Social funeral at the expense of the state: who is eligible. The correct procedure when organizing a person’s funeral Is it possible to bury someone other than their registration?

If a person has died, but his loved ones do not have funds for burial, then in some cases a free funeral at the expense of the state is possible. Such ritual services are called social.

However, for the right to free burial to arise, the deceased must belong to certain categories of citizens.

Who is entitled to a social funeral?

Necessary documents to receive compensation for a funeral

Relatives of the deceased can count on assistance in organizing the funeral in the following ways:

in-kind assistance (provision of a burial place, a special vehicle for transportation and other services necessary for organizing a funeral, including a coffin or urn for ashes);
cash payments in the form of compensation to persons who organized the burial of a citizen.

To receive compensation, it is necessary to document the death of a person. The list of documents varies depending on the cause of death.

The basic list of general documents is as follows:

certificate of death of a citizen;
death certificate (and its copy);
extract from the work record book (and a copy);
application for compensation for the costs of organizing a funeral;
a certificate of residence (or a passport with registration) if the deceased did not work anywhere, as well as a copy of the passport of the citizen who applied for benefits;
in case of death of minors - copies of parents’ passports and a document confirming the place of residence of the deceased child.

Additionally you may need:

a certificate from the regional department in case of sudden death or death as a result of an accident;
a document from the prosecutor's office when initiating a criminal case on the fact of violent death;
a document from the district clinic, if the deceased was observed at the dispensary.

Only having all the necessary documents in hand can you begin organizing a funeral at the expense of the state.

You can receive social benefits for funerals by having an open bank account. In this case, the applicant must provide account details.

What do social funeral services include?

Social funerals include only a certain range of services provided by the state. Free funeral services include:

provision and delivery of a coffin and other funeral items;
preparation of relevant documentation;
transportation of the body (remains) of the deceased to the cemetery (or crematorium);
burial (or cremation followed by the release of a funeral urn with ashes).

Funeral and related services not included in the above list are paid for by the person performing the burial.

State guarantees during burial

If a person has taken on the responsibility of burying the deceased, he will be guaranteed:

1. Issuance of the necessary documents for burial.

2. The stay of the body of the deceased in the morgue is free of charge for up to 7 days (if necessary, the period is extended to 14 days).

3. Fulfillment of the last will of the deceased.

If there are no close relatives of the deceased or those willing to organize his funeral, as well as if it is impossible to establish the identity of the deceased, the burial is carried out by a specialized funeral service.

Its services include:

registration of all documents necessary for the funeral;
provision of a coffin and vestments of the deceased;
delivery of the body of the deceased to the cemetery (crematorium);
burial.

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Amount allocated for social burial

Funerals conducted at state expense are not entirely free. The costs of funeral homes for social burial are reimbursed through regional and federal contributions.

So, in particular, the Moscow Government compensates for funeral services for a total cost of 16,946.47 rubles.

If for some reason the burial of a deceased person who had the right to a social burial was carried out at the expense of relatives or other persons, then they have the right to receive social benefits.

It is drawn up at the request of the person who carried out the burial, based on the collected documents. These documents must include:

death certificate;
death certificate;
documentation about the burial and its cost.

The application can only be submitted within six months from the date of death of the person for whose funeral the specified costs were incurred.

If a social burial was performed for the deceased, then his relatives do not have the right to claim compensation for the costs of funeral services. Even if they were paid above the standard ritual set.

The amount of the benefit from 02/01/2019 is 5946.47 rubles. and is subject to annual indexation. However, for localities and districts in which a regional wage coefficient has been established, compensation is calculated taking into account this indicator.

For example, in Moscow it was 11,000 rubles in 2018 .

In the event of the death of working citizens and normally born children whose parents work, a special social benefit is paid - 5946.47 rubles. This happens at the place of work of the deceased or the parents of deceased children.

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How much does it cost, what to do and how not to be deceived

A year and a half ago I lost a loved one.

The death took everyone by surprise. But then a ritual agent appeared and offered help.

Mikhail Kenegesov

lost a loved one and organized a funeral

No one even thought about looking for another agent, didn’t ask about prices, and the thought of going online and asking prices didn’t arise at all. When we came to our senses, we realized that something was wrong: the costs exceeded 100 thousand rubles.

I decided to find out what mistakes we made. To do this, I talked to people with similar experiences, read forums, and carefully studied the legislation and websites of funeral agencies. Here's what I learned.

Confirmation of death and transportation of the body to the morgue

If a person does not die in a hospital, an ambulance and the police must be called to the scene. Doctors will issue a certificate of death, and the police will draw up an examination report. You cannot leave the deceased at home: to establish the cause of death, the body must be examined by a pathologist, and he will do this in a specially equipped place. An exception may be people over 60 years of age who have been regularly monitored by a doctor.

Ambulances do not transport the dead. To deliver the body to the morgue, you need to contact a specialized service - usually this should be done by arriving doctors or police.

In Moscow, transportation services are free if the body is taken to the morgue at the nearest hospital. If you need to deliver a deceased person to a specific morgue or, for example, from a summer cottage in the Moscow region to one of the capital’s morgues, you will have to pay for such transportation.

Receiving death documents

The next day, the person who took charge of organizing the funeral (this may not only be a relative of the deceased) must go to the morgue to obtain a medical death certificate. You need to take with you the passport of the deceased, his medical insurance policy, a certificate of death issued by the ambulance, a protocol for examining the body by the police, as well as your passport. If the deceased's passport is missing, you need to take an extract from the house register at the place of registration - in this case it is considered a full replacement.

The morgue is obliged to issue the document on the day of application free of charge - for this you do not need to order paid services and other ritual supplies. If the death was violent, a forensic medical examination may be needed - the wait will be longer.

Then you need to officially register the person's death and obtain a stamp certificate. It is issued free of charge by the registry office at the place of registration of the deceased or the nearest MFC upon presentation of a medical death certificate. They will also issue a death certificate in form 33, which will be needed to receive funeral benefits.

Preparing for a funeral in the morgue

After determining the cause of death, morgue attendants prepare the deceased for burial. They are required to provide basic services free of charge: storing the body for up to 7 days, washing, dressing and placing the deceased in a coffin.

The morgue also provides paid services: shaving, haircuts, applying makeup, restoring one's lifelong appearance - for example, if a person is the victim of a car accident.

One of the most expensive services is embalming. Sometimes it is necessary: if a funeral service for the deceased is planned in a church, they will require a certificate; To transport the deceased to another city, “double” embalming is necessary. If the deceased is taken home to say goodbye, this procedure may also be necessary. In other cases, you can do without it.

They offer a service - let them show the price in the official price list

Before ordering services, request an official price list with the signature of the morgue management and seals - this way you will make sure that the prices for services are not taken out of the blue. If they offer to make do with a handwritten receipt, you can threaten to call Rospotrebnadzor and the Department of Health.

Getting a place in the cemetery

The law guarantees every resident of Russia a free burial plot. Usually, this takes into account where the deceased was registered: for example, in Moscow cemeteries only people with Moscow registration are buried.

The land for the grave is transferred not into ownership, but for perpetual use to the person responsible for the burial - usually this is a relative of the deceased who is involved in the funeral. For this purpose, a special document is drawn up - a burial passport. It indicates the exact location of the grave, the details of the deceased and the person responsible. Without presenting such a passport, it is impossible to dispose of the site - to carry out repeated burials or install a monument.

Although the site is provided free of charge, you still have to pay. The cemetery administration charges money for digging a grave, installing a fence and other additional services. The minimum set costs 9,070 RUR in summer and 10,880 RUR in winter.

RUB 10,880

It's worth digging a grave in winter. A little cheaper in summer

If there is enough space, you can bury more people in an existing grave, but these should only be close relatives of the deceased: parents and children, adoptive parents and adopted children, siblings, spouses who have signed in the registry office. The cemetery administration will ask for a birth or marriage certificate. They won’t allow a cousin or common-law spouse to be buried like that.

If the grave is single, in Moscow re-burial “coffin on coffin” is possible only after a 15-year sanitary period, in some regions - 20 years.

If no one takes care of the grave for a long time, and the person responsible cannot be found, the cemetery administration may seize the plot for new burials.

Cremation

Cremation is considered a less expensive method of burial. There are four crematoria in Moscow, where up to 40% of the dead are cremated annually. The procedure itself costs 3400 RUR. But taking into account the purchase of an urn for ashes and paperwork, the cost of cremation is comparable to the price of digging a free grave.

For cremation, it is recommended to choose modest wooden coffins without synthetic or fusible materials, so as not to damage the crematorium equipment. Usually, wreaths and flowers are not used at a farewell ceremony - there will be nowhere to put them.

3400 R

the cremation procedure is worth it. Another 2000 R - digging a grave for ashes

The urn with ashes must be buried: either in a grave or in a niche in a columbarium. The ashes are given out the next day and only in exchange for a certificate from the cemetery about the planned burial place. Therefore, even if the ashes are scattered or left at home, the burial place will still have to be arranged. On the other hand, you don’t have to rush into this: the crematorium will store the ashes for free for about a month, then for 30 R per day.

Digging a grave for ashes costs 2000 RUR, the urn can be buried in an ordinary grave above the coffin - in such cases the sanitary period does not apply. Another option is a niche in a columbarium. This is a cell in a special wall: the urn is placed there and walled up with a neat marble tablet. The niches require virtually no additional maintenance; you can place another urn in them at any time.

Unlike graves, the niche is rented - it costs approximately 250 R per year. If you don't pay, the niche will be taken away. The price of such a burial depends on the location of the cemetery and the location of the niche itself: from 180 R to several hundred thousand.

There are restrictions on cremation: if the death was criminal in nature, cremation of the body may be prohibited. The Orthodox Church considers cremation undesirable, but in some cases treats the cremated deceased with leniency, allowing his funeral service according to the Orthodox rite.

Installation of the monument

A monument, unlike a grave, is not a mandatory attribute of burial. They do not install it right away: due to large differences in the average annual temperature in Russia, the grave soil needs about a year to shrink. As a rule, the cemetery administration allows the installation of monuments from May to October.

Prices start at 5,000 RUR, but in this case the monument is usually made of low-quality stone that imitates valuable varieties. Such a monument will quickly fade and crack. Natural stone is difficult to extract and process, but it remains like new for decades. Prices for it start at RUR 20,000 and greatly depend on the size of the monument and additional elements - a tombstone, flower bed, table and bench.

The most common material is granite, also known as diabase. It's beautiful, weather-resistant, and great for portraits. Marble is easier to process, and complex compositions can be made from it, but a marble monument will have to be constantly looked after.

It is better to order the monument in autumn or winter

It is best to order a monument in late autumn and winter: at this time, workshops are without orders and are ready to offer clients good discounts. This way you can save up to 20%. On average, a monument takes about 2 months to make; if the project is complex, it will take longer. When choosing a company, check whether it has its own workshop and whether it is possible to drive to the production site. If not, these are resellers who make money on price differences. If you have a workshop, pay attention to ready-made monuments - good companies are full of orders.

The cost of installation in Moscow is usually 30% of the price of the monument itself. It’s better not to save money: if you don’t take into account the features and slope of the terrain, the monument will fall on its side or crack. It's worth asking if there is a warranty and if it covers installation.

Before choosing a monument, you should definitely consult with the cemetery administration: they usually impose restrictions.

Average cost of a funeral in Moscow

Burial in the grave	RUB 61,680	Cremation	RUB 52,100
Funeral hall	4000 R	Funeral hall of the crematorium (30 minutes)	900 R
Polished coffin	12,000 R	Cloth-lined coffin	6,000 R
Bed in a coffin	1000 R	Bed in a coffin	1000 R
Wreaths (2 pcs.)	4000 R	Wreaths and flowers	0 R
Digging a grave in a new section of an open cemetery	RUB 10,880	Burying an urn with ashes in the ground	2000 R
Wooden cross with a sign	6000 R	Wooden cross with a sign	6000 R
	2800 R		2800 R
Hearse without return flight	6000 R	Hearse without return flight	6000 R
Funeral (1000 R × 15 people)	15 000	Funeral (1000 R × 15 people)	15,000 R
		Cremation	3400 R
		Urn for ashes	6000 R
		Preparation of documents in the crematorium and work with ashes	3000 R

Including a place in the cemetery and funeral service, but without agent fees and for additional morgue services

Burial in the grave

RUB 61,680

Funeral hall

4000 R

Polished coffin

12,000 R

Bed in a coffin

1000 R

Wreaths (2 pcs.)

4000 R

Digging a grave in a new section of an open cemetery

RUB 10,880

Wooden cross with a sign

6000 R

Delivery of ritual supplies to the morgue

2800 R

Hearse without return flight

6000 R

Funeral (1000 R × 15 people)

15,000 R

Cremation

RUB 52,100

Funeral hall of the crematorium (30 minutes)

900 R

Cloth-lined coffin

6000 R

Bed in a coffin

1000 R

Wreaths and flowers

0 R

Burying an urn with ashes in the ground

2000 R

Wooden cross with a sign

6000 R

Delivery of ritual supplies to the morgue

2800 R

Hearse without return flight

6000 R

Cremation

3400 R

Urn for ashes

6000 R

Preparation of documents in the crematorium and work with ashes

3000 R

Funeral (1000 R × 15 people)

15,000 R

Funerals are a full-time business. But the funeral of each individual person is always a separate story. The price depends on too many factors: time of year, speed and causes of death, age, city, method of burial.

A decent funeral is always a matter of taste and financial capabilities. In each case, the relatives of the deceased themselves decide which coffin to choose, bury in an ordinary cemetery or in a prestigious one, transport the coffin in a gazelle or Mercedes, say goodbye to the deceased in a mourning hall, in a church or at home, organize everything themselves or contact funeral services.

How to avoid being scammed

In the funeral business they try to deceive at every step, for two reasons:

Funerals are a relatively rare, painful and emotional event, and most people won't want to delve deeply into the costs. Agents and employees of institutions take advantage of the depressed state of their clients, multiply their expenses and put it on stream.
During a funeral, it is easy to put pressure on the relatives of the deceased with arguments about dignity, honor, memory and respect. The idea that a coffin for 30 thousand preserves memory better than a coffin for 10 thousand seems dubious to me, but ritualists may have such an argument.

It’s good if, during the funeral preparations, there is a person nearby who did not know the deceased closely, but who can be trusted. Relatives are overwhelmed by grief and cannot always critically evaluate what is happening. Sometimes you can save up to half of all funeral costs by simply asking to see the official price list.

To help relatives organize a funeral and increase the average bill, funeral homes and agencies are created - these are people who, for money, take care of all the organization and paperwork. For them, this is a profitable and in-demand business, because people die all the time, and no one wants to bury their own relatives in cold blood.

What types of scammers are there?

Here's who you might get.

"Black" ritual agents. These are people who knock on the door even before the ambulance and police arrive. Sometimes they come with doctors or police and introduce themselves as a government funeral home or social service.

Everyone who came uninvited bought information about the death from corrupt ambulance and police officials. Such information costs about 20 thousand rubles. Funerals organized by such agents will cost much more, because for each order they have already paid a bribe and now they need to return the money spent with a profit.

RUB 20,000

there is information about the death of one person

In ordinary life, no social or funeral services come to you on their own. On the contrary: if you need any certificates and benefits, you will have to go to the offices. If they come to you, be on your guard: most likely, they want money.

"State" funeral services. Many funeral agencies like to use the words “state” or “municipal” in their names, and display the coat of arms of the city or region on their websites - this gives them more credibility. In their advertising, they call their competitors scammers and say that only they have everything according to the standards established by the state.

But there is no single cost for state funeral services, and those companies that were once created by the state have long since become private. Ask for documents: perhaps somewhere at the end in small letters something like “IP Ivanov” is written.

Funeral bureaus at the morgue. They can even deceive you at the morgue, when relatives come for a medical death certificate. Unscrupulous employees will try to impose their paid services or the help of a funeral home, usually located in the same premises.

If a person does not want to order anything, he may be threatened with delays in issuing documents and bodies.

If another funeral agent is already working with the family of the deceased, they may call and say that he is a fraudster and advise you to break the contract with him by ordering all services at the morgue. There have been cases when people were blackmailed with the disappearance of the body of a deceased person from the morgue.

It happens that people are blackmailed about bodies going missing from the morgue.

They may also require money for an autopsy, although this is a mandatory operation and should be done free of charge. It is needed to find out the true causes of death.

In such a situation, you need to explain to the morgue employees that their actions are illegal, and you already call the health department line, and then the prosecutor’s office.

If ritualists impose their services, you can threaten to file an application with Rospotrebnadzor and the Federal Antimonopoly Service - a complaint can be submitted there via the Internet in five minutes.

Turnkey funeral. Often, grief-stricken relatives of the deceased ask funeral directors how much the funeral will cost. They are told the price without detailing what the money will be spent on. Then they take the client into circulation: either by increasing the budget in various ways, or by slipping cheap services under the guise of expensive ones. Some people charge money for a turnkey funeral (what a cynical business), and then offer the client to pay extra for transport, clothing, a restaurant or something else.

Purchasing a prestigious grave. Cemeteries are divided into two types: open - new plots are allocated for them, but they are located outside the city, and closed - these are old cemeteries within the city, which are considered more prestigious, but only sub-burials in related graves are possible there.

In closed cemeteries there are so-called service areas - these are previously abandoned or ownerless graves, which the cemetery administration removes and prepares for new burials: removing old tombstones, cutting down trees, making a fence and a concrete base. The cost of work can reach hundreds of thousands of rubles. The new customer pays for this, usually called “buying” the grave. But the land in all cemeteries in Russia is considered state-owned and is not sold into private ownership.

Extortionists. No one will allow a person to be buried without a death certificate from the morgue, but anyone who shows the passport of the deceased can receive one. The scammers say that they are from a funeral service, take all the necessary documents from relatives, and then demand money from them, threatening to disrupt the funeral. Never give anyone the documents of the deceased or money for funeral services until you sign an agreement.

Always make a contract

Contacting a funeral agency is a standard case of service provision, which must be documented in a contract. Sometimes funeral services try to replace a full-fledged agreement with a bunch of receipts and receipts that have no legal significance. This way they hide the real cost of their services, and the client risks that in the end the price may increase many times over.

The contract will protect against this, and will also prove who exactly paid for the funeral. This will be required when receiving funeral benefits from the state and compensation from the bank account of the deceased.

How the state will help

Young people are often shocked that their grandparents have a special stash - “coffins”. But when a tragic moment comes, those who avoid thoughts of death simply do not have money for a funeral. You have to go into debt. To help people in this situation, the government has several tools.

Funeral benefit. After the funeral, the relatives of the deceased can receive monetary compensation from the state for burial. If the person was employed at the time of death, you can obtain it from the employer’s accounting department. The Pension Fund pays benefits for pensioners, and the Social Security Administration pays benefits for the unemployed. You will need to write an application and present a stamp death certificate.

This takes into account the basic benefit rate, as well as regional coefficients and other additional payments. They depend on the region, in some places there are none at all. In Moscow, an additional 11,000 R will be paid only for a person who was not working at the time of death. You must apply for payment no later than six months after the funeral.

5562 R

funeral benefit in 2017

Payments for funerals in different cities of Russia

City	Additional payments	In total with the manual
Moscow	11,000 R	RUB 16,562
Saint Petersburg	3356 R	8918 R
Novosibirsk	1113 R	6675 R
Ufa	834 R	6396 R
Nizhny Novgorod	0 R	5562 R

Immediately after the death of a person, relatives are in a certain confusion and cannot quickly figure out what to do first and in what order to organize the funeral. The key action is to call a medical institution (hospital, clinic) - when a person died during its opening hours, or to an ambulance - if he dies at night. You are also required to notify law enforcement by calling the police. The doctor ascertains death and compiles a report, and the district police officer concludes that there are no signs of violent death. Afterwards, a specialized car arrives and takes the body to the morgue according to the clinic’s postings.

After completing these actions, relatives will have to collect certain documentation that will allow them to organize a funeral and, if necessary, transport the body of the deceased to another region or country. Also, after the funeral, you will need to collect certain papers to receive compensation and formalize inheritance rights.

Documentation required for burial

The procedure for organizing a funeral involves the step-by-step implementation of all manipulations and collection of documentation. The sequence is:

Call a doctor to confirm death.
Selection of a funeral service agency to carry out the funeral procedure.
Notifying relatives and friends.
Go to the registry office and receive a stamp certificate of death there.
Providing the mortuary with items for the deceased.
Determination of the type of burial and burial place.
Placing a mark on the death certificate at the cemetery office.
Applying to social security to receive compensation.

In addition to the above, the standard procedure involves organizing a wake (at the request of relatives). Preparing all the documents for the funeral does not take much time. The main condition is to follow the sequence of actions, this will speed up the collection of the required documentation.

The key document for the funeral is. It is obtained in the morgue in which the body of the deceased is assigned. The release takes place before 15:00 the next day after the body arrives. When the body is identified in the bureau of the medical examiner, otherwise - the forensic morgue, the receipt of the certificate is sometimes postponed to a more distant period. The paper is obtained upon presentation of the applicant’s passport and the deceased’s passport.

Pathological morgues also require the provision of the deceased’s medical insurance policy and his medical card from the clinic. In order to receive the body from the morgue and continue the process of preparation for the funeral, it is required to provide the employee with a death certificate with an official seal, a passport of the responsible citizen and a receipt for payment for funeral services.

In order to bury a person, in addition to the death certificate, such documentation is mandatory.

A form for ascertaining the death of a citizen, issued by an emergency medical team.
A protocol on the examination of the corpse issued by police officers.
, which is obtained at the designated institution.
, form 33.
Certificate of receipt of state funeral benefits, which is also issued by the registry office employees.
An agreement for the provision of funeral services, which is drawn up by agents of funeral services.

There are 2 options for burial with a coffin - at a related site or a new one.

In order for the burial to take place on a new plot of land, the person in charge of the burial is required to present the stamp certificate and passport of the applicant. When buried in a related plot, it is required to provide a passport of the person in charge of the plot or a power of attorney from him, a stamp of death certificate, documentation that confirms the relationship of the deceased with the person buried on the plot - a certificate of birth or marriage, as well as stamp certificates of each of those buried in the related plot.

How to organize cremation?

This procedure in Russian crematoria is carried out according to a pre-order - not every city has the opportunity to organize a funeral in this way. In Moscow, it is carried out through funeral services, whose workers have GBU personnel numbers “Ritual”. On the date of cremation, it is required to present the applicant’s passport, a receipt-contract for funeral services, which was provided by the funeral agency when ordering the event, and a stamp certificate of death. When the fact of violent death is established or there is such a suspicion, cremation requires obtaining appropriate permission from law enforcement authorities.

On the day of cremation, to perform the procedure, you must provide the following documentation to the crematorium workers:

a receipt-contract that has been prepaid;
stamp death certificate;
passport of the responsible citizen or recipient of the ballot box.

To receive an urn with ashes, you must provide the crematorium employee with a death certificate of the person with the official seal, a passport of the citizen who is responsible for the cremation, a certificate of cremation with a mark of the cemetery where the funeral will take place - only for cemeteries assigned to the State Budgetary Institution, which was chosen by relatives deceased person. Otherwise, a receipt for payment for the services of the cemetery of the city in which the cremation is performed is required for the burial of the ashes in a columbarium or ground. If the funeral will take place in another city or state, then you must provide a statement about the burial place.

Immediately before the process is completed, the responsible citizen is provided with a certificate of cremation and an accompanying card with the date, time, place, registration number and full name of the deceased.

Documentation for transporting the deceased

The required list of papers is directly dependent on the place of death of the person and the distance of transportation of the body for funeral. When transporting the body of a deceased person within the boundaries of the region where the person died and adjacent areas, a medical death certificate will be required. It can be issued by the morgue workers where the body was delivered, or by the local doctor when the death occurred outside the city limits.

When a funeral requires transportation of a corpse by air or hearse over considerable distances, but within the territory of the Russian Federation, a larger list of documentation is required. This includes a medical certificate of death, a certificate of embalming - “double”, the paper is issued by the morgue, an export permit is obtained from Rospotrebnadzor on the basis of a medical certificate of death. You also need a stamp certificate of death and a certificate of non-investment - issued by the funeral service that provides the zinc container and carries out the soldering of it.

Completing documentation is only part of organizing the transportation of the deceased. In addition, it is necessary to order a zinc container, solder it and prepare catarrhal transport. Not every airline transports cargo 200, which makes it necessary to first clarify this possibility with the carrier. When transporting by air, you need to contact the airline, find out the details and clear the cargo 200 at the airport. Customs clearance and loading of the corpse in a container is carried out 6 hours before the time of departure to the funeral site. The funeral service does all this.

When sending a body by air, it is required that there be appropriate preparation of a customs declaration. The accompanying documentation for air transportation of the body of the deceased must indicate the contact information of the person who ensures the meeting of the cargo 200 at the airport. The person meeting you must present your own passport to receive the body.

When transporting the body of a deceased person abroad, in addition to the specified documentation, it is necessary to prepare a certified translation of the listed papers into the official language of the country where the corpse is transported. In particular, consular permission is required to import cargo 200 into another state.

Sometimes things are difficult for us, and the death of a loved one generally unsettles us. In our difficult times, when loans take away more than a third of the salary from 90 percent of the Moscow population, there is no longer any need to talk about a decent funeral in the event of the death of a loved one. Now we will try to analyze in detail - what is a funeral at the expense of the state? Is it possible to be buried for free in Moscow or is it all a myth? I am often asked the question - what are the benefits for funeral services for the deceased?

Home front workers, war veterans, pensioners, disabled people... which of these people, having lived their lives, can claim any benefits after death. After all, this often happens - we live - we don’t think, it happens - we don’t know and there’s no one to ask.

I will tell you how and to whom to arrange a free funeral in Moscow. There is not a lot of such information on the Internet. Everything is in order.

We have already published an article - we have described it in as much detail as possible about free funerals or as they are also called - social funerals.

How to arrange a free funeral in Moscow. Step by step instructions.

1. Send the body to the Morgue. (for free)

2. The next day, receive a death certificate from the Morgue. (for free)

3. Write a waiver of paid morgue services. (for free)

4. Go to the registry office for a stamp certificate. (for free)

5. Go to the USZN for instructions for a free funeral. (for free)

6. Go to the collection point for applications for free funerals for registration.

7. On the day the body is released, come with men who will help carry the coffin.

In such cases, you will not receive compensation for the funeral; in exchange for this money you will be provided with a coffin, a blanket, slippers, a bus only one way, payment for digging a grave or cremation with the provision of an urn.

Nobody will do all of the above for you; agency work costs money. It is difficult to imagine how an unprepared person can cope with such a volume of cases in a short time. They always said free cheese is only in a mousetrap.

What do you need. to arrange a funeral for free.

1. Time. This is especially important, since a person who does not have enough time for registration will not be able to collect a complete package of documents.

2. An agreement with men to help carry the coffin. You also agree, it’s not unimportant.

3. Adequate understanding of the situation, good physical and psychological condition. No one will argue here. It is already difficult to formalize anything in our state, you need to collect a bunch of papers, and we are talking about a funeral, then it is not so easy to cope with such an event if you feel unwell.

Despite the significant share of cremations, the number of burials with a coffin continues to prevail in the total volume of burials. Thus, questions about registration of a cemetery plot, registration and re-registration of the person responsible for the burial, division of responsibilities within one burial, as well as the rights and responsibilities of the relatives of the deceased remain extremely relevant.

Registration of any burial, first of all, requires the receipt of certain documents. First of all, in the morgue where the body of the deceased was received, it is necessary to obtain. After this, it is necessary to register in the civil registry office (MFC) at the place of registration or death of the deceased.

*In addition to the stamp death certificate, the registry office also issues a death certificate in form No. 33. This certificate is required to receive funeral benefits.

How to order a new burial?

At the moment, new burials are carried out either in open cemeteries in Moscow or in service areas of closed cemeteries (also known as family burials). The cost of burial services in open cemeteries is minimal, since the cemetery administration has free plots and does not carry out special measures to prepare the burial site. Thus, as part of the program to provide free burial places, the range of services at the Perepechinskoye cemetery is limited only to the cost of digging a grave and includes the provision of a plot for two burials.

For more information about burial rates in Moscow cemeteries, see.

Service areas of closed cemeteries are places for new burials, formed by redevelopment of the territory of closed cemeteries. Special preparation of the site is reflected in the cost of burial services. As a result, the cost of burial in closed cemeteries in Moscow becomes significantly higher than in open ones.

The order of a new plot in the cemetery can be carried out either by the relatives of the deceased or by a person who was not related to the deceased. The burial order is made through the cemetery administration upon presentation of:

stamp death certificate,
applicant's passport.

How to order burial in a related grave?

If the relatives of the deceased have a related burial in one of the Moscow cemeteries, they have the right to bury the deceased in this area, subject to the availability of free space for another burial in the fence or “coffin on coffin” upon expiration of the sanitary period from the date of the last burial (15 years) . Registration of a related burial in the cemetery is carried out by the person responsible for the burial or in the presence of a notarized power of attorney from the person responsible for the burial.

To register a related burial (burial in a related grave) at the cemetery, you will need to contact the cemetery administration and provide:

stamp death certificate,
documents confirming the relationship of the deceased with those previously buried on the site (birth certificate, marriage certificate),
passport of the applicant (responsible for the burial),
passport (certificate) for burial.

Any actions related to burial in a related grave must be carried out directly by the person responsible for the burial and with his consent. All cases of burials and exhumations without notifying the person responsible for the burial are illegal.

Is it possible to purchase a cemetery plot in advance?

In recent years, there has been a tendency among residents of the capital to select a cemetery plot in advance, including for family burials. In this case, the site is “reserved” taking into account several burials. Uniting deceased relatives in one place greatly simplifies the care of the burial, and also reduces the cost of maintaining individual graves.

More information about service areas (areas for family and clan burials) can be found in

What documents must be presented on the day of the funeral at the cemetery?

On the day of the funeral, the following documents must be provided to the cemetery administration:

death certificate,
customer's passport,
invoice for funeral services,
grave certificate,
burial payment receipt.

What is a burial passport and why is it needed?

A passport (certificate) for burial is a document that is issued when ordering a plot in a cemetery and indicates the consent of the cemetery administration to provide this plot for burial, as well as the rights of the person responsible for the burial to indefinitely rent this plot and his right to carry out burials on the plot entrusted to him. The burial passport shall indicate:

name of the person responsible for the burial,
name of the person buried in the plot, date of birth, death and burial in the cemetery,
cemetery address,
burial plot and number,
plot size,
date of issue of the certificate.

The burial certificate must have the signature of the head of the authorized local government body in the field of burial and funeral business and the appropriate seal.

A grave certificate is an extremely important document that ensures compliance with the rights of the person responsible for the burial. If you have a properly executed burial passport, the person in charge of the grave will protect himself from illegal seizure of the site or part of its territory, unauthorized burials and subburials, and unauthorized installation of gravestone structures.

Who is the person responsible for the burial? What rights and responsibilities does he have?

The person responsible for the burial is the person to whom the passport (certificate) for the burial was issued. As the name implies, the person responsible for burial is the person who has the right to carry out burials on the site, as well as install gravestone structures (monument, base, fence).

Carrying out burials or installing grave structures without the consent of the person responsible for the burial is illegal. When carrying out new burials at the site, the person responsible for the burial must contact the cemetery administration in person or issue a notarized power of attorney for a relative or other person carrying out the burial on behalf of the person responsible for the burial.

If you are responsible for the burial and discover that an unauthorized burial has taken place on your site, you can submit a written statement to the cemetery administration, the public relations department of the State Budgetary Institution “Ritual” (if the cemetery belongs to Moscow) or seek compliance with the law through the court .

In accordance with the Decree of the Moscow Government dated 04/08/2008 N 260-PP (as amended on 10/02/2012) “On the condition and measures to improve funeral services in the city of Moscow” (clause 5), the person responsible for the burial is obliged to maintain grave structures and green spaces (decorated grave mound, monument, plinth, flower garden, necessary information about burials) in proper condition. If the grave is not cared for for a long period of time (at least 20 years), the administration of a city or municipal cemetery has the right to form a commission that will draw up a report on the condition of the grave to recognize it as abandoned.

If the cemetery's archive books contain information about the person responsible for the burial, he is notified in writing of the need to care for the grave and contact the cemetery administration.

If the historical and cultural value of an unkempt grave is established, its safety is ensured in accordance with the legislation on the protection and use of historical and cultural monuments, and it is cared for by cemetery workers at the expense of funds allocated from the budget of the city of Moscow.

How to re-register responsibility for burial?

Re-registration of burials from one responsible person to another can be carried out both after the death of the current person responsible for the burial, and during his lifetime.

It should be noted that when considering citizens’ appeals on the issue re-registration of burials due to the death of the person responsible re-registration of burials is carried out upon a written application from citizens to the relatives of those buried.

The primary right to re-register a burial place has: spouse, children, parents, adopted children, adoptive parents of the person responsible for the burial. In the absence of first-degree relatives or their written refusal to re-register burials in their name, the following have the right in the second place: full and half-siblings, grandchildren, grandmothers, grandfathers, both on the father’s and mother’s sides. In third place have the right: full and half brothers and sisters of parents (aunts and uncles). In fourth place have the right: relatives of the third degree of kinship - great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers. In the fifth place have the right: relatives of the fourth degree of kinship - children of his own nephews and nieces (cousins and granddaughters) and siblings of his grandparents (great-grandparents. In the sixth place have the right: relatives of the fifth degree of kinship - children of cousins grandchildren and granddaughters (great-great-grandsons and great-granddaughters), children of his cousins (great-nephews and nieces) and children of his great-uncles and grandmothers (uncles and aunts).In the absence of relatives of previous orders or their written refusal to re-register burials in their name, in seventh place have the right: stepsons, stepdaughters, stepfather and stepmother.

Re-registration of a burial site in connection with the death of the person responsible for the burial must be made upon presentation of the following documents:

applications from relatives for re-registration of burial,
death certificate of the person responsible for whom the burial is registered;
documents confirming family relations to the buried, and in their absence - a court decision;
burial registration certificates, if preserved.

* Photocopies of the above documents must be attached to the application.

Re-registration of responsibility for burials before the archival period and in the absence of archival data on burials is carried out on the basis of a decision of the commission of the State Budgetary Institution "Ritual" upon a written application from citizens, in the presence of a well-kept grave and for relatives of those buried upon presentation by them:

statements;
death certificates of the buried person;
documents confirming family relations to the buried person (their degree of relationship and the right to monuments, fences and other gravestone structures must be confirmed by relevant documents, and in their absence - by a court decision).

When re-registration of burial by the responsible person during his lifetime it is necessary to provide a written statement from the person responsible for the burial, as well as from the person to whom the burial is re-registered. In this case, the new person in charge of the burial must provide documents confirming the family relationship to the buried, and in their absence, a court decision recognizing the relationship.

In addition, the law provides for the possibility division of responsibility for graves within a related burial(presence of two responsible persons each with a certificate for one of the two graves at the burial site). To do this, you must contact the cemetery administration and provide stamp certificates of death of the buried, documents confirming the family relationship of both responsible persons with the buried and with each other.

Why can’t you sell a cemetery plot and a niche in a columbarium?

According to the current legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of funeral business, a cemetery plot is provided to Russian citizens free of charge on an indefinite lease, that is, it does not become the property of the person responsible for the burial. That is why the purchase and sale of burial plots by private individuals is illegal and cannot be carried out on legal grounds.

In addition, it is necessary to pay attention to the fact that when renting a grave site free of charge and indefinitely, the relatives of the deceased are charged for the provision of a range of services for each new burial (preparing the burial site, digging a grave, burial, forming a grave mound, installing a tombstone and fence etc.).

What are the powers and responsibilities of the cemetery administration?

In accordance with the Decree of the Moscow Government dated 04/08/2008 N 260-PP (as amended on 10/02/2012) “On the state and measures to improve funeral services in the city of Moscow” (clause 4), the following powers are defined for the administrations of city and municipal cemeteries and crematoria (as amended by the resolution of the Moscow Government dated October 2, 2012 N 530-PP):

4.1. Responsibility for organizing funeral services in the cemetery and crematorium, as well as for the sanitary condition of the territory of the cemetery and crematorium rests with the administration of the cemetery and crematorium, which is obliged to ensure:

timely preparation of graves, burial of the dead (dead), urns with ashes, preparation of registration plates;
operation of irrigation water supply, public toilets, lighting, systematic cleaning of public paths, passages and other areas for household purposes (except graves), timely garbage removal;
compliance with established norms and Rules of burial and cremation;
maintenance in proper order of mass graves and graves under state protection, and other burial sites for which budget funding is allocated;
safety and maintenance in proper condition of burial sites, gravestones and architectural and artistic tombstones that are objects of cultural heritage and recognized as such in the prescribed manner;
providing citizens with rental equipment for caring for a grave against the security of its value;
fulfillment of other requirements stipulated by regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation and the city of Moscow.

4.2. The cemetery administration has the right to provide the following additional services:

acquisition, production and installation (dismantling) of grave structures;
production and fastening of photoceramic and metal products on grave structures;
performing sculptural works;
repair and restoration of grave structures;
architectural and landscape design of graves;
care of the burial site.

The provision by the cemetery administration of additional services at cultural heritage sites is permitted only on the basis of a permit issued in the prescribed manner by the body for the protection of cultural heritage sites.

4.3. Property and other disputes between citizens and the cemetery administration are resolved in accordance with the procedure established by law.

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