From whom can the death certificate / death extract / multilingual extract / full copy of the death certificate be requested?
The death certificate, the death extract and the multilingual extract can be requested by anyone in any Italian municipality, provided that the personal data of the person on whom the document is to be obtained is known and provided that the death of the aforementioned person has been registered and in an Italian municipality.
The complete copy of the death certificate, on the other hand, can only be issued to a relative, or in any case a person who has a legally significant interest. The full copy of the death certificate may be issued by anyone who is interested only after 70 years have passed since the formation of the death certificate.
To obtain these documents you must be delegated by a relative, or in any case by a person who has a legally relevant interest.
The proxy form will be sent via email after completing the order
To request the death certificate/death extract/multilingual extract/full copy of the death certificate, you just need to fill in the form by entering the following information:
- First name;
- Surname;
- Death date;
- 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 is recorded.
The death certificate is the declaration of the public official in which it certifies the death of a natural person in a specific Italian municipality.
The document (death certificate) has the value of truthfulness and regularity of the information contained therein as signed by the municipal official and has unlimited value throughout the national territory.
What does death extract contain
The data contained in the death extract are:
- Name Surname of the deceased;
- Date of death;
- Place of death;
- Registration number of the death certificate from which the death is recorded.
- Parental status of the deceased (e.g. spouse Tizia, son Caio)
What data does the multilingual abstract contain?
The data contained in the multilingual death extract are:
- Name and Surname of the deceased;
- Date of death;
- Place of death;
- Registration number of the death certificate from which the death is recorded.
- Parental status of the deceased (e.g. spouse Tizia, son Caio)
The only difference with the "Italian" death extract is that the multilingual extract is drawn up by the municipality according to a "standard" model, valid and recognized in all the countries that have adhered to the Vienna Convention of '76, namely: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Germany, Croatia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Moldova, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey. It does not need translation.
What does the complete copy of the death certificate contain?
The complete copy of the death certificate is the photocopy of the original death certificate drawn up directly by the registrar of the municipality in which the death occurred at the time of the "declaration of death". The data contained in the complete copy of the death certificate are:
- First name,
- Surname,
- place of death,
- date of death,
- Residence of the deceased,
- Citizenship of the deceased;
- Relatives (even possibly deceased) of the deceased,
- Personality 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.
Requesting the death certificate/death extract/multilingual extract/full copy is necessary:
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 official certification of the death of a physical subject is requested.
Escape times
The processing times for our non-apostilled certificates are approximately 15 working days while they are approximately 40 working days for certificates with apostille and refer only to delivery via email.
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.