# Northern Ireland death registration route

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    ---
    type: "Public Service Route"
    title: "Northern Ireland death registration route"
    description: "Official Northern Ireland guidance for MCCD or coroner handoff, registrar registration and certificates."
    status: "observed"
    assertion_status: "official"
    service_family: "register-a-death"
    jurisdiction: "northern-ireland"
    providers: ["general-register-office-northern-ireland", "coroners-service-northern-ireland"]
    observed_at: "2026-08-07"
    sources:
      - id: "nidirect-registering-a-death"
        title: "Registering a death with the district registrar"
        resource: "https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/registering-death-district-registrar"
        author: "organisation:general-register-office-northern-ireland"
        observed_at: "2026-08-07"
      - id: "nidirect-coroners"
        title: "Coroners, post-mortems and inquests"
        resource: "https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/coroners-post-mortems-and-inquests"
        author: "organisation:northern-ireland-courts-and-tribunals-service"
        observed_at: "2026-08-07"
    ---

    # Northern Ireland death registration route

    nidirect says Northern Ireland deaths should be registered within five days,
    except those referred to a coroner, and explains the MCCD and certificate
    handoff. The [Coroners Service](../organisations/coroners-service-northern-ireland.md)
    investigates reported deaths and can provide the notification that allows
    registration where appropriate.

    [GRONI](../organisations/general-register-office-northern-ireland.md), the
    district registrar and the current coroner route control a real case. This
    five-day statement is not imported into Great Britain.