Apply for a mortuary passport

The mortuary passport must be applied for by the relative responsible for the funeral or by the funeral home in charge of the transport.

Please contact the local regulatory authority of the place of death.

• Death certificate or a certificate from the registrar stating that the death has been entered in the list of deaths that have been reported but have not yet been notarized
• non-confidential part of the death certificate,
• a written declaration by the funeral director that the body will be coffined in accordance with the provisions of the Funeral Act and this Ordinance and transferred by funeral vehicle,
• if applicable, a permit from the health department if health concerns are raised against the transfer
• in cases of discovery of a body and suspicion of unnatural death, written permission from the public prosecutor's office

If a foreign state requires further information for transport within its territory, this should be included in the mortuary passport.

• § 14 Funeral Act (BestG)
• § 7 State Ordinance on the Implementation of the Funeral Act (BestattGDV RP)
• State Ordinance on the Fees of the Health Administration (Special Schedule of Fees)
• Section 159 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (StPO)

06.05.2020