CONTACT

Mail :
Her Majesty's Coroner for the County of Devon
Plymouth and South West District
Plymouth City Council
Plymouth PL1 2AA
Phone :
01752 204636
Email :
info@plymouth.gov.uk
Fax :
01752 313297

LOCATION

Gravestone

Summary of forms and certificates

Listed below are some of the forms and certificates you will be given by doctors and coroners. The list explains when and where you get each form.

When registering a death
You will usually get a
From
If the death is not referred to a coroner
medical certificate as to the cause of death (MCCD)
the doctor
In all cases formal notice the doctor
If a baby is stillborn
medical certificate of stillbirth
the doctor or midwife
If the death is referred to a coroner but there is a post-mortem but no inquest
post-mortem held under section 19 of the Coroner's Act 1988
(pink form 100B)
the coroner (this is usually sent direct to the registrar, but you may be asked to deliver it)
If the death is referred to a coroner but there is no post-mortem post-mortem held under section 19 of the Coroner's Act 1988
(orange form 100A)
the coroner
If there is an inquest, and after the inquest is closed certificate after inquest adjourned (yellow form 120A) the coroner
If there is an inquest and the body is to be buried
coroner's order for burial
(cream form 101)
the coroner
If the inquest has or has not been resumed coroner's certificate (blue form 121) the coroner
If there is a postmortem or an inquest and the body is to be cremated
oroner's certificate E for cremation
(yellow form 102)
the coroner
If the body is to be moved out of England or Wales
removal notice
(white form 103)
the coroner