NSW Death Certificate Application
You apply to NSW BDM for an official death certificate. The funeral director normally registers the death within 7 days, then an eligible person - the spouse or de facto partner, a parent or child named on the certificate, the executor, or the solicitor for the estate - can buy the certificate. You need a death certificate to close bank accounts, claim insurance, manage super, transfer property and apply for probate.
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