You must register a death within eight days at any registration office in Scotland.
Making an appointment
Death registrations in Angus are carried out over the phone. You will not be asked to visit a registration office.
Use the link on this page to book a suitable time for a member of our team to call you.
The death will be registered during this call.
How to make an appointment
To make a phone or in-person appointment, complete our online form. The form will ask for your contact details. It will also ask for information about the person who died (the deceased) including:
- their full name
- date and place of birth
- address
- the full names of all spouses
- father's full name
- mother's full name and maiden name
- name and address of the registered NHS doctor.
Book an appointment to register a death
At your appointment
Please have the following items to hand if you have them:
- the deceased's birth and marriage certificate
- the deceased's NHS medical card
- any documents relating to the receipt of a pension or allowance from government funds
If you haven't got any of these documents, please have the following information available about the deceased:
- full name
- date and place of birth
- occupation
- address
- the full names of all spouses and civil partners and their occupations
- father's full name and usual occupation
- mother's full name, maiden name and usual occupation
- name and address of the registered NHS doctor.
The registrar will have a copy of the medical certificate of cause of death already.
Post-registration documents
After the death has been registered, the registrar will give or send you an abbreviated extract of the death entry.
Full certificates are available at a cost of £10 each at the time of registration or within a month.
After one month the cost is £15 for the first extract, then £10 per subsequent extract.
Tell Us Once
We offer a Tell Us Once service. This means we can collect the relevant information to share with government and council departments who need to be informed of the death, without you having to tell each separately.
Help with expenses
For advice on benefit entitlements, bereavement support payments or funeral expense payments contact our welfare rights service.
Further information
You can find more information on registering a death on the National Records of Scotland website.
If a phone call isn't suitable
If you are unable to register the death over the phone, get in touch to discuss other options. You can find information on our deaf/hard of hearing and interpretation and translation services on our contact the council page.