Morpeth Register Office

About Morpeth Register Office

Morpeth Register Office, at County Hall in Morpeth, is one of the Northumberland County Council register offices that registers births and deaths for the county. A death should be registered by appointment, normally within five days unless it has been referred to the coroner, so you need to telephone the registration service on 0345 600 6400 to book.

At the appointment the registrar records the death and issues the death certificate; it is worth asking for several certified copies (each costs £12.50), as banks, insurers and the probate process often each require one. The registrar also provides a unique reference for the government's free Tell Us Once service, which reports a death to most central and local government departments in a single step. A death is registered in the district where the person died.

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