The death certificate is a document necessary to start all inheritance procedures. Pursuant to Article 45(1) of the Law on Civil Status Records, a death certificate of a deceased person may be issued to a spouse (widow, widower), ascendant, descendant, sibling, legal representative, guardian,
In addition, a person who demonstrates a legal interest in it may receive a death certificate.
In addition, a death certificate is issued to a court, a prosecutor, social organizations if it is consistent with their statutory purpose and the public interest warrants it, and public administration bodies, including entities referred to in Art. 5a section 1, the State Protection Service, the Police, the Border Guard and the Prison Service, as well as the Military Police, if necessary for the implementation of their statutory tasks.
In practice, if the heir is a person from outside the deceased’s family, he or she must demonstrate a legal interest. In practice, it is possible to convince the Civil Registry Office officials that the legal interest results from a will or a contract concluded with a deceased person.