After a death in the family
Where and within how many days to register the death, and how to get the death certificate.
About this guidePending verification
Published on 12-11-2026. Not every fact has been checked against its official source yet: confirm at the office.
For whom: Families in Telangana who have lost someone, people whose relative's death was never registered, and anyone who needs a copy of a death certificate.
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112Police, medical and fire emergency (Dial 112)108Ambulance100PoliceAnswer the questions below first. Then the documents and steps open.
1Your situation
We show only what your answers need.
- Did the death happen in a hospital, at home or somewhere else?
- Has the death already been registered?
- How long ago did the person die?
- Which area did the death happen in?
- Are you the nominee of the person's bank account, or the surviving holder of a joint account with a survivorship clause?
Your answers stay on this phone.
Each step below says who it is for. Confirm yours at the office, then change your answer here.
2Documents you need
Tick the ones you have. They are kept in this browser.
Details
Only if a doctor attended the person in their recent illness
If you don't have it: The doctor who attended the person must give it free of charge.
Sources: 2
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Not confirmed: Which document, in which form, is set by Telangana's rules (the Andhra Pradesh rules of 1999, adapted in 2016), whose text we could not find. Ask at the office.
Sources: 2, 15
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If you don't have it: Issued by the gram panchayat or the municipal commissioner; you apply for it in an earlier step.
Not confirmed: The pages say this is needed for registration through the RDO. Whether the court needs it is not confirmed; ask.
Sources: 28, 19
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If you don't have it: Issued by GHMC; you get it through MeeSeva in an earlier step.
Not confirmed: The pages say this is needed for registration through the RDO. Whether the court needs it is not confirmed; ask.
Sources: 29, 19, 33
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If you don't have it: Ask at the MeeSeva centre, or download it from the MeeSeva forms on telangana.gov.in. Hyderabad district has its own version.
Sources: 28, 29, 27
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Not confirmed: The form and MeeSeva's page mark this as mandatory, but neither says what it is. Ask at the centre before you go.
Sources: 28, 19
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A copy of the ration card, or another proof of identity or address
Not confirmed: The form says any one of these; MeeSeva's newer page lists each. Ask at the centre.
Sources: 28, 19
Details
Sources: 28, 6, 19
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Not confirmed: MeeSeva's page says only "Affidavit"; it does not say who swears it, or on what paper. Ask at the centre. MeeSeva's page says "upload"; it does not say original or copy. Take both.
Sources: 19
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If you don't have it: From the burial or cremation ground where the last rites were held.
Not confirmed: GHMC's and MeeSeva's pages say only "burial ground". After a cremation, ask at the centre whether that ground's receipt is accepted. MeeSeva's page says "upload"; it does not say original or copy. Take both.
Sources: 7, 19
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If you don't have it: An official copy to download: on GHMC's page, in the menu under "Birth and Death Forms".
Not confirmed: MeeSeva's page says "upload"; it does not say original or copy. Take both.
Sources: 7, 19
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Sources: 19
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Not confirmed: MeeSeva's page does not say who attests them. GHMC's Citizen's Charter of 2013 says a Gazetted Officer; ask at the centre whether that still holds.
Sources: 19, 23
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If you don't have it: From the burial or cremation ground where the last rites were held.
Not confirmed: GHMC's and MeeSeva's pages say only "burial ground". After a cremation, ask at the centre whether that ground's receipt is accepted.
Sources: 19, 33
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On ₹10 non-judicial stamp paper; the form says an attested copy.
Sources: 19, 33
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Sources: 19, 33
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Sources: 19, 33
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If you don't have it: Given by the police station concerned.
Sources: 19, 33
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If you don't have it: At the bank branch and on the bank's website.
Sources: 10
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Not confirmed: The RBI directions do not say original or copy. Take both and ask at the bank.
Sources: 10
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An Officially Valid Document
Not confirmed: The RBI directions do not say original or copy. Take both and ask at the bank.
Sources: 10
Nothing to get ready before these steps.
- Medical certificate of the cause of death (from the doctor) ·
- Non-availability certificate (the death is not in the register) ·
- Non-availability certificate (the death is not in the register) ·
- Death certificate ·
3Your steps
· Do them in order. Tick each one when it is done.
- Do this nowIf: Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025)If: Yes, it is in the death register / No, not yet
By an order of 11 February 2026, this area has three corporations: GHMC, Cyberabad and Malkajgiri.
The steps below use GHMC's services. If you are in Cyberabad, Malkajgiri or one of the merged municipalities, first ask at the MeeSeva centre which service applies. Secunderabad Cantonment has its own registrar.
Not confirmed
We found no official page saying which MeeSeva service or registrar those areas now use for births and deaths.
Sources: 20, 22, 13
- Do this nowIf: I don't know
Ask the registrar of births and deaths for your area whether the death is in the register.
If the death was in a hospital, you can also ask the hospital whether it reported it. Then answer this question again: what you do next depends on it.
Not confirmed
The Act lets anyone have the Registrar search the register, subject to rules on fees. We could not find the text of Telangana's rules. The national Model Rules as amended in 2024 suggest ₹20 for the first year searched and ₹20 for each further year (indicative only). Ask at the office.
Sources: 1, 4, 21
- Do this nowIf: In a hospital or health centreIf: No, not yetIf: Within 21 days
When the death is in a hospital, the hospital must report it to the registrar.
You do not need to report it yourself. Private hospitals report to the registrar for their area.
Sources: 1, 4
- Do this nowIf: In a hospital or health centreIf: No, not yetIf: 22 to 30 days / 31 days to one year / One to two years / More than two years
The hospital had to report the death.
Ask it whether it did. If the death was not registered, the time limits below apply to any death, wherever it happened.
Not confirmed
For up to a year, the pages we read describe the late steps for deaths at home, and do not say who applies for a hospital death. Ask the hospital and the registrar's office.
Sources: 1, 2, 3, 4
- Do this nowIf: Somewhere else (such as a road, lodge, hostel, vehicle or jail)If: No, not yet
For a death outside a home or hospital, the Act puts the duty to report on someone else.
In a jail: the jailor in charge. In a lodge, hostel, choultry, boarding house or similar place: the person in charge of it. A body found deserted in a public place: in a village, the headman or corresponding officer; elsewhere, the officer in charge of the local police station; whoever finds the body must tell them. In any other building: the head of that house. Ask that person whether the death was reported. For a death on or after 1 October 2023, if a doctor attended the person in their recent illness, that doctor must give the person with the duty to report a medical certificate of the cause of death, free of charge.
Not confirmed
For a death in any other place (on a road, say, where the body is not deserted), the Act leaves the duty to whoever the rules prescribe. The national Model Rules add: for a death in a moving vehicle, the person in charge of it reports at the first halt; where an inquest is held, the officer who conducts it. We could not find the text of Telangana's rules. Ask the registrar for your area or the police station.
Sources: 1, 18, 2
- Do this nowIf: In a hospital or health centreIf: No, not yet
For a death on or after 1 October 2023, the Act says the hospital must give the nearest relative a copy of the medical certificate of the cause of death.
Ask the hospital for it. For an earlier death, ask the hospital whether it can give one.
Not confirmed
The Act says "free of charge" of the certificate the hospital gives the registrar; it does not say so separately for the relative's copy. If you are charged, ask for a receipt.
Sources: 2, 36
- Do this nowIf: In a hospital or health centreIf: No, not yetIf: Within 21 daysIf: Village (gram panchayat) / Another town or city (a municipality or municipal corporation)
Government health centres and hospitals (PHCs, CHCs, area, district and teaching hospitals) are birth and death registration units.
In most places the medical officer of a PHC, the CSS or Deputy Civil Surgeon of a CHC, or the civil surgeon or RMO of a hospital, is the registrar there and gives the death certificate. If the death was in one, ask there and collect it.
Not confirmed
The Act gives the free first certificate to the person who reports the death; in a hospital, that is the hospital. No page says whether the family pays. Ask, and ask for a receipt. The national Model Rules say the nearest relative may collect it from the hospital within 30 days, and that it then goes by post; we could not find the text of Telangana's rules.
Sources: 4, 16, 2, 18
- Do this nowIf: In a hospital or health centreIf: No, not yetIf: Within 21 daysIf: Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025)
Government health centres and hospitals (PHCs, CHCs, area, district and teaching hospitals) are birth and death registration units.
In most places the medical officer of a PHC, the CSS or Deputy Civil Surgeon of a CHC, or the civil surgeon or RMO of a hospital, is the registrar there and gives the death certificate. If the death was in one, ask there and collect it.
Not confirmed
GHMC's page says in one place that certificates come "from Hospitals" and MeeSeva centres, and in another "from Mee-Seva center only". In Hyderabad, ask at the hospital.
Sources: 4, 16, 7
- Do this nowIf: In a hospital or health centreIf: Yes, it is in the death registerIf: Village (gram panchayat) / Another town or city (a municipality or municipal corporation)
Government health centres and hospitals (PHCs, CHCs, area, district and teaching hospitals) are birth and death registration units.
In most places the medical officer of a PHC, the CSS or Deputy Civil Surgeon of a CHC, or the civil surgeon or RMO of a hospital, is the registrar there and gives the death certificate. If the death was in one, ask there and collect it.
Not confirmed
The Act gives the free first certificate to the person who reports the death; in a hospital, that is the hospital. No page says whether the family pays. Ask, and ask for a receipt. The national Model Rules say the nearest relative may collect it from the hospital within 30 days, and that it then goes by post; we could not find the text of Telangana's rules.
Sources: 4, 16, 2, 18
- Do this nowIf: In a hospital or health centreIf: Yes, it is in the death registerIf: Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025)
Government health centres and hospitals (PHCs, CHCs, area, district and teaching hospitals) are birth and death registration units.
In most places the medical officer of a PHC, the CSS or Deputy Civil Surgeon of a CHC, or the civil surgeon or RMO of a hospital, is the registrar there and gives the death certificate. If the death was in one, ask there and collect it.
Not confirmed
GHMC's page says in one place that certificates come "from Hospitals" and MeeSeva centres, and in another "from Mee-Seva center only". In Hyderabad, ask at the hospital.
Sources: 4, 16, 7
- Do this nowIf: In a hospital or health centreIf: No, not yetIf: Within 21 daysIf: Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025)
Once the registrar approves the entry, get the certificate at a MeeSeva centre with the application form and the "Birth and Death Certificate GHMC" service.
A registered certificate can also be had from GHMC's website (bnd.ghmc.gov.in).
Not confirmed
MeeSeva's page also shows a "Base Amount" of ₹35 beside the user charge, and does not say whether it is added. Ask at the centre and keep the receipt. The national Model Rules as amended in 2024 suggest ₹50 for each certificate (indicative only); the amount in Telangana is not confirmed.
Sources: 7, 19, 17, 24, 30, 21
- Do this nowIf: In a hospital or health centreIf: No, not yetIf: Within 21 daysIf: Village (gram panchayat) / Another town or city (a municipality or municipal corporation)
If you cannot get it at the hospital, apply at a MeeSeva centre with the application form and the "Birth and Death Certificate CDMA" service.
The certificate is given only if the death is in the register.
Not confirmed
MeeSeva's page shows only this user charge. Ask at the centre and keep the receipt. The national Model Rules as amended in 2024 suggest ₹50 for each certificate (indicative only); the amount in Telangana is not confirmed.
Sources: 31, 19, 17, 24, 21
- Do this nowIf: Yes, it is in the death registerIf: Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025)
Get the certificate at a MeeSeva centre with the application form and the "Birth and Death Certificate GHMC" service.
The Act says the registrar gives the person who reported the death one certificate free. A registered certificate can also be had from GHMC's website (bnd.ghmc.gov.in). If the details are not online and are only in the paper records, there is a "GHMC Verification Death" service (₹80 user charge, with a "Base Amount" of ₹45 on the page; 7 working days): MeeSeva asks for the burial ground receipt, a copy of the death certificate, a notarised affidavit and a proof of residence (ration card or passport).
Not confirmed
MeeSeva's page also shows a "Base Amount" of ₹35 beside the user charge, and does not say whether it is added. Ask at the centre and keep the receipt. The national Model Rules as amended in 2024 suggest ₹50 for each certificate (indicative only); the amount in Telangana is not confirmed. GHMC's page and MeeSeva's page do not say how to get the free first certificate. Ask at the centre.
Sources: 7, 19, 17, 24, 2, 30, 21
- Do this nowIf: Yes, it is in the death registerIf: Village (gram panchayat) / Another town or city (a municipality or municipal corporation)
Ask at the office where the death was registered, or apply at a MeeSeva centre with the application form and the "Birth and Death Certificate CDMA" service.
The certificate is given only if the death is in the register. The Act says the registrar gives the person who reported the death one certificate free.
Not confirmed
MeeSeva's page shows only this user charge. Ask at the centre and keep the receipt. The national Model Rules as amended in 2024 suggest ₹50 for each certificate (indicative only); the amount in Telangana is not confirmed.
Sources: 31, 19, 17, 24, 2, 21
- Do this nowIf: At homeIf: No, not yetIf: Within 21 days / 22 to 30 days / 31 days to one year
When the death is at home, the head of the household must report it.
If they are not there, the nearest relative present does it; if no one else, the oldest adult present.
Not confirmed
The national CRS questions and answers say a death can also be reported through notifiers such as the Anganwadi worker, ANM or ASHA. We found no order naming them in Telangana. Ask them or the registrar for your area.
Sources: 1, 2, 4
- Do this nowIf: At homeIf: No, not yetIf: Within 21 days / 22 to 30 days / 31 days to one year
If a doctor attended the person in their recent illness, get the medical certificate of the cause of death from that doctor.
It is free. Give it to the registrar when you report the death.
Sources: 2
- Do this nowIf: At homeIf: No, not yetIf: Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025)If: Within 21 days / 22 to 30 days / 31 days to one year
Another way, in the GHMC area only: sign up on the CRS portal as "General Public" to report the death online, pay any fee and follow the status.
The portal says it is open in Telangana for GHMC only. One user can submit at most four events in all.
Open the official pageSources: 21, 2
- Do this nowIf: At homeIf: No, not yetIf: Village (gram panchayat)If: Within 21 days
Go to the gram panchayat office and tell the panchayat secretary about the death.
Write your name and address in the register and sign it (or give your thumb mark if you cannot write).
Sources: 1, 2, 4, 5, 13
- Do this nowIf: At homeIf: No, not yetIf: Another town or city (a municipality or municipal corporation)If: Within 21 days
At the municipal office, tell the registrar of births and deaths about the death.
Write your name and address in the register and sign it (or give your thumb mark if you cannot write).
Sources: 1, 2, 4, 13
- Do this nowIf: At homeIf: No, not yetIf: Village (gram panchayat)If: 22 to 30 days / 31 days to one year
Go to the gram panchayat office and tell the panchayat secretary about the death.
It can still be registered after 21 days. Write your name and address in the register and sign it.
Not confirmed
The Act says a late fee applies. We could not find the text of Telangana's rules, so the fee is not confirmed. The national Model Rules, as amended in 2024, suggest ₹20 for 22 to 30 days and ₹50 for 31 days to a year; these are indicative only. Ask the office, and ask for a receipt.
Sources: 1, 2, 4, 5, 21
- Do this nowIf: At homeIf: No, not yetIf: Another town or city (a municipality or municipal corporation)If: 22 to 30 days / 31 days to one year
At the municipal office, tell the registrar of births and deaths about the death.
It can still be registered after 21 days. Write your name and address in the register and sign it.
Not confirmed
The Act says a late fee applies. We could not find the text of Telangana's rules, so the fee is not confirmed. The national Model Rules, as amended in 2024, suggest ₹20 for 22 to 30 days and ₹50 for 31 days to a year; these are indicative only. Ask the office, and ask for a receipt.
Sources: 1, 2, 4, 21
- Do this nowIf: At homeIf: No, not yetIf: Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025)If: Within 21 days / 22 to 30 days / 31 days to one year
Get a receipt from the burial or cremation ground where the last rites were held, or have the details registered in the burial ground app.
Not confirmed
GHMC's page does not say who enters the details in the app. Ask at the ground.
Sources: 7
- Do this nowIf: At homeIf: No, not yetIf: Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025)If: Within 21 days
At a MeeSeva centre, apply with the application form and the "GHMC Death Home" service (registering a death at home).
Hand in Form No. 2, the burial or cremation ground receipt, an affidavit, proof of the address at the time of death, and two attested proofs of identity each of the applicant and of the person who died; also the doctor's medical certificate of the cause of death, if there is one.
Not confirmed
The doctor's certificate is not on MeeSeva's list; under the Act it goes to the registrar. Ask at the centre how to hand it in.
Sources: 7, 19, 17, 2, 4
- Do this nowIf: At homeIf: No, not yetIf: Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025)If: 22 to 30 days / 31 days to one year
More than 21 days have passed, so before paying, ask at a MeeSeva centre whether the "GHMC Death Home" service takes a late death, and where the late fee is paid.
If it does, hand in the application form, Form No. 2, the burial or cremation ground receipt, an affidavit, proof of the address at the time of death, and two attested proofs of identity each of the applicant and of the person who died; also the doctor's medical certificate of the cause of death, if there is one.
Not confirmed
This service's page gives no time limit and no late fee. The Act says a late fee applies. We could not find the text of Telangana's rules, so the fee is not confirmed. The national Model Rules, as amended in 2024, suggest ₹20 for 22 to 30 days and ₹50 for 31 days to a year; these are indicative only. Ask the office, and ask for a receipt.
Sources: 7, 19, 17, 2, 21
- Do this nowIf: In a hospital or health centreIf: No, not yetIf: Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025)If: 22 to 30 days / 31 days to one year
Ask the hospital and your circle's registrar (the Assistant Medical Officer of Health, AMOH; where there is no such post, the circle's Deputy Commissioner) how to register a hospital death that was not reported.
Not confirmed
MeeSeva's "GHMC Death Home" service is for deaths at home; we found no page for this case. The Act says a late fee applies. We could not find the text of Telangana's rules, so the fee is not confirmed. The national Model Rules, as amended in 2024, suggest ₹20 for 22 to 30 days and ₹50 for 31 days to a year; these are indicative only. Ask the office, and ask for a receipt.
Sources: 1, 2, 13, 21, 19
- Do this nowIf: In a hospital or health centreIf: No, not yetIf: Village (gram panchayat) / Another town or city (a municipality or municipal corporation)If: 22 to 30 days / 31 days to one year
Ask the hospital and the registrar of births and deaths for your area how to register a hospital death that was not reported.
Not confirmed
We found no page for this case. The Act says a late fee applies. We could not find the text of Telangana's rules, so the fee is not confirmed. The national Model Rules, as amended in 2024, suggest ₹20 for 22 to 30 days and ₹50 for 31 days to a year; these are indicative only. Ask the office, and ask for a receipt.
Sources: 1, 2, 4, 21
- Do this nowIf: Somewhere else (such as a road, lodge, hostel, vehicle or jail)If: No, not yetIf: Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025)If: Within 21 days / 22 to 30 days / 31 days to one year
GHMC's page says that for a death outside a hospital, at home or another place, the citizen goes to a MeeSeva centre with the documents, including Form No.
2. Before paying, ask at a MeeSeva centre or your circle's registrar (AMOH) whether the "GHMC Death Home" service takes this death, and what to bring.
Not confirmed
MeeSeva shows this service for deaths at home; we found no page for a death elsewhere. For medico-legal cases, MeeSeva's other death services ask for the FIR, the post-mortem report and Form 2 from the police station; ask whether they are needed here. The Act says a late fee applies. We could not find the text of Telangana's rules, so the fee is not confirmed. The national Model Rules, as amended in 2024, suggest ₹20 for 22 to 30 days and ₹50 for 31 days to a year; these are indicative only. Ask the office, and ask for a receipt.
Sources: 7, 19, 17, 2, 4, 21, 33
- Do this nowIf: Somewhere else (such as a road, lodge, hostel, vehicle or jail)If: No, not yetIf: Village (gram panchayat) / Another town or city (a municipality or municipal corporation)If: Within 21 days / 22 to 30 days / 31 days to one year
Ask the registrar of births and deaths for your area whether the death has been registered and, if not, how to register it.
Not confirmed
We found no page for this case. The Act says a late fee applies. We could not find the text of Telangana's rules, so the fee is not confirmed. The national Model Rules, as amended in 2024, suggest ₹20 for 22 to 30 days and ₹50 for 31 days to a year; these are indicative only. Ask the office, and ask for a receipt.
Sources: 1, 2, 4, 21
- Do this nowIf: No, not yetIf: 31 days to one yearIf: Village (gram panchayat) / Another town or city (a municipality or municipal corporation)
After 30 days, the written permission of the District Registrar is needed.
In Telangana the District Registrar is the District Medical and Health Officer (DMHO). Ask the registrar of births and deaths for your area how to get it.
Not confirmed
The Act lets the rules name another authority instead of the District Registrar, and set the fee and the self-attested document; we could not find the text of Telangana's rules. The Model Rules as amended in 2024 suggest ₹50 (indicative only), which reads as one late fee, not two. Ask the registrar's office for your area what to do first and what to pay.
Sources: 2, 13, 21
- Do this nowIf: No, not yetIf: 31 days to one yearIf: Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025)
After 30 days, the written permission of the District Registrar is needed.
In GHMC the District Registrar is the GHMC Commissioner. Ask the registrar of births and deaths for your area how to get it.
Not confirmed
The Act lets the rules name another authority instead of the District Registrar, and set the fee and the self-attested document; we could not find the text of Telangana's rules. The Model Rules as amended in 2024 suggest ₹50 (indicative only), which reads as one late fee, not two. Ask the registrar's office for your area what to do first and what to pay. G.O.Ms.No.161 is from 2016, before the three corporations. In Cyberabad, Malkajgiri or a merged municipality, ask who the District Registrar is.
Sources: 2, 13, 21
- Do this nowIf: At homeIf: No, not yetIf: Village (gram panchayat) / Another town or city (a municipality or municipal corporation)If: Within 21 days / 22 to 30 days / 31 days to one year
Collect the death certificate from the office where you registered the death.
The first certificate is free for the person who reported the death.
Sources: 2, 4
- Do this nowIf: In a hospital or health centreIf: No, not yetIf: Village (gram panchayat) / Another town or city (a municipality or municipal corporation)If: 22 to 30 days / 31 days to one year
Once the death is registered, ask the registrar's office for your area for the death certificate.
Not confirmed
The Act gives the free first certificate to the person who reports the death; in a hospital, that is the hospital. No page says whether the family pays. Ask, and ask for a receipt.
Sources: 2, 4
- Do this nowIf: Somewhere else (such as a road, lodge, hostel, vehicle or jail)If: No, not yetIf: Village (gram panchayat) / Another town or city (a municipality or municipal corporation)If: Within 21 days / 22 to 30 days / 31 days to one year
Once the death is registered, ask the registrar's office for your area for the death certificate.
Sources: 2, 4
- Do this nowIf: At homeIf: No, not yetIf: Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025)If: Within 21 days / 22 to 30 days / 31 days to one year
When the registrar (the circle's Assistant Medical Officer of Health, AMOH; where there is no such post, the circle's Deputy Commissioner) approves it, you get an SMS.
Then get the death certificate at a MeeSeva centre with the application form and the "Birth and Death Certificate GHMC" service.
Not confirmed
MeeSeva's page also shows a "Base Amount" of ₹35 beside the user charge, and does not say whether it is added. Ask at the centre and keep the receipt. The national Model Rules as amended in 2024 suggest ₹50 for each certificate (indicative only); the amount in Telangana is not confirmed. GHMC's page and MeeSeva's page do not say how to get the free first certificate. Ask at the centre.
Sources: 7, 19, 17, 13, 2, 30, 21
- Do this nowIf: In a hospital or health centreIf: No, not yetIf: Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025)If: 22 to 30 days / 31 days to one year
Once the death is registered, get the death certificate at a MeeSeva centre with the application form and the "Birth and Death Certificate GHMC" service.
Not confirmed
MeeSeva's page also shows a "Base Amount" of ₹35 beside the user charge, and does not say whether it is added. Ask at the centre and keep the receipt. The national Model Rules as amended in 2024 suggest ₹50 for each certificate (indicative only); the amount in Telangana is not confirmed. GHMC's page and MeeSeva's page do not say how to get the free first certificate. Ask at the centre.
Sources: 7, 19, 17, 2, 30, 21
- Do this nowIf: Somewhere else (such as a road, lodge, hostel, vehicle or jail)If: No, not yetIf: Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025)If: Within 21 days / 22 to 30 days / 31 days to one year
Once the death is registered, get the death certificate at a MeeSeva centre with the application form and the "Birth and Death Certificate GHMC" service.
Not confirmed
MeeSeva's page also shows a "Base Amount" of ₹35 beside the user charge, and does not say whether it is added. Ask at the centre and keep the receipt. The national Model Rules as amended in 2024 suggest ₹50 for each certificate (indicative only); the amount in Telangana is not confirmed. GHMC's page and MeeSeva's page do not say how to get the free first certificate. Ask at the centre.
Sources: 7, 19, 17, 2, 30, 21
- Do this nowIf: No, not yetIf: Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025)If: One to two years / More than two years
At a MeeSeva centre, apply for the non-availability certificate (the death is not in the register) with the application form and the "Nonavailability Certificate GHMC" service.
MeeSeva asks for a ration card or another proof of residence, a notarised affidavit on ₹10 stamp paper, other documents that prove the place of death, the burial ground receipt, in a medico-legal case the FIR, the post-mortem report and Form 2 from the police station, and any other supporting documents. The form says these are attested photocopies.
Not confirmed
MeeSeva's page also shows a "Base Amount" of ₹35 beside the user charge, and does not say whether it is added. Ask at the centre and keep the receipt. The page's description speaks of a magistrate's order and a late fee of ₹10 under rule 9(3), in wording older than the 2026 change. Today's fee is not confirmed. The national Model Rules as amended in 2024 suggest ₹20 for this certificate (indicative only). GHMC's Citizen's Charter of 2013 says the copies for this service are attested by a Gazetted Officer; ask at the centre whether that still holds.
Sources: 19, 17, 33, 21, 23
- Do this nowIf: No, not yetIf: Village (gram panchayat) / Another town or city (a municipality or municipal corporation)If: One to two years / More than two years
At a MeeSeva centre, apply for the non-availability certificate (the death is not in the register) with the application form and the "Non Availability Death Application CDMA" service.
The form asks for your relation to the person, their name, and the place, cause and date of death.
Not confirmed
MeeSeva's page shows only this user charge; the national Model Rules as amended in 2024 suggest ₹20 for this certificate (indicative only). Ask at the centre and keep the receipt. The current page does not say whether this service covers villages; an older MeeSeva Citizen Charter shows a panchayat-level charge. In a village, ask whether to use it or go to the gram panchayat directly.
Sources: 28, 32, 19, 17, 24, 26, 21
- Do this nowIf: No, not yetIf: One to two years
At a MeeSeva centre, apply with the "Late Registration of Birth Death" service and the Late Registration of Death form.
MeeSeva's page asks for a "Physical Document", the non-availability certificate, a copy of the ration card (or another proof of identity or address) and a self-affidavit. It goes to the Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO); in Hyderabad district, to the Special Executive Magistrate.
Not confirmed
The other charge, and what "age" means for a death, are not confirmed; ask at the centre. The Act says a District Magistrate, Sub-Divisional Magistrate or authorised Executive Magistrate; MeeSeva's page and the form say the RDO. We found no official text linking the two. The Model Rules as amended in 2024 suggest ₹100 after a year (indicative only).
Sources: 28, 29, 19, 17, 24, 21, 6, 3
- Do this nowIf: No, not yetIf: One to two years
Wait for the District Magistrate, the Sub-Divisional Magistrate or an Executive Magistrate authorised by the District Magistrate to check the death and issue the order.
Sources: 3, 28
- Do this nowIf: No, not yetIf: More than two years
For a death more than two years ago, since 1 October 2026 registration needs an order of the Judicial Magistrate of the First Class for the place of death.
The magistrate checks the death and issues the order.
Not confirmed
MeeSeva's late registration service still goes to the RDO; it was set up before this change. Up to 30 October 2026 we found no Telangana Government order (goir.telangana.gov.in), High Court notification (tshc.gov.in) or district court notice on how to apply to the court for a death now, or the fee. Ask at a MeeSeva centre, the RDO office or the District Legal Services Authority. Whether the court needs the non-availability certificate first is also not confirmed.
Sources: 3
- Do this nowIf: No, not yetIf: One to two years / More than two yearsIf: Village (gram panchayat) / Another town or city (a municipality or municipal corporation)
Once the order is issued, the gram panchayat or municipality enters the date of death in the register and gives the death certificate.
Collect it there.
Not confirmed
After a court order, whether you must take it to the registrar yourself is not confirmed; ask.
Sources: 28, 6, 19, 3
- Do this nowIf: No, not yetIf: One to two years / More than two yearsIf: Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025)
Once the order is issued and the death is entered in the register, get the certificate at a MeeSeva centre with the application form and the "Birth and Death Certificate GHMC" service.
Not confirmed
MeeSeva's late registration page says the Registrar issues it; GHMC's page says from a MeeSeva centre. Ask where to get it. After a court order, whether you must take it to the registrar yourself is also not confirmed.
Sources: 7, 19, 17, 3, 30
- Do this nowIf: Village (gram panchayat) / Another town or city (a municipality or municipal corporation)If: Yes, it is in the death register / No, not yet
If you need more copies later, get them at a MeeSeva centre with the "Birth and Death Certificate CDMA" service.
Anyone can get any number of copies by paying the fee.
Not confirmed
MeeSeva's page shows only this user charge. Ask at the centre and keep the receipt. The national Model Rules as amended in 2024 suggest ₹50 for each certificate (indicative only); the amount in Telangana is not confirmed.
Sources: 1, 2, 4, 19, 17, 31, 21
- Do this nowIf: Hyderabad: GHMC, Cyberabad or Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation (including the 27 municipalities merged into GHMC in December 2025)If: Yes, it is in the death register / No, not yet
If you need more copies later, get them at a MeeSeva centre with the "Birth and Death Certificate GHMC" service.
Anyone can get any number of copies by paying the fee.
Not confirmed
MeeSeva's page also shows a "Base Amount" of ₹35 beside the user charge, and does not say whether it is added. Ask at the centre and keep the receipt. The national Model Rules as amended in 2024 suggest ₹50 for each certificate (indicative only); the amount in Telangana is not confirmed.
Sources: 1, 2, 4, 19, 17, 30, 21
- Do this nowIf: Yes, it is in the death register / No, not yet
Keep the death certificate safe.
It is needed to inherit property and to claim dues from insurance and other companies. The certificate does not show the cause of death.
Sources: 4, 2
- Do this nowIf: Yes
At any branch of the bank, hand in the claim form, the death certificate and your proof of identity and address.
The bank must not ask a nominee or survivor for legal papers such as a succession certificate or probate, or for an indemnity bond. On a joint account, a nominee's right begins only after all the holders have died. The bank tells you in writing that you receive the money as a trustee of the legal heirs; other people's rights stay as they were. This does not apply if the bank knows of a court order stopping the payment.
Sources: 10
- Do this nowIf: No, or I am not sure
Ask the bank branch for the claim forms and the list of documents.
They must also be on the bank's website. An account with no nominee or survivorship clause goes by a different procedure.
Sources: 10
- Do this now
If you need legal help, you can ask the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) in your district court complex whether they can help.
Toll-free number: 15100.
Sources: 12
If something goes wrong
If it is rejectedIf the registrar refuses the registration or the certificate, you can appeal to the District Registrar within 30 days (section 25A of the Act).
If the registrar refuses the registration or the certificate, you can appeal to the District Registrar within 30 days (section 25A of the Act). The District Registrar is the District Medical and Health Officer (DMHO). The District Registrar must decide within 90 days. Against that order, you can appeal within 30 days to the Chief Registrar: the Director of Public Health and Family Welfare, Telangana, Hyderabad.
District Registrar (births and deaths): the District Medical and Health Officer (DMHO)
Sources: 2, 4, 13, 14
If it is rejectedIf the registrar refuses the registration or the certificate, you can appeal to the District Registrar within 30 days (section 25A of the Act).
If the registrar refuses the registration or the certificate, you can appeal to the District Registrar within 30 days (section 25A of the Act). In GHMC, the District Registrar is the GHMC Commissioner. The District Registrar must decide within 90 days. Against that order, you can appeal within 30 days to the Chief Registrar: the Director of Public Health and Family Welfare, Telangana, Hyderabad.
District Registrar (births and deaths): the GHMC Commissioner
Sources: 2, 4, 13, 14
If it is lateIf the certificate does not come within 7 days of the registration, ask the District Registrar.
If the certificate does not come within 7 days of the registration, ask the District Registrar.
District Registrar (births and deaths): the District Medical and Health Officer (DMHO)
Sources: 2, 4, 13
If it is lateIf the certificate does not come within 7 days of the registration, ask the District Registrar.
If the certificate does not come within 7 days of the registration, ask the District Registrar.
District Registrar (births and deaths): the GHMC Commissioner
Sources: 2, 4, 13
If you are asked for more moneyRegistration within 21 days is free, and the Act says the registrar gives the person who reported the death one certificate free.
Registration within 21 days is free, and the Act says the registrar gives the person who reported the death one certificate free. MeeSeva's user charge (₹62 or ₹80, GST included; ₹2.50 a page after four pages) is set by a Government order. For late registration, MeeSeva's page says other charges depend upon age. Ask for a receipt that shows each charge. If you doubt a charge at a MeeSeva centre, call the Parishkaram call centre (1100, or 1800 425 1110). You can appeal to the District Registrar within 30 days against a registrar's action.
Parishkaram call centre (MeeSeva complaints)
Sources: 4, 2, 13, 17, 25, 19
If you are asked for more moneyRegistration within 21 days is free, and the Act says the registrar gives the person who reported the death one certificate free.
Registration within 21 days is free, and the Act says the registrar gives the person who reported the death one certificate free. MeeSeva's user charge (₹62 or ₹80, GST included; ₹2.50 a page after four pages) is set by a Government order. For late registration, MeeSeva's page says other charges depend upon age. Ask for a receipt that shows each charge. If you doubt a charge at a MeeSeva centre, call the Parishkaram call centre (1100, or 1800 425 1110). You can appeal to the District Registrar within 30 days against a registrar's action.
Parishkaram call centre (MeeSeva complaints)
Sources: 4, 2, 13, 17, 25, 19
AlsoIf a detail on the certificate is wrong, the registrar can correct it.
If a detail on the certificate is wrong, the registrar can correct it. Apply at a MeeSeva centre with the "Corrections in Death Certificate CDMA" service (₹80, 3 working days). The form lists the original death certificate, a notarised affidavit on ₹10 non-judicial stamp paper, documents that show the right detail, a letter from the hospital where the death occurred, and in a medico-legal case the police certificate, the FIR and the post-mortem report.
MeeSeva centre
Sources: 1, 4, 19, 17, 34
AlsoIf a detail on the certificate is wrong, the registrar can correct it.
If a detail on the certificate is wrong, the registrar can correct it. Apply at a MeeSeva centre with the "GHMC Death Correction" service (₹80, 7 working days), with the original death certificate, the hospital's consent letter, two different documents that show the right detail (such as school certificates, a voter ID card or a passport), a notarised affidavit on ₹10 non-judicial stamp paper, and a declaration by a parent, child or spouse certified by two Gazetted Officers. In a medico-legal case, also the FIR, the post-mortem report and Form 2 from the police station.
MeeSeva centre
Sources: 1, 4, 19, 17, 35
If it is lateIf the bank delays the claim, first complain to the bank.
If the bank delays the claim, first complain to the bank. For a delay caused by the bank, the RBI directions require compensation as interest at not less than the Bank Rate + 4% a year. If there is no reply within 30 days, or you are not satisfied with it, complain online to the RBI Ombudsman; a complaint more than 90 days after the time limit ended or the bank's last reply, whichever is later, is not taken. It is free. Call 14448 for guidance and to check the status.
RBI Ombudsman (CMS portal) · Open the official page
Sources: 11, 10
Official websites for this work
- Births and deaths (CRS) Birth and death certificates
- GHMC: birth and death Birth and death certificates and forms in Hyderabad
- RBI Ombudsman Complain about a bank
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The 36 official pages and papers this guide is written from
- The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 (Act No. 18 of 1969), text before the 2023 amendmentOffice of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India (text of the Act as passed by Parliament), Sections 8(1)(a)-(f), 11, 13(1), 15, 17(1) (31-05-1969) · read on 04-11-2026
- The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2023 (No. 20 of 2023), Gazette of India Extraordinary, Part II, Section 1, No. 23Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department), Government of India; Gazette copy published by the Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, Sections 7 (s. 8), 8 (s. 10(2)-(3)), 9 (s. 11), 10 (new s. 12), 11 (s. 13(2)), 13 (s. 17(1)(b) and its proviso), 17 (new s. 25A) (11-08-2023) · read on 04-11-2026
- The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2026 (12 of 2026), with notification S.O. 5081(E) of 16 September 2026 bringing it into forceMinistry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department) and Ministry of Home Affairs (Office of the Registrar General of India), Government of India; Gazette copies on the Civil Registration System portal, Section 2 (new s. 13(3) and 13(3A)); S.O. 5081(E): in force from 1 October 2026 (06-08-2026) · read on 30-10-2026
- Civil Registration System: frequently asked questionsOffice of the Registrar General of India, Civil Registration System, Questions 1-6, 8, 9 and 12 · read on 04-11-2026
- The Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018 (Act No. 5 of 2018)Government of Telangana (Act of the Telangana Legislature; copy on the website of the High Court for the State of Telangana), Section 43(5)(xv); section 52(1), item (D) (30-03-2018) · read on 29-10-2026
- Death Certificate (MeeSeva service: death certificate and late registration of death)District Administration, Suryapet, Government of Telangana, Late registration of death: documents; collecting the certificate after the LRBD certificate (22-04-2025) · read on 04-11-2026
- Birth and DeathGreater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Government of Telangana, Opening paragraph (certificate links); Birth & death event at hospital; Birth and death process (flow in module); menu: Birth and Death Forms · read on 04-11-2026
- Emergency ContactsGovernment of Telangana, Emergency numbers table · read on 29-10-2026
- Telangana Police Dial 112: Emergency ResponseTelangana Police, Page description · read on 29-10-2026
- Reserve Bank of India (Settlement of Claims in respect of Deceased Customers of Banks) Directions, 2025 (RBI/2025-26/82)Reserve Bank of India, Paragraphs 7(a) (survivorship clause), 8, 9, 10, 28, 29, 31, 33 and 34 (26-09-2025) · read on 04-11-2026
- Frequently asked questions: Reserve Bank - Integrated Ombudsman Scheme, 2026Reserve Bank of India, FAQs 9, 10, 16, 17 and 21 (01-07-2026) · read on 04-11-2026
- IntroductionTelangana State Legal Services Authority, Introduction; toll-free number (15-10-2026) · read on 04-11-2026
- G.O.Ms.No.161, 28.11.2016: hierarchy of Registrars of Births and Deaths at various levels in the State of TelanganaHealth, Medical & Family Welfare (D2) Department, Government of Telangana (Telangana G.O.I.R.), Order; Annexure, items 1-9 (Chief Registrar; District Registrar and Additional District Registrars; Mandal and Panchayat level; Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation; other municipal corporations; Vijayapuri (North); Secunderabad Cantonment; BHEL Ramachandrapuram) (28-11-2016) · read on 04-11-2026
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- G.O.Ms.No.163, 28.11.2016: government health facilities (PHCs, CHCs, area, district and teaching hospitals) designated as birth and death registration unitsHealth, Medical & Family Welfare (D2) Department, Government of Telangana (Telangana G.O.I.R.), Order; table, items 1-27 (the officer appointed as registrar in each; item 26 CHCs, item 27 PHCs) (28-11-2016) · read on 04-11-2026
- G.O.Ms.No.1, 01.04.2026: MeeSeva, enhancement of user charges for all services by 50%Information Technology, Electronics & Communications (e-Gov) Department, Government of Telangana (Telangana G.O.I.R.), Paragraphs 2, 3 (Table A: Category A ₹62 and Category B ₹80 including GST, plus ₹2.50 a page after the first four) and 7 (in force at once) (01-04-2026) · read on 30-10-2026
- Model Registration of Births and Deaths Rules, 1999Office of the Registrar General of India, Civil Registration System, Rule 6 (vehicle, inquest); rule 8(4)-(5) (who collects the certificate of a death in an institution, then by post) · read on 04-11-2026
- Telangana MeeSeva portal: service pages (fee with GST, timeline, documents to upload, officer flow)Electronic Services Delivery (MeeSeva), ITE&C Department, Government of Telangana, Services → GHMC: "BIRTH AND DEATH CERTIFICATE GHMC", "GHMC DEATH HOME", "GHMC VERIFICATION DEATH", "NONAVAILABILITY CERTIFICATE GHMC", "GHMC DEATH CORRECTION"; CDMA: "BIRTH AND DEATH CERTIFICATE CDMA", "NON AVAILABILITY DEATH APPLICATION CDMA", "CORRECTIONS IN DEATH CERTIFICATE CDMA"; Revenue: "LATE REGISTRATION OF BIRTH DEATH" (each: fee with GST, Base Amount, Other Charges, timeline, mandatory documents, officer flow; footer: last updated 04-04-2026) (04-04-2026) · read on 04-11-2026
- G.O.Ms.No.55, 11.02.2026: Reorganisation of Core Urban Region (CURE) – Constitution of three Municipal Corporations: Cyberabad, Malkajgiri and Greater HyderabadMunicipal Administration and Urban Development Department, Government of Telangana (list on the BuildNow portal), Government Orders, entry dated 11/02/2026 (title of the order) (11-02-2026) · read on 30-10-2026
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- GHMC: Application for Non Availability Certificate for DeathGovernment of Telangana (MeeSeva application forms, on telangana.gov.in), Addressed to the Registrar of Birth and Deaths of the circle; photo copies with attestation, items 1-6 · read on 04-11-2026
- CDMA Death Corrections Application FormGovernment of Telangana (MeeSeva application forms, on telangana.gov.in), Location (including Gram Panchayat); Document List, items 1-6 · read on 04-11-2026
- Declaration for corrections of birth and death entriesGovernment of Telangana (MeeSeva application forms, on telangana.gov.in), Documents to be produced, items 1-9 · read on 04-11-2026
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