Organization : Government of Goa
Facility : Procedure for Obtaining Death Certificate
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Death Certificate :
Obtain Death Certificate :
Procedure :
** The applicant can put up his/her application for registering death and obtaining Death Certificate at the e-Suvidha Centres situated in the Offices of Sub-Divisional Magistrates where the applicant permanently resides in on any working day. The applicant is given an Acknowledgement Receipt for the same that indicates a Delivery Date for his/her Certificate.
** Alternatively, the applicant may also apply to the Block Development Officer, Executive Officers of Nagar Panchayat, Executive Officer of Agartala Municipality or Medical Superintendent/of State/District/Sub-Divisional Hospitals as applicable, to obtain death registration and certificates.
** For delayed registration, the issuing authority, at his discretion may initiate Field Enquiry by the relevant Tehsil/Revenue Inspector/Deputy Collector & Magistrate on the merit of the application. After proper verification, the respective authorities would issue the death certificate to the applicant.
Registration of Death of missing persons :
Ordinarily, a person unheard of for the period of seven years shall be presumed as dead. The presumption of death and place of occurrence is determined by the competent court/authority on the basis of oral and documentary evidence and the date and place determined by the Court in a declaratory suit is relied upon.
Concerned Department :
In Goa, the District Magistrate and Collectors have been designated as District Registrars for Death and the Sub-Divisional Magistrates/Block Development Officers have been designated as Additional Registrar of Death.
In addition, the Executive Officers of Agartala Municipality/Nagar Panchayats and Incharges of State/District/Sub-Divisional Hospitals have also been notified as the Registrars of Death and Officers issuing Death certificate.
The different bodies in the state for death registration are :
** e-Suvidha Centres in the Office of the Sub-Divisional Magistrates 15
** Municipality 1 and Nagar Panchayats 13 Rural Development Blocks 40
** State, District and Sub-Divisional Hospitals 15
Necessary Documents :
The following indicative list of documents may qualify to substantiate the applicant’s claim for registering death and obtaining a certificate :
** Citizenship of any one parent [mandatory]
** Certificate of Pradhan
** Certificate of Doctor/Hospital Discharge Certificate
** Tehshil enquiry
In case of delayed registration, an affidavit from judicial magistrate indicating the date and place of death is also required.