By Telephone: 

By telephoning (028) 90252000 if you have Visa/Mastercard. You should have your card with you when you ring as we will require your card number and expiry date.


By Fax: 

Fax your completed application form to (028) 90252120. The application form is available to print by clicking here.

By Internet: 

Our online facility is currently unavailable due to essential maintenance.

Please note: When a credit card is used to pay for a certificate the General Register Office can only issue the certificate to the card holder’s address.

How Long Will It Take?

Personal Applications: Ready for collection or posting in THREE working days.
Postal Applications: Processed within SEVEN working days of the application being received.
Telephone Applications: Processed within SEVEN working days of the application being received.
Fax Applications: Processed within SEVEN working days of the application being received.
Priority Applications: Personal applications will be ready within one hour, if the extra fee is paid.

Priority applications received by post, telephone, fax will be issued by first class mail, on the day of receipt provided they are received before 14:30 hours. Applications received after this time will not be processed until the next working day.

How Do I Pay?

Personal Applications: You can pay by cash, cheque (accompanied by a cheque guarantee card), postal order or by using a valid Visa/Mastercard.
Postal Applications: You can pay by cheque or postal order made payable to 'The Registrar General' or by using a valid Visa/Mastercard.
Fax Applications: You can pay by a valid Visa or Mastercard.

Further Enquiries

If you have any questions or require further information you can contact The General Register Office on (028) 90252000 or email gro.nisra@dfpni.gov.uk

What information is needed ?

Full name of deceased.
Date and place of death.
The usual address of the deceased if different from place of death.
Deaths before 1922 cannot be traced if the district where the death was registered is not known.
For deaths within the last three years the applicant must indicate whether the coroner was notified.

Please note we can only accept the information on the appropriate application forms. The application forms can be downloaded and posted to the General Register Office when fully completed.

We can undertake a search provided we are given sufficient information about the person concerned. If insufficient information is provided this will inevitably lead to delays, the possibility of extra fees incurred or the entry not being found. Searches will be made in the year quoted plus the two years either side unless a wider search is requested. A further fee will be required for every additional five years searched.

Fees payable for Certificates and Searches

Full certified copy of an entry of death £ 12.00

Where two or more full certified copies of the same entry are applied for at the same time, the first copy will be charged at £ 12.00 and any additional copies at £ 6.00 each.

Where an applicant can supply full particulars including the register entry number and date of registration the fee will be £ 6.00 . We regret

Priority Certificate £ 29.00

Death certificates can be produced within one hour of application for personal applications. Postal, telephone, fax applications received before 14:30 hours will be dispatched on the same day.

Statutory Purpose Certificate £ 6.00

Certificates for Education & Social Security Purposes can be produced at a reduced fee. Proof from Department of Health and Social Services must be included with your application. Proof from the Department of Education or Department of Health and Social Services must be included with your application. These certificates may only be used for the purposes provided.

Search only £ 6.00

For each five year period or part of it.

For the purpose of detection and prevention of crime, information relating to this application may be passed onto other government or law enforcement agencies.