Handling the death certificate requires the original ID card of the deceased and the signature of the ID card of the agent. If it is handled by an immediate family member, it may be necessary to provide the original account book of the deceased, and the specific requirements vary from region to region.

Documents required for issuing death certificates include:

1. The immediate family members who handle the death certificate for the deceased shall bring the original ID card and household registration book of the deceased to the local public security organ to handle the death certificate. 2. If the deceased died of natural causes and there is no death certificate issued by the hospital, you can go to the village committee or neighborhood committee to issue a medical certificate of death. 3. If the deceased dies directly in the hospital, he can directly apply for a death certificate with the medical certificate issued by the hospital.

To sum up, in the case of death in a medical and health unit, the medical certificate of death shall prevail; If a citizen dies normally and cannot obtain a death certificate issued by the hospital, the certificate issued by the neighborhood (village) committee or the health center (institute) shall prevail; Abnormal death or the health department can not determine whether it is a normal death, with the death certificate issued by the public security and judicial departments; Has been cremated, with the cremation certificate issued by the funeral department.

Legal basis:

Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on Household Registration

Article 8

If a citizen dies, the head of the household, relatives, dependents or neighbors shall, within one month before the city is buried, declare the death registration to the household registration authority and cancel the household registration. If a citizen dies in his temporary residence, the household registration organ of the temporary residence shall notify the household registration organ of the permanent residence to cancel his household registration. If a citizen dies due to an accident or the cause of death is unknown, the head of the household and the discoverer shall immediately report to the local police station or the people's committee of a township or town. Article 9 A person who dies after birth but before birth registration shall declare birth registration and death registration at the same time.