- Applicants must visit the office of Registrar (Birth and Death) of the Municipality/Panchayat/Notified Area Committee assigned to your area in order to correct or update a death certificate.
- Collect the ‘Death Certificate Update/Correction’ form from the office of the registrar and fill it completely.
- Now complete the form with the necessary information and make sure you have all the documents in hand that are listed under the “Required Documents” section of this page.
- After filling the form, attach the documents mentioned in the required documents section below with the completed application form.
- Check the application form and then submit it to the concerned authority.
- Now pay the required application fee to the concerned authority.
- The registrar after validating the application form and the documents will provide you with an acknowledgement/receiving slip.
- Collect the acknowledgement/receiving slip and keep it safe for future reference.
- The application will be processed further by the concerned department.
- Once it is processed, and the updated/corrected death certificate is ready, the applicant will receive an SMS or call on the registered mobile number to collect the certificate.
- The applicant will be required to carry the acknowledgement/receiving slip along with them when going to collect the updated/corrected certificate from the office of the registrar
Issues with death certificate - wrong address error
Sir/Madam My father expired recently in Bangalore at age 84, and I was unable to reach here until the cremation. He was living in a remote rural area of Bangalore outskirts (Rahutanahalli) on a property belonging to his ex-colleague and had bought 2 small plots of land alongside. His medical condition was not very good since 2021 and he had 24/7 nursing and care. The ex-colleague who was a very good friend of his, lived on the adjacent property. The people who were taking care of him got the Medical Form 4A and cremation registration done. However, they have filled his Aadhar address (Banaswadi) in all the documents, which is different from the location of death. His Aadahar had an old address from which he had vacated many years ago. There are enough witnesses, and the ambulance that took my father to the hospital from Rahutanahalli after he had passed, but no official proof of his residence there. In trying to get this corrected, more than a month passed but there was no avail. The documents has already been submitted to the BBMP office in Cox Town (which is the range office for Banaswadi). They are insisting that Mazar process (verification by death inspector at provided address) has to be completed ASAP - but if we go there no one is likely to provide any witness - since my father vacated there since 2015 or so What is the best way to amend the application such that the verification of death occurs at the correct location and ensure we get the death certifciate?
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The address in the death certificate will not be a cause of concern for any reason.
You can submit an application to the corporation authorities giving the correct details of his residence with documentary evidences to prove that he resided there before death and also at the time of his death, hence the address at time of his death should be amended accordingly and the current one was given erroneously by third persons based on his old aadhar card address.
If the authorities don't entertain then you can escalate the matter with the higher authorities for a solution or approach court with a suit for mandatory injunction to direct the authorities to rectify the issue.
- You can move an application before BBMP office for the correction of the address after submitting the proofs of his medical treatment and the said witnesses.
- If no positive response then lodge a complaint before the DM.
Dear Client,
According to Sec. 15 of The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 Correction or cancellation of entry in the register of births and deaths.—If it is proved to the satisfaction of the Registrar that any entry of a birth or death in any register kept by him under this Act is erroneous in form or substance, or has been fraudulently or improperly made, he may, subject to such rules as may be made by the State Government with respect to the conditions on which and the circumstances in which such entries may be corrected or cancelled, correct the error or cancel the entry by suitable entry in the margin, without any alteration of the original entry, and shall sign the marginal entry and add thereto the date of the correction or cancellation.
You need to get the same rectified by providing proper documents
