Order a death certificate
All certificates issued are original certified documents.
You cannot apply for death certificates until after the death has been registered.
If the death has been referred to the Coroner’s Office for an Inquest, we cannot issue a Certificate until the Coroner has written to you confirming they have issued us with a Certificate After Inquest or Inquest Adjourned.
A Registrar can issue you certificates at the time of registration.
If you need to contact us, email us.
We can only provide certificates for deaths that were registered in Birmingham. You can check which Register Office to apply to on GOV.UK's website.
Certificates ordered via our standard service cost £12.50 each.
All orders can be posted via the Royal Mail Tracked 48 service, which we recommend. If you choose standard post, tracking will not be available, and we will be unable to issue a replacement if your order is lost in transit. In such cases, a new order would need to be placed and paid for. If you choose to use the non-tracked service a handling fee of £4.00 is applied, if you choose the Royal Mail Tracked 48 service a handling fee of £7.00 is applied.
A handling fee of £16.00 is applied for orders outside the UK.
You can ask for copies of several different certificates as part of the same order.
If we cannot find a matching entry for the certificate you have asked for, a search fee of £12.50 will be applied and we will refund the remaining fees.
To order a certificate you will need to know:
- The deceased’s (person who died) full name
- The date of death
- The place of death
- Their age or date of birth
- Their occupation
You should also read our Terms and Conditions and payment information.
Write to us requesting a certificate
You can write to us at:
Birmingham Register Office
Holliday Street
Birmingham
B1 1TJ
You will need to tell us:
- that you want a copy of a death certificate
- how many copies you want
- your full name and address
- your contact number
- the deceased’s (person who died) full name
- the date of death
- the place of death
- their age or date of birth
- their occupation
- their husband’s, wife’s or civil partner's name (if applicable)
You should send payment by cheque or postal order with your request. Certificates ordered via our standard service cost £12.50 each. Certificates ordered via our priority service cost £38.50. A handling and processing fee of £4.00 is applied.
All orders can be posted via the Royal Mail Tracked 48 service, which we recommend. If you choose standard post, tracking will not be available, and we will be unable to issue a replacement if your order is lost in transit. In such cases, a new order would need to be placed and paid for. If you choose to use the Royal Mail Tracked 48 service a handling and processing fee of £7.00 is applied.
A handling and processing fee of £16.00 is applied for orders outside the UK.
If applying for multiple certificates, it would be helpful if you could send individual cheques or postal orders for £12.50 or £38.50 each and one cheque/postal order for the handling and processing fee of either £7, £4 or £16.
If we cannot find a matching entry for the certificate you have asked for, a search fee of £12.50 will be applied and we will refund the remaining fees.
You cannot attend the office to make an application in person or to collect a certificate.
Page last updated: 18 September 2025
