Foreign employers, universities and registries routinely ask for an apostilled death certificate. Here is exactly how it works for this document — and how we take the whole errand off your hands.
Order an apostille →A death certificate is issued by a Swiss civil registry office and apostilled by the chancellery of that office’s canton. Estates abroad rarely stop there: foreign notaries usually also want a certificate of heirs, which is a separate document from a different authority and needs its own apostille. Ordering both together saves a second round of fees and postage.
Neither leaves your hands: a notary establishes a certified true copy from your uploaded PDF or photo, and the apostille is affixed to that copy — included in the price. If a destination exceptionally insists on the apostilled original, tell us and we organise it by registered mail.
An apostille authenticates, it does not translate. If the receiving authority also wants a certified translation of your death certificate, mention it in the order notes — our partner network delivers both together.
Assuming one apostille covers the whole estate file. Each document carries its own — the death certificate, the certificate of heirs, and any will or notarial deed. We quote them as one order at the per-document rate.