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Permission is required for a burial at sea in the UK marine area.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
Notify the Bona Vacantia division that a person has died without leaving a will or any known blood relatives.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in the Dominican Republic, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
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