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Funeral services
Second postmortem examination
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If corpses or stillbirths, whose place of death or discovery is in the Oberbergischer Kreis, are to be transported abroad, the issuance of a death certificate after a second postmortem examination by the public health service is required according to § 17 of the Funeral Act of North Rhine-Westphalia (BestG NRW).
Similarly, a second postmortem examination is required if cremation is planned.
Cost: 30 euros
The postmortem examination of acutely deceased individuals is not carried out by the health department but by doctors working in clinics and practices.
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