Death registration

Reception hours:

Monday 8.15 - 18.00
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 8.15 - 17.00
Friday 8.15 - 16.00 New! There is no reception on 4  March  and on 17 March 2010. We apologize because of the unpleasantnesses which are caused because we are closed on these days.

Tallinn, Pärnu mnt 67
Information 6 457 493

Deaths are registered at the vital statistics office of the last residence or place of death of the deceased person.

The vital statistics office of the location of the court registers a death on the basis of a court order establishing the fact of the death and declaring the person to be dead.

For death registration must be submitted medical death certificate or court order establishing the fact of the death and identity documents of the deceased person (passport or identification card).

After death registration You will receive death certificate.

Funeral allowances: Tallinn Pension Board, Pronksi 12, telephone 6 975 100

Who can submit an application to a vital statistics office for death registration?

The spouse, a relative, relative by marriage or another person who lived with the deceased person and, in the absence of such persons, the head of a medical institution, police officer or other official shall submit an application to a vital statistics office for death registration.

How soon must death be registered?

A death shall be registered within three days after the date of death of the person or the finding of the deceased person.