Death Registration
Online bookings service for the Register Office
Welcome to the Vale Of Glamorgan Council online booking system
for Registration Services.
You can use this system to make an appointment
to register a death.
Please use the buttons at the bottom of each
screen to move backwards and forwards through the system. Do not
use your browser back button.
To enter all the necessary information to make
an appointment or purchase a certificate will take
approximately five minutes. For security reasons, this system
will time-out after 20 minutes. Please complete your booking within
that time or the information you have entered will be lost, and you
will have to start again.
We suggest that you read through the following
information before making your online appointment.
How soon should the death be registered?
A death should normally be registered within five days of
the date of death. However, there may be exceptions to this such as
when the Coroner
is involved. If the death has been referred to the Coroner, it
cannot be registered until the registrar has received authority
from the Coroner to proceed with the registration.
Please contact your local Register Office for further
information and advice if you think the Coroner is involved.
Who should register a death?
The primary responsibility for registering a death rests with a
nearest relative of the deceased person. If no relative is
available to register the death, please contact your local Register
Office for advice.
Where do I go?
When someone dies in England or Wales the death needs to be
registered at the Register Office in the District in which the
death occurred. All necessary paperwork including death
certificates will be issued at the time of registration. You can go
to a different office if it is more convenient and complete the
relevant paperwork in the form of a ‘declaration’. The declaration
will then be forwarded to the registrar in the district where the
death occurred, where it will be registered. The necessary
paperwork and death certificates requested will be issued by post.
Doing things this way may mean a slight delay to the funeral, since
it is not possible for a burial or cremation to take place until
after the registrar has issued the necessary paperwork.
Register
Office opening hours vary from one district to another and most
operate an appointment system. You should allow about 30 minutes to
complete the registration process.
Help for the bereaved
When someone dies there are many decisions and arrangements to
be made. Unfortunately, these decisions and arrangements often
have to be made at a time of great personal distress.
Tell Us Once Service
We provide a service which we hope will
make things easier for you, by helping you tell the people who need
to know.
Read more about the ‘Tell Us
Once’ service here.
Help and guidance
These pages are intended to give the bereaved help and guidance
when registering a death. A Vale of Glamorgan Bereavement leaflet
is also available on request
Vale of Glamorgan Register Office, Barry
Civic Offices
Holton Road
Barry
CF63 4RU
Tel: 01446 700111
E-mail: RegistrationService@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk
Office Hours (by appointment only)
Monday to Thursday 0830 – 1300 and 1400 – 1630
Friday 0830 - 1300 and 1400 - 1600
Emergency Out of Hours Service
Tel: 01446 - 700111
Parking Facilities
Limited car-parking facilities are available for customer use
(accessible via Dock View Road) at the Civic Offices, Monday –
Friday, with an overflow car park at Barry Leisure Centre also
available. Unlimited spaces are available at the Civic Offices at
weekends.
Visitors should report to the reception desk on the ground
floor, where you will be directed to the Register Office.
Outstations
Register Office, Penarth
West House
Stanwell Road
Penarth
CF64 2YG
Tel: 01446 700111
Office Hours: (by appointment only)
0900 – 1300
1400 – 1600