---
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.
