Birth Certificate?

Question

What papers do you need to give to the mortuary when someone dies?

Answer 1

It is in many or most jurisdictions the mortuary that secures the death certificates as a service for the family based on a report filed by a medical officer. The mortician normally gets all the documentation required from his/her own sources. The next of kin provides what data he or she can: place of birth, residence; names of parents, etc. The mortician needs to add to the report the place of interment and sign off on the final record.

The previous two answers are rubbish. If a will is found, it must be delivered to the probate court, directly or (more often) through the executor or his/her lawyer. While some jurisdictions try to collate birth and death records, as often than not people do not die in the jurisdiction where they are born. One obviously does not need a birth certificate to be buried: just think of the Latinos who die crossing the Arizona desert.

Answer 2

birth certificate and will

Answer 3

Death certificate.