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For the transfer of a corpse to another federal state, a mortuary passport is only required if this or a federal state touched on the journey requires one.

A mortuary passport is also required for the transfer of a corpse abroad, if the destination country or a country touched on the journey requires one. The mortuary passport is issued in several languages.

• notarized original death certificate Part I
• Death certificate or deferral of certification
• Route of the flyover

Are governed by the MSGIV fee schedule

Under Paragraph 18(4) of the BbgBestG, the lower health authority is responsible for issuing the mortuary passport in the cases referred to therein. According to § 3 paragraph 1 BbgGDG, these are the administrative districts and independent cities. They carry out their tasks as public health service providers in accordance with the Brandenburg Health Service Act in a health authority (cf. § 3 paragraph 1 sentence 2 BbgGDG). Therefore, please contact the health department of the district or the independent city where the person concerned died (health department of the place of death).

Gesetz über das Leichen-, Bestattungs- und Friedhofswesen im Land Brandenburg (Brandenburgisches Bestattungsgesetz - BbgBestG) i. V. mit Verordnung über die Dokumentation der Morchenschau im Land Brandenburg (Brandenburgische Leichenschaudokumentations-Verordnung - BbgLDV)

Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Integration and Consumer Protection.