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Service
Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations
Vital Statistics
Death Registration
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| Who Needs This
Registration? |
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A funeral director needs this registration
before they can issue a burial permit . |
| Issuing Department
/ Agency: |
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Any Local Division Registrar of
Deaths properly authorized by the Government of Nova Scotia. These
include most licensed Funeral Directors in the Province.
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| Where can you get this Registration and / or further information? |
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Any Local Division Registrar of
Deaths properly authorized by the Government of Nova Scotia. These
include most licensed Funeral Directors in the Province.
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| Registration Process: |
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At the time of death, the funeral
director will (a) get information about the deceased from the next of kin,
and (b) have the section on the medical cause of death completed by the
attending physician or medical examiner. When that is done, the funeral
director (acting as Local Division Registrar) issues a burial permit.
The funeral director then sends the Death Registration itself to the
Vital Statistics Office of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations.
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| Waiting Period:
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None; they are prepared immediately
following the death. |
| Price: |
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Free |
| Expiry : |
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This registration does not expire.
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| Related Requirements:
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Burial Permit
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| Additional Information:
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(For administrative purposes only, contact: the Vital Statistics
Office) |
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Phone
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Outside of Nova Scotia: (902) 424-4381
Toll-Free in Nova Scotia: 1-877-848-2578
Hours: 8:30 a.m to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday (except Holidays). |
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Visit
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Vital Statistics
Office
Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations
Joseph Howe Building
Ground Floor
1690 Hollis Street
Halifax, NS B3J 3J9
Canada |
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E-mail
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vstat@gov.ns.ca
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Write:
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Division Registrar Births and Deaths
P.O. Box 157
Halifax, NS B3J 2M9
Canada |
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Fax
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(902) 424-0678 |
| Legislative Authority:
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Vital Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989,
Chapter 494 |
Last Updated: March 2004
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