What to do in the event of death?
- Report death (if the deceased person has not died in hospital)
- Coroner's inquest
- Contactthe mortician
- Contact the family doctor to issue the treatment certificate
Please note
- if the cause of death is unclear, an autopsy may be required by the medical police
- the cause of death cannot be disclosed due to medical confidentiality (except in the case of a written release from medical confidentiality during the person's lifetime)
When and to whom do I have to report the death?
As soon as someone dies outside the Innsbruck Regional Hospital, please report the death immediately:
- during office hours: the Service Unit Healthcare - Funeral services
- outside office hours: the provincial warning center
What is a coroner's inquest?
After every death, a medical officer on duty must carry out a coroner's inquest.
Please note
- the coroner's inquest may be held no earlier than three hours after the death has occurred
- no changes may be made to the deceased person (including dressing or changing clothes)
The deceased person can only be transferred from the place of death by the mortician once the post-mortem has been carried out.
I would like to transfer the deceased person abroad or to another federal state. What do I need to do?
Please contact your funeral home even if cremation is planned or in the case of repatriation to another federal state or abroad.
Where can I get a death certificate?
You can obtain a death certificate from Service Unit Registry office and citizenship - Deaths
Further official channels in the event of death
Further information on official channels in the event of death can be found at oesterreich.gv.at.
Data protection information in accordance with Art. 13 GDPR for the death certificate
Please note that we process the personal data provided by you exclusively for the purpose of the proper certification of a death following the transmission of the notification of death by the City Department Registry office and civil status matters.
The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is in accordance with Section 28 ff in conjunction with Section 57 of the 2013 Civil Status Act Federal Law Gazette 1 Number 16/2013 as amended; Section 10 of the 2013 Civil Status Act Implementing Ordinance Federal Law Gazette 2 Number 324/2013 as amended; Tariff B Tariff item 20 Federal Administrative Fees Ordinance 1983 Federal Law Gazette Number 24/1983 as amended; Section 14 Fees Act 1957, Federal Law Gazette Number 267/1957 as amended; Bilateral and multilateral agreements regarding the exchange of matrices. The following register searches were carried out in the course of the proceedings: Central Civil Status Register and predecessor system and Central Register of Residents. The personal data is forwarded to the following Dritte: Youth welfare institutions; Main Association of Austrian Social Security Institutions; Federal Minister of Finance; Public Employment Service (in the case of entitlement under the Unemployment Insurance Act or the Aliens Employment Act); competent provincial police directorate; driving license authority, if the person has reached the age of 15; voter registration, if the person has reached the age of 14; passport authority; military commanders in Austria (between the ages of 17 and 51); aliens police authority and asylum authority; ordinary courts; Statistics Austria; foreign civil status authorities. Transmission to Dricountries takes place exclusively on the basis of bilateral or multilateral agreements in the case of foreign nationals. The personal data will be deleted 120 years after the date of death entered in the Central Civil Status Register due to the legal obligation under Section 46 (4) of the 2013 Civil Status Act. The provision of personal data is required by law.
In accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), all persons have the right to information, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and the right to object where consent has been given. There is no automated decision-making, including profiling. You can exercise these rights in writing and with proof of identity via datenschutz@innsbruck.gv.at. The provision of personal data is required by law in order to exercise your rights as a data subject. You can find more information online at www.innsbruck.gv.at. Finally, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority(dsb@dsb.gv.at, www.dsb.gv.at).