Dominican Death Certificates – Frequently Asked Questions
Clear answers about costs, searches, apostille legalisation, and worldwide delivery of Dominican death certificates
How much does a Dominican death certificate cost?
In most cases the total fee is US$210*: 1) US$95* for the search, then 2) US$115 for the certificate. This provides an original long-form death certificate, fully legalised and apostilled, including certified airmail shipping (2–5 weeks).
*If the death occurred before 1970, or if the date/place is unknown, the search fee ranges from US$195–US$395 depending on complexity.
The registry office won't issue a certificate for my grandmother's death because they said that first we have to get gran's death ratified. What does this mean, and can you help? Previously registry offices are not allowed to issue death certificates in cases where the death was declared outwith the legally required period of no more than 48 hrs after death. We shall be happy to take on this case. Our clerk will go to the registry office which has your grandmother's original death record, and will ask that they provide us a list of back-up documentation which we have to provide in order to petition for the death record to be validated (ie before we can obtain a death certificate). The registry office will probably ask us to provide the following:
- a statement from the director of the cemetery confirming that the deceased was buried there.
- statements from the registrars at several other nearby registry offices, confirming that they do NOT have the death record of your grandmother in their ledgers.
