What to do after a death

There's various information online about what to do after someone dies.

Mygov.scot

You can read about what to do when someone dies on mygov.scot.

Organ donation

You can read about organ donation on the Organ Donation Scotland website.

Tell Us Once

Your local council might be part of a service called Tell Us Once. This allows you to report the death of someone once and then several government departments are all told about the death.

The UK government departments that are informed of the death include DVLA, the Passport Service, the Pension Service and HM Revenue and Customs. In Scotland, Social Security Scotland is told about the death. Check if your local council provides this for you.

You can find more about Tell Us Once on the UK government website.

Bereavement support and advice

You can find a list of bereavement support and advice services in Scotland on the Scottish government website.

You can also find information about local and national bereavement support services across the UK on the AtaLoss website.

If someone is missing and presumed to have died

If someone you know has been missing and is presumed to have died, you can get a declarator of death from a court.

You can find out how to get a declarator of death on mygov.scot.