Certicate entitlement
This application form can only be used if the death occurred in
NSW. If you are the next of kin named on the death certicate,
i.e. spouse (married/defacto/same sex defacto), parent or child
of the deceased, the death certicate can be issued to you. If
you are a relative not listed on the certicate, the certicate can
be issued to you if the deceased had no living spouse, children
or parents.
If you DO meet the above criteria, you must provide:
• Three forms of your own ID (see below).
If you DON’T meet the above criteria, you must provide:
• A Letter of Authority (available at: www.nsw.gov.au/bdm)
giving permission from the next-of-kin. Please include their
address, phone number and signature.
• Three forms of ID from the next-of-kin (see below).
• Three forms of your own ID (see below).
Identication (ID)
Please provide at least three forms of ID, one of each from
categories 1, 2 and 3. If you are unable to provide ID from
categories 1 and 2, you must still provide at least three forms
of ID. At least two of these must be from category 3.
All documents except foreign passports must be current.
Category 1 Category 3
If born in Australia:
• An Australian birth certicate
Record of immigration
status:
• Citizenship certicate
• New Zealand citizenship
certicate
• New Zealand birth certicate
• Medicare card
• Credit or debit card
• Centrelink or Department of
Veterans Aairs card
• Security guard/Crowd control
licence
• Tertiary education institution
ID card
Category 2 Category 4
• Australian driver’s licence
• Australian passport
• Firearms licence
• Foreign passport
• Proof of age card
• Recent utility account with
current residential address
(issued within last three
months)
Disclosure of information
When you complete this application form, understand that you
have consented to the release of information provided, to those
agencies who may be able to validate the information in support
of your application. More information: www.nsw.gov.au/bdm
Your right to privacy
To protect your privacy, the Registry requires proof of your
identity. In line with the NSW Births, Deaths and Marriages
Registration Act 1995 and the Privacy and Personal Information
Protection Act 1998, the Registry collects information to
determine your eligibility to obtain a certicate and to prevent
fraud. Information may be used for statistical purposes and by
law enforcement agencies, and other uses by law. Please read
the Your Right to Privacy policy on our website.
Online
You can complete this online at www.nsw.gov.au/bdm
Lodging by post
GPO Box 30
SYDNEY NSW 2001
Lodging in person
Service NSW service centres
service.nsw.gov.au
Phone: 13 77 88
• Monday to Friday (7am-7pm)
Hearing/Speech impaired, phone:
• TTY 133 677
• NRS 1300 555 727
Translating and Interpreting, phone:
• TIS National 131 450
Death Certificate
Application
YOU CAN
COMPLETE THIS
APPLICATION
ONLINE AT:
nsw.gov.au/bdm
Form 10 06/2020