Obtain
Death Certificate: Tamil Nadu
Eligibility
As
per rules, the births, deaths and still-births will have to be registered
within 21 days at the place of occurrence.
Concerned
Authority
·
In
Municipalities, Corporations and Special Village Panchayats (Town Panchayats),
the concerned local bodies undertake the registration of deaths.
·
In
Village Panchayats, the responsibility for registration of deaths is with the
Revenue Department and the Village Administrative Officers in the Village
Panchayats are the Registrars of Deaths.
·
Deaths
taking place in a medical institution will be intimated for registration by the
institution directly to the registering authority.
·
When
death has taken place in the house, the head of the family or the nearest
relative of the family will have to register in the prescribed format along
with a medical certificate.
Beyond
the prescribed time limit, if a registration is done, it is accepted with a
payment of penalty upto a period of one year. If a registration is to be done
beyond the period of one year, it will be registered only on receipt of a
judicial order from a Magistrate and with penalty.
Procedure
·
In
rural areas, the Register of Deaths is maintained in the Taluk office for two
years and is then transferred to the respective Sub-Registrar's Office. Hence,
in rural areas, the Death Certificate can be taken from the Taluk Office within
two years and thereafter it has to be applied for in the Sub-Registrar's office
and obtained.
·
In
Town/ Municipal areas, the Registers of Deaths are maintained by the respective
Town/ Municipal Office.
The
forms have to be asked for in the above offices and obtained.
Departments
In
rural areas, the Taluk Offices and Sub-Registrar's offices are the concerned
offices for registration/ issual of certificates. Taluk offices come under the
Revenue Administration Department.
Town
Panchayats (at present called Special Village Panchayats) come under the Rural
Development Department.
Municipalities
and Corporations come under the Municipal Administration and the Water Supply
Department.