What to do when someone dies: step by step

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<div data-module="gemstepnav" class="gem-c-step-nav js-hidden gem-c-step-nav--large" data-remember data-id="4f1fe77d-f43b-4581-baf9-e2600e2a2b7a" data-show-text="show" data-hide-text="hide" data-show-all-text="Show all" data-hide-all-text="Hide all"> <ol class="gem-c-step-nav__steps"> <li class="gem-c-step-nav__step js-step " id="register-the-death" data-track-count="stepNavSection"> <div class="gem-c-step-nav__header js-toggle-panel" data-position="1"> <h2 class="gem-c-step-nav__title"> <span class="gem-c-step-nav__circle gem-c-step-nav__circle--number"> <span class="gem-c-step-nav__circle-inner"> <span class="gem-c-step-nav__circle-background"> <span class="gem-c-step-nav__circle-step-label visuallyhidden">Step</span> 1<span class="gem-c-step-nav__circle-step-colon visuallyhidden" aria-hidden="true">:</span> </span> </span> </span> <span class="js-step-title"> Register the death </span> </h2> </div> <div class="gem-c-step-nav__panel js-panel" id="step-panel-register-the-death-1"> <ol class="gem-c-step-nav__list " data-length="1"><li class="gem-c-step-nav__list-item js-list-item "><a data-position="1.1" class="gem-c-step-nav__link js-link" href="/web/20200629211433/https://www.gov.uk/after-a-death?step-by-step-nav=4f1fe77d-f43b-4581-baf9-e2600e2a2b7a">Register the death within 5 days </a></li></ol> <p class="gem-c-step-nav__paragraph">Check what to do if:</p> <ul class="gem-c-step-nav__list gem-c-step-nav__list--choice" data-length="4"> <li class="gem-c-step-nav__list-item js-list-item "><a data-position="1.2" class="gem-c-step-nav__link js-link" href="/web/20200629211433/https://www.gov.uk/after-a-death/when-a-death-is-reported-to-a-coroner?step-by-step-nav=4f1fe77d-f43b-4581-baf9-e2600e2a2b7a">the death has been reported to a coroner </a></li> <li class="gem-c-step-nav__list-item js-list-item "><a data-position="1.3" class="gem-c-step-nav__link js-link" href="/web/20200629211433/https://www.gov.uk/after-a-death/death-abroad?step-by-step-nav=4f1fe77d-f43b-4581-baf9-e2600e2a2b7a">the death happened outside the UK </a></li> <li class="gem-c-step-nav__list-item js-list-item "><a data-position="1.4" class="gem-c-step-nav__link js-link" href="/web/20200629211433/https://www.gov.uk/register-stillbirth?step-by-step-nav=4f1fe77d-f43b-4581-baf9-e2600e2a2b7a">you're registering a stillbirth </a></li> <li class="gem-c-step-nav__list-item js-list-item "><a data-position="1.5" class="gem-c-step-nav__link js-link" href="/web/20200629211433/https://www.gov.uk/get-declaration-presumed-death?step-by-step-nav=4f1fe77d-f43b-4581-baf9-e2600e2a2b7a">someone is missing and you think they're dead </a></li> </ul> <p class="gem-c-step-nav__paragraph">To stop or change benefits payments you can tell the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) about the death straight away.</p> </div> </li> <li class="gem-c-step-nav__step js-step " id="arrange-the-funeral" 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