If there's an error on a death certificate, you can apply to have it corrected.
Refer to the ‘Evidence required’ tab for common changes and the evidence you’ll need to provide.
If there's an error on a death certificate, you can apply to have it corrected.
Refer to the ‘Evidence required’ tab for common changes and the evidence you’ll need to provide.
We'll ask you for the following:
As a minimum, we ask for:
We ask you to return the original death certificate before we can issue a corrected version.
If you return the original certificate, the replacement is free. (You may need to pay postage and handling charges.)
If you don't return the original, you will need to:
Learn more about how to digitise and upload documents.
The evidence we need depends on the correction you want to make.
For documents in a language other than English, provide an English translation by a qualified translator. Learn more about translated documents.
The easiest way to prove your identity is with your driver licence (if it confirms your residential address) and your Passport.
If you don’t have these, you can provide other identity documents.
To provide identity documents, send certified copies to us by post or by uploading.
The evidence listed below covers the most common correction requests. If you can't provide the evidence listed, we will contact you if we need more evidence.
If we hold the evidence (e.g. a birth certificate) you don't need to provide a copy of it.
Correction | Acceptable evidence |
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Any name on the certificate |
One of the following documents, showing the name that needs to be corrected:
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Date, place or cause of death |
Evidence of correct information from the certifying doctor, the coroner or a treating consultant. It may be in the form of:
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Date or place of marriage | Marriage certificate (interstate or overseas marriage). |
Relationship status (married or divorced) |
One of the following:
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Relationship status and/or name of domestic (de facto) partner |
The Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 2019 (External link) define 'domestic relationship'. For a death record, a domestic relationship includes both:
To add the name of a domestic partner, you must provide evidence that at the time of death:
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Previous children (names or ages) |
One of the following:
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Check our certificate turnaround times.
If it's urgent, apply online then contact us.
The fees are non-refundable except as set out in our Refunds page.
Whereabouts of original certificate | Comments | Price |
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If you return the original death certificate |
No fee for certificate (There may be a postage and handling fee for the new certificate. Check Postage, below) |
$0.00 |
If you do not return the original death certificate | The price of a legal death certificate applies | $51.40 |
Postage fees are additional.
We can’t refund postage fees if you decide to collect your certificate(s) in person.
Type of certificate | Postage and handling method | Price |
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Legal certificate | Express post | $10.00 |
Type of certificate | Postage and handling method | Price |
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Legal certificate | International express | $54.10 |
See Australia Post (External link) for product details.
Check the Payment methods we accept.