Registering a death
How and where you can register a death.
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We can help you make the necessary decisions and arrangements when someone dies.
How and where you can register a death.
Information about the coroner's role and details about inquests held in Oxfordshire.
What to do if you want to remove a body for burial in another country.
What are the council’s responsibilities in arranging a funeral and dealing with the estate?
What to do if the deceased asked for their body to be donated to medical science.
The role of the mortuary following a death.
What a grant of probate, or letter of administration, allows you to do.
What you need to do to register a still-birth.
Organisations you may need to notify when someone dies - and how the 'Tell Us Once' scheme can help.