HOW TO BUY FRENCH DEATH CERTIFICATE

Buy French death certificate:

1. In person or by letter visit the Office of the Mayor (La Mairie)  either where the death occurred or where the deceased resided with all the required documents
2. The mairie will verify the documents, enter the death on the civil registry and provide a death certificate indicating the date, time and place (but not necessarily the cause) of death.
3. If the request for the death certificate is by letter, the letter must be accompany by a self- addressed and stamped envelope of the applicant.
4. For French nationals, the mairie will also add the date and place of death next to the deceased’s entry in the livret de famille or birth certificate.