● If you have called emergency medical assistance (NMP) and the man is dead in the presence of medical staff, as well as the probable cause of death was known – NMP team leader in the medical documentation captures biological death of fact and issue an appointment (pavadlapu) of the dead man's arrival in the morgue. The basis of this document, the funeral service providers or morgi dead may be accepted and put in a low-temperature chamber.

● If biological death of NMP in the vehicle, the deceased show no signs of violent death and has been carried out the deceased's personality, the man's body was transported to hospital pathology department at the morgue.

● If a man has died a violent death ( has been a conflict situation, had an accident or suicide) or is about the suspect then call the police (National Police Helplines 110), which will decide what further action, and, if necessary, with the decision will be determined by a forensic medical examination, as well as to organise the conveyance to the State Centre for Forensic Medical Examination.

● If a man has already been sick or complained about feeling unwell and died at the home of natural causes, and relatives are aware of death, be called the deceased's family doctor, who reveals the fact of death and provided with the medical certificate regarding the cause of death.

● If a man died on the weekday evening, at night, weekend or holiday and family doctor is not available, contact your doctor or health clinics in the next morning, if it is a working day, calling the deceased's family doctor.

Medical certificates for deceased family doctor regarding the cause of death is entitled to issue these days, if the deceased family doctor has visited the family doctor and his health condition has not been known, and consequently the probable cause of death was not known. In the case of unknown cause of death the family doctor on a secondment necropsy (autopsy), so that the cause of death.

● If the family doctor who takes care of was a person cannot determine the cause of death and there are no obvious signs of violent death, he / she shall organise the body of the deceased human pathology department of an in-patient medical treatment institution (morgue).

●If you do not know the family doctor who takes care of has been the deceased person, or dead persons not established a family doctor, to no one may apply to any other family doctor.

Without medical certificates for the cause of death, emergency medical team at the place of secondment (pavadlapas), a family doctor deployment or in the Police (on the performance of an expert-examination) of the necropsy (autopsy) morgue late shall be inadmissible.

●The relatives of a deceased are placed in a morgue can make their relatives or funeral services provider. In this case, you need to specify whether an agreement with the funeral service provider is closed only for the transportation of the deceased, or they will also be in the contract / agreement on a full service package. The mourners should be assessed more funeral services provider services offered and prices, before concluding the agreement.

The man's death, the State Police shall be informed of the facts:

● In order to clarify the dead man's personality, if this is not known

● if the deceased are visible signs of violent death or has professionally substantiated suspicions regarding a violent death

● if the pathologist, performing the pathological-anatomical investigation finds signs of violent death

●If a man died outside the home, you need to call emergency medical assistance (NMP), calling the phone "113"

●If the dead man's identity is known and its relatives are on the scene, NMP team leader of the fact the position of the medical documentation of biological death and provided with the assignment (pavadlapu) of the dead man's arrival in the morgue. On the basis of the relatives of the deceased (pavadlapas) or a funeral service providers can be delivered to the dead in the morgue.

●If the deceased person is not known, to call the police, calling the phone "110".
If the State Police at the scene to identify the deceased's personality, but its nationals as soon as possible can attend the scene, NMP team leader of the fact the position of the medical documentation of biological death and provided with the assignment (pavadlapu) of the dead man's arrival in the morgue. On that basis, to the State Police were called upon the deceased's family indicate the dead man's funeral service providers for delivery in the morgue.
If the personality of the deceased have not been established at the scene or the relatives of the deceased does not provide a burial service providers, the State Police employees shall be delivered to the State Centre for Forensic Medical Examination, calling the service.

●'s relative or other close human failure, necessary to apply to the State Police. If there are suspicions regarding the death of a person may, in addition to apply to the State Centre for Forensic Medical Examination.

●If a patient died in hospital, then associates with complete death shall be notified to the staff of the Authority. The corpse shall be taken to hospital pathology department at the morgue.

●Where a court medical expert-examination, shall be transported to the State Centre for Forensic Medical Examination or the nearest State Centre for Forensic Medical Examination of the regional chapter.

●Medical certificate regarding the cause of death can receive medical treatment institutions, which the patient is dead, social care or rehabilitation institution, which the patient has been a medical treatment institution, the pathology department, in which the deceased's postmortem, carried out or if the is set at a court medical expert-examination – State Centre for Forensic Medical Examination or the corresponding regional office.

● The relatives of a deceased loved ones is recommended to receive a medical certificate regarding the cause of death from the medical treatment institution staff.

●Prison Administration shall arrange and pay the inmate's body from the prison to transport in the region in the existing medical treatment institution - the centre of autopsy pathology. A medical certificate shall be issued to the prison takes place on the cause of death.

● Apcietinātā or sentenced the disposal of assets as a result of his death shall be carried out by the prison warden or his plenipotentiary party on the basis of a medical certificate regarding the cause of death.

●Where a court medical expert-examination, shall be transported to the State Centre for Forensic Medical Examination and Medical certificate regarding the cause of death shall be issued by the State Centre for Forensic Medical Examination of the corresponding chapter.

●If detention or Prison Administration shall have access to information on the next of kin, then this information is notified by one of them.

●Pension Office of the fact of death shall be notified to the city or municipality self-government general registry authority in the form of medical certificate regarding the cause of death and the dead man's Passport or ID card, if such documents in a prison is located.

●After the fact of death registration the official or employee shall issue a death certificate, upon request, detention or his plenipotentiary to the person who has announced the death of fact.

● Pension Office of the deceased's death certificate issued by the prisoner's relatives and inform them about the location of the dead body.

 

●If a man has died abroad, then associates with complete death shall notify the State Police, which is received from Latvia diplomatic or consular mission or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sometimes to death the deceased's kin are notified of the friends, acquaintances or other persons.

●If the message being received with complete death abroad, nationals may communicate with the relevant country directly to the police, hospitals or forensic investigators to obtain information about the cause of death and the formalities which should be conducted with relevant country authorities.

● In case of nationals can communicate with the Latvian diplomatic or consular missionsin the country concernedfor information on formalities incurred by the deceased's family out to be transferred to Latvia.

●If the country of Latvia diplomatic or consular missions, their relatives can contact the consular department Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the phone during working hours, +371 67016364 or in emergency situations outside working hours and holidays +371 26337711.

●If the deceased person was is insured with ( for example, travel insurance), assistance, under an insurance policy, provides insurance company. If the deceased person has not been is insured with all the costs borne by the family.

●If the family wants to bury the dead in a coffin in Latvia, there is a need for the remains of the transport specialist, in hermetically sealed coffin (i.e., plumbing, or from an impermeable material). From the countries that are geographically far removed from Latvia, is often practised cremated remains – a transfer of dust to Latvia.

●Mirstīgo residue preparation and transportation after the formalities are carried out by the undertaker's. Associates need to get in touch with the relevant country or a funeral home - a funeral home in Latvia who has experience in international transport of deceased.

● Individual Funeral service providers offer a zinc coffin lease for the transport of the deceased.

●The death certificates issuedbefore submitting jānotulko Latvian institutions is a Latvian language. No legalisation or death certificates of certifying Endorsement (apostille) is not required if it is issued by the European Union, Member States of the European Economic Area or Swiss Confederation.

Information concerning the transport of deceased

●In a dead man's body have been imported into Latvia from another country, requires the relevant country the corpse issued by a competent institution authorized for transport. If the country from which is being imported into the corpse, no such institution exists and is not possible to obtain a permit for conveyance of the corpse, you need medical treatment institutions, health care practitioners or law enforcement authorities issued a statement showing the cause of death.

● After a dead man's body transport licences or certificates of cause of death for the examination of an official of the Food and Veterinary Service attesting the importation of the corpse in a country with a signature and seal in the bill of lading.

●In a dead man's body out of theHealth Inspectorate issued a permit for conveyance of a body of a deceased person.

●In a body of a deceased person permission to transport it is also possible electronic portalthe www.latvija.lvusing the Health Inspectorate e-service “Application for authorisation, the Health Inspectorate or the receipt of the opinion of the assessment’.

● documents to be submittedHealth Inspectorate: the application; a statement from the medical treatment institution regarding the cause of death or a medical certificate regarding the cause of death, which contains the KODU cause of death; funeral service provider proof that the corpse has been placed in a coffin in accordance with the requirements of the rules, the coffin, there is only a corpse and personal belongings, which buried or cremated with it.

●Miruša human body authorised to import into Latvia or exported from Latvia by road, rail, air or water trans ­ port, the vehicle concerned when you insert a coffin in the luggage compartment;

● If the body of a pass from another country through Latvia in transit, the Health Inspectorate authorised for the carriage of the dead man's body is required.

●The fact of death shall communicate to any registry authority no later than within six working days from the moment when the death occurred or the deceased found.

●The obligation to announce the death is a spouse, family member or another person who has become known fact about the person's death. If due to a person's death is under investigation, inquiry or investigative authority is obliged to declare in writing to the fact of death to the Registry Office.

●If the person has died in a medical treatment institution, social care or rehabilitation institution, a nursing home or place of imprisonment and death facts have not informed of the deceased's family or other persons who become aware of the death of the authorities referred to in fact, the manager or his plenipotentiary person has a duty to notify in writing the death of the fact the general registry office.

●If the facts have not notified to the aforementioned persons and institutions, and regarding the death of a person becomes known to the local government, it has a duty to notify in writing the death of the fact the general registry office.

●If the death of the fact is registered abroad, then the registry office in Latvia for the re-registration of the fact of death shall not be carried out.

●death shall be recordedon the basis of one of the death facts supporting documents: medical treatment institution or a medical practitioner and a medical certificate issued by the cause of death; court judgment regarding the determination of the fact of death or personal invitations to tender for the dead; institutional communication on the rehabilitation of repressed persons death.

●fact of death registration is necessary for the deceased person’ s personal identification document ( Passport and ID cards if they have been issued) and the person who has announced the death, personal identification document.

●If the deceased is a citizen of another country, then the fact of death registration is required for the deceased person’ s personal identification document and residence permit is issued, if any.

●If the deceased's personal identification document cannot be found, then the registry office shall obtain the necessary information from a single data base.

•Upon the death of the factthe registry authority in the register shall indicate whether the deceased person’ s personal identification document / documents is or has not been submitted to the registry office.

●If a child stillborn or died in childbirth, medical treatment institutions or medical practitioners are obliged to notify the Registry Office within eight days. Registration of the fact of death in this case, but does not issue a statement regarding birth registration.

●If a child after birth, lived a short time ( minutes), shall be recorded in both his birth and death. In this case, issue a statement regarding the registration of birth and death certificates

●After the fact of death registration the official or employee shall, upon request, issue death certificates to the person who has announced the death of fact.

●General Registry Division of the death in the register and shall be free of charge, issue death certificates.

●death certificate is required to receive inheritance matters, the graves and other cases.

● From 2017 January 1. the annual allowance may be applied for 6 months from the date of death.

● When the allowance shall submit a submission for the granting of the allowance.

● application submission for the granting of funeral benefit shall be free of charge for the SSIA.

●The right to receive a funeral benefit shall be insured person Family member or the person who actually handled the burial, if the deceased insured person (as it is understood the person who at the time of death is the status of an employee or self-employed person). This allowance is paid, even if the insured person or supported by the former family member died during the month following the end of the contribution period.

● A funeral benefit shall be granted also in cases:

- if dead socially insured person has dependent family member (minor child or a child aged under 24 years ago, who was studying at secondary or higher education institution);

- if the deceased unemployed person who has been the beneficiary of unemployment benefit or for which the last 36 months prior to obtaining the status of an unemployed person contributions against unemployment carried out not less than 12 months;

- if the dead of the compensation for loss or State social security benefit recipient.

●pension death his family or the person who has undertaken the burial, a funeral benefit shall be paid by the amount of a pension of two months.

● Relationship, demanding a death grant is not required to prove.

●Information about the funeral benefit and persons entitled to receive a death grant is available in the SSIA tīmekļvietnēBurial allowance” or portalthe www.latvija.lvunder the heading ‘Burial allowance’.

●The submission may be submitted electronically by completing aE-iesniegumuportalthe www.latvija.lvin the form or electronic documents. By e-mail, sent an application shall be signed with a secure electronic signature, adding time stamps.

●The application may be sent by postSSIA branch of the declared place of residence for the deador to submit in person at anySSIA department, orNational and local government in the customer service centre (VPVKAC).

● When onsite services, to present a personal identification document - Passport or ID card.

● Individual Funeral service providers offers an opportunity to help with funeral benefit, including the presentation as part of a full service prices. In this case, the deceased's relatives are entitled to become acquainted with all of the SSIA documents issued and funeral benefit.

●A local government, where the deceased person was declared ata funeral allowance may be granted for the mourners. A funeral allowance in the size and procedure for obtainingrelevant self-governmentbinding regulations.

● On the possibility to apply for death grant necessary to take interest in the present government.

●Information regarding the granting of a funeral allowance in Riga , Riga City Council Welfare Department tīmekļvietnē under the heading ‘Riga municipality social benefits’

●Graveyard – mostly cemetery land is owned by the municipality, therefore, the maintenance of cemeteries, graves for the award of the chapel, funeral arrangements are in use, etc.Local governmentbinding regulations.

● A local government in its owned the cemetery is entitled to operate the cemetery management function itself or to a funeral service providers.

●In order to receive the tomb, it is necessary to produce death certificates.

●Khi site digging you can also sort on a funeral service providers, in agreement with the municipality where graves are located. This is often paid services whose price would be clarified in advance.

●crematorium – cremation services in the territory of the Republic of Latvia may be provided only by operators who have received a special permit (licence) to perform cremation services, which shall be issued by the municipality administrative territory of which is located in the crematorium.

●Uma with cremated human remains may be put into the ground or placed in the columbarium (umu disposal site) in accordance with the relevant self-government cemetery maintenance rules.

 

● The relatives of a deceased human body pārapbedīšanas procedures are laid down in the local self-government cemetery maintenance rules.

● remains may be to rebury not earlier than one year after the funeral.

● Virsapbedījumus dead apbedot coffin, can be done 20 years after the burial. In some cases, in coordination with the Health Inspectorate, this deadline may be reduced to 15 years.

● A person who wants to rebury the remains, to receive the relevant self-government institutions referred to in cemetery maintenance rules permit pārapbedīšanai.

●In order to receive the permission of the Health Inspectorate pārapbedīšanairequires the following documents: application a copy of the death certificate, a statement from the cemetery on the tomb where Kubilius noted that the intended.

● In a dead man's body pārapbedīšanas authorisation can be electronically Portalthe www.latvija.lvusing the Health Inspectorate e-service “Application for authorisation, the Health Inspectorate or the receipt of the opinion of the assessment’.

●It is appropriate to identify a number of funeral service providersoperating in a position of you who have a clear description of services and price list. Don't rely on the first available information, for example, at the hospital, police or medical treatment institutions of recommendations.

● It is necessary to understand what's the full price for funeral services.

● themortuary service prices may vary depending on the funeral service providers. Customers should be made available to the scale applied to services and their price (i.e. the price, a customer to pay for services, including VAT).

●If the service of the total price is not known whether it is not possible to specify in advance must be clearly indicated on the way in which the price is calculated (the price list does not distinguish the services and their prices including VAT).

● Services, which are presented in a specific package (for example, “organising a funeral”) and their contents cannot be changed, you must specify the assembly in the final price including taxes, and the exact content of the service.

● It is necessary to carry out tasks related to the funeral will be apbērēšanu contracted service providers and the obligations of their deceased relatives.

●Panākto agreement with the funeral service providers should preferably be presented in writing, by contract and receive, for example, the order form, where detailed ordered services and fees for those receiving transaction identification document.

●removed at any moment is the right to request information about the location where you want to configure the corpse to the funeral ceremony, as well as visit the site to verify the storage conditions. Relatives advised to make sure that the burial service providers are available in refrigerated chambers designed for the storage.

●The relatives of a deceased storage Funeral service providers in a low-temperature chamber, are mostly paid service. Not all of the funeral service providers have their own refrigerated chambers, so in such cases the deceased is stored in the hospital morgue (which is a separate paid service).

● A funeral service providers must be adequate for the carriage of the vehicle, which is why it is very important to ascertain with some means of transport the deceased will be transported.

● by rebuilding the passenger car on the special needs to be demontētiem autokatafalkuseats and seat anchorages deleted so that, with a simple instrument, it would be impossible to set up a back seat. The special needs to be a special equipment for the transport of deceased persons and forced ventilation system, etc., the requirements laid down by the Cabinet of Ministers “Vehicle conversion rules’ 2 and 3. the Annex.

● Signor Cornacchia Association in Latvia

The association of religious service providers in the Baltic States

The Association of European Signor Cornacchia

The Association of Latvian Signor Cornacchia

Riga Signor Cornacchia Society

● Signor Cornacchia association in Europe

The burial service federation (European Federation of funeral services)