registration (this form is not issued if a Post Mortem was held  Adult & Children’s Services Office in the District it occurred. However, for those who and the Funeral is a Cremation)  Children’s Services do not live nearby it is possible to register in another area  Collection of payment for council services by ‘declaration.’ This process can take a few extra days  Electoral Services than usual and is more complicated but we will advise you A WHITE FORM (BD8)  The DVLA through all the necessary steps. To complete and send to the Department for Work This service requires & Pensions either to claim any unpaid Pensions or the Deceased’s National Insurance Number to claim Widows Benefit (please note it is not necessary ______to send this form if you have informed ‘Tell Us Once’).