Standard death certificates
A death certificate is a certified copy of the entry of death in the register and has to be paid for.
You may need these for banks, building societies, solicitors or for pension claims and some insurance claims. You may want to ask for several copies of the standard death certificate at the time of registration as the price increases if you need one at a later date.
Can you tell me how to get a death certificate?
You can obtain a certificate from the Register Office of the District in which the death occurred, usually by personal application or by post.
If a death occurred in the Dudley Borough you usually would only be able to get a certificate from:
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Dudley District Register Office, Priory Hall, Priory Park, Dudley DY1 4EU
Telephone 01384 818349.
Monday to Friday between the hours of 8.45 am and 4 pm. (Office is open until 4.30 pm but 4 pm is cut off point for issue of certificates, applications after this would be prepared for next day).
Some offices do not issue 'over the counter' so is best to check with the relevant Register Office.
All Register Offices can give the public the address and telephone number of the Register Office they need to apply to if they are born out of Dudley Borough.
One month, or so, after a Registrar completes a Birth, Death or Marriage register, it is handed into the custody of the Superintendent Registrar, whose responsibility it then becomes.
Historic Death Certificates
Registers from 1837 to 1939 are now available at Dudley District Register Office, from 1940 to current are available from Stourbridge Branch Office. Registers don't always finish at a year end, so please check which office telephone: 01384 815384.
'Historic' records may therefore only be a few weeks old!
