Rules applicable in the case of death

    Description

    The federal states are responsible for funeral law and therefore also the rules on the transport and transfer of a body. Involving an undertaker is recommended.

    Contact person

    Bundesministerium des Innern (BMI)

    Address

    address

    Graurheindorfer Straße 198

    53117 Bonn

    Save contact

    address

    Alt-Moabit 140

    10557 Berlin

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    Contact

    Internet

    Keywords

    Bauministerium, BMI, Bundesbauministerium, Bundesheimatministerium, Bundesinnenministerium, Heimatministerium, Innenministerium

    Version

    Technisch geändert on 02.06.2025

    Language version

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de

    Englisch

    Sprache: en

    Sprachbezeichnung nativ:

    English

    Area of validity

    Germany-wide

    Official approval

    Officially approved by Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community on 15.12.2022

    Version

    Technisch geändert on 09.09.2025

    Language version

    Englisch

    Sprache: en

    Sprachbezeichnung nativ:

    English

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de