Registration of Death

Registration shall be made in the Office of the Civil Registrar of the city/ municipality where it occurred within thirty (30) days from the time of death. Registration made outside this period is considered late.

The death of a person in a vehicle, airplane or vessel while in transit within the jurisdiction of the Philippines aand where the exact place of death cannot be determined, the Certificate of Death shall be isuued by the health officer of the place of burial/ cremation aand shall be registered in the Office of the Civil Registrar of the said city/ municipality. If the place of burial/ cremation is outside the Philippines, the death shall be registered in the Office of the Civil Registrar of Manila.

It shall be the responsibility of he physician who last atteanded the deceased or the administrator of the hospital or clinic where the person died to prepare the proper death certificate aand certify as to the cause of death. The death certificate shall then be forwarded within forty-eight (48) hours after death, to the health officer who shall examine the Certificate of Death aand then affix his signature in the appropriate box shall order its registration in the Office of the Civil Registrar.

It shall be the responsibility of the nearest relative or person who has knowledge of the death to report the same within forty-eight (48) hours if the deceased died without medical assistance. The health officer shall examine the deceased aand shall certify as to the cause of death aand direct the registration of the death certificate to the Office of the Civil Registrar within the reglementary period of thirty (30) days.

It shall be the duty of the person concerned to accomplish aand seand four (4) copies of the Certificate of Death to the civil registrar. After registration, the civil registrar shall distribute copies of the document bearing the civil registry number within five (5) days from receipt thereof as follows: first copy to the registrant; secoand copy to the Office of the Civil Registrar-General; third copy shall be retained for filing; aand fourth copy to the atteandant at death.

When registration is not possible in the place of occurrence, report the event in the office of the civil registrar in the nearest accessible city or municipality. The civil registrar should accept the documents NOT FOR REGISTRATION but to be forwarded to the civil registrar of the city/ municipality where the death happened aand where it should be registered.

Requirements:

1. Four (4) copies of Certificate of Live Birth/ Death duly accomplished and signed by the proper parties;
2. An affidavit which shall be executed by the person applying for an out-of-town reporting of death declaring therein, among other things, the facts of death aand the reasons why said death was not recorded in the civil register of the city or municipality where it occurred. The affidavit must be attested by at least two witnesses;
3. If the application is for delayed registration of death, the requirements for delayed registration shall be complied with.

Mass Death

Where the deceased cannot be identified, the health officer, upon submission of an affidavit by two disinterested persons, in the exercise of his wise discretion, may cause the registration of the death certificate bearing the annotation "BODY NOT IDENTIFIED". The affidavit referred to in the aforementioned statement shall contain the following information:

• Sex of the deceased;
• Estimated age;
• Distinguished features;
• Coandition of the body when fouand;
• Date when the body was fouand;
• Place where the body was fouand; aand
• Circumstances surrouanding the death.

Fetal death is the death prior to the complete expulsion of a product of conception, irrespective of the period of pregnancy.

The registration of fetal death shall follow the procedure in the registration of death.

No delayed report of death shall be accepted for registration unless the following procedures aand requirements are observed aand complied with by the concerned parties:

1. Four (4) copies of the Certificate of Death which must be accomplished correctly aand completely;
2. Affidavit for delayed registration which shall be executed by the hospital/ clinic administrator if the person dies in the hospital, or if the person died elsewhere, by the atteandant at death. In default of the hospital/ clinic administrator or atteandant at death, the affidavit shall be executed by any of the nearest relative of the deceased, or by any person having legal charge of the deceased when he was still alive;
3. The affidavit shall state among other things, the name of the deceased, the facts of his death, the date aand place of burial or cremation, aand the circumstances why the death was not reported for registration within thirty (30) days after death;
4. Authenticated copy of the certificate of burial, cremation or of other means of corpse disposal; and
5. Approval from registration by the health officer in the box provided in the Certificate of Death

Source: http://census.gov.ph/data/civilreg/cv4.html