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Contact

Mail :
The Register Office
Chief Executive's Dept.
Lockyer Street
Plymouth PL1 2QD
Phone :
01752 268331
Email :
regoff@plymouth.gov.uk
Fax :
01752 256046

Office hours

  • Monday 9am to 5pm
  • Tuesday 9am to 6pm
  • Wednesday 9am to 5pm
  • Thursday 9am to 5pm
  • Friday 9am to 4.30pm
  • An appointment system operates

Summary of forms and certificates

Listed below are some of the forms and certificates you will be given when registering a death. The list explains when and where you get each form.

When registering a death
You will usually get
From
If no coroner has issued a certificate E for cremation or a burial order
a certificate for burial or cremation
(the green form)
the registrar
If Department for Work and Pensions (this includes Jobcentre, Jobcentre Plus or social security) needs
to know about the death
a certificate of registration of death
(form BD8)
the registrar
If you need evidence for obtaining probate, pensions claims, insurance policies, savings certificates and premium bonds
a death certificate(s) the registrar
If a baby is still-born a certificate of registration of still-birth
the registrar
If a baby is still-born. For burial or cremation
a certificate for burial or cremation
(the white form)
the registrar