Application for issuance of a death certificate can be done at any Civil Registration office or Huduma Centre Countrywide.
Persons who qualify to apply for a death certificate of a deceased person are the relatives of the deceased, insurance companies, employers or estate administrators.
Required;
- Burial permit or notification of death
- Form D4 (applications for death certificate) duly completed
- Knowledge of date of death where burial permit or notification of death is missing
- The deceased’s national identity card
Cost: Death Certificate with no amendments- Kshs 50 and Death Certificate with amendments- Kshs 130
Timelines: 2 days
For more information call Huduma Contact Centre: +254 (020) 6900020
Or visit nearest Huduma Centre
Or Contact: Department of Civil Registration
Hass Plaza 4th Floor, Lower Hill Road,
P.O Box 49179- 00100 Nairobi
Tel; +254-20-2714987/8
Email; director@crd.go.ke
Fax; 2714989
