{"id":639,"date":"2023-07-13T11:21:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T18:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conslosangeles.esteri.it\/?page_id=639"},"modified":"2025-01-06T15:05:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T22:05:29","slug":"registering-death-abroad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conslosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/stato-civile\/registering-death-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Registration of deaths that occurred outside Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ufficio Stato Civile<br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:statocivile.losangeles@esteri.it\">statocivile.losangeles@esteri.it<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/conslosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/chi-siamo\/\">Jurisdiction: Arizona, Southern California, Nevada, New Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive\">\n<table class=\"table table-bordered table-sm export-table\" width=\"736\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"thead-light\">\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"623\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>To register civil documents in Italy, there is NO need to make an appointment, simply mail or submit the documents in person\u00a0<\/strong>to the attention of the Vital Record Office at:<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"312\"><strong>Via mail (USPS \u2013 FEDEX \u2013 UPS)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>In person<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"312\">CONSULATE GENERAL OF ITALY<br \/>\nVITAL RECORDS OFFICE<br \/>\n12424 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1400;<br \/>\nLos Angeles, CA 90025<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"312\">drop off your documents in person during office hours (9am-12.30pm only) using the drop box provided in the\u00a0<em>mailroom<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Level P1 of our building<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>An Italian citizen\u2019s death certificate must\u00a0<strong>ALWAYS<\/strong>\u00a0be registered in Italy at the\u00a0<em>comune<\/em>\u00a0of their last known residence. This is true even if the Italian citizen subsequently naturalized in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Registering the death certificate is crucial since any legal documents pertaining to the deceased\u2019s assets, succession law, bank accounts, pension, etc. can\u00a0<strong>only<\/strong> be processed if their death certificate has been registered. For further information we invite you to email the office directly at:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:notarile.losangeles@esteri.it\">notarile.losangeles@esteri.it<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You may submit a request to register a death certificate even if the deceased was not a resident, as long as their death occurred in this Consular jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLEASE NOTE<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Before submitting or sending a certificate issued outside Italy, please\u00a0<strong>CAREFULLY<\/strong>\u00a0check the names, dates and places of birth with the appropriate local authorities. If there are any errors, you will need to request an amendment from the office that issued the certificate;<\/li>\n<li><strong>For certificates not issued in the consular jurisdiction of the Consulate General of Italy in Los Angeles<\/strong>, it is highly recommended to always check the correctness of the documentation with the Italian Consulate territorially competent over the issuance of the documentation by consulting their website. The procedure to be followed may vary depending on the country or state where the documents was issued, according to the agreements in force with the country in question.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/ministero\/struttura\/laretediplomatica\/\">Find your competent consulate here.<\/a><br \/>\nExample: For a birth certificate issued in\u00a0<u>Buenos Aires (Argentina)<\/u>, check the website of the\u00a0<u>Italian Consulate General in Buenos Aires<\/u>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The documents to be presented are the following:<\/p>\n<p>1) <strong>Form to Request the Registration in Italy of a death<\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/conslosangeles.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/07-Modulo-Trascizione-Morte.pdf\">click here<\/a>);<\/p>\n<p>2) Certified Copy of the\u00a0<strong>CERTIFICATE OF DEATH<\/strong> in \u201cLong Form\u201d format, issued by the competent local authorities (<a href=\"https:\/\/conslosangeles.esteri.it\/it\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/altri-servizi\/albo-consolare\/county-recorder-county-clerk\/\"><u>County Clerk Office<\/u><\/a>);<\/p>\n<p>3) <a href=\"https:\/\/conslosangeles.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/APOSTILLE-INFORMATION-What-is-an-Apostille-v.11.12.2024.pdf\"><strong><u>Apostille<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Declaration of international validity) to be requested only for the birth certificate issued by the \u201cSecretary of State\u201d of the State where the birth occurred (<a href=\"https:\/\/conslosangeles.esteri.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/APOSTILLE-INFORMATION-What-is-an-Apostille-v.11.12.2024.pdf\"><u>list of Secretaries of State<\/u><\/a>).\u00a0<u>The Apostille does not require translation<\/u>;<\/p>\n<p>4) T<strong>ranslation<\/strong>\u00a0into Italian of the certificate, entirety, typewritten and faithful to the original in all its parts (<a href=\"https:\/\/conslosangeles.esteri.it\/it\/servizi-consolari-e-visti\/servizi-per-il-cittadino-italiano\/altri-servizi\/albo-consolare\/traduttori-di-riferimento-translators-reference-list\/\">list of\u00a0<u>Translators<\/u><\/a>). The format of the dates must be\u00a0<strong>European type<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>day\/month\/yea<\/em>r;<\/p>\n<p>5) Photocopy of the Italian passport of the deceased.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Registration of deaths that occurred outside Italy Ufficio Stato Civile Email:\u00a0statocivile.losangeles@esteri.it Jurisdiction: Arizona, Southern California, Nevada, New Mexico &nbsp; To register civil documents in Italy, there is NO need to make an appointment, simply mail or submit the documents in person\u00a0to the attention of the Vital Record Office at: Via mail (USPS \u2013 FEDEX \u2013 [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":215,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-639","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conslosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conslosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conslosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conslosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conslosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/conslosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7195,"href":"https:\/\/conslosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/639\/revisions\/7195"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conslosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conslosangeles.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}