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An interactive checklist to guide you through the first administrative and personal steps.
1. Contact the doctor
First 2 hoursIf the death occurs at home, immediately contact the family doctor or the 144 emergency service for the official confirmation of death and the issuance of the medical certificate (essential for all further steps).
2. Choose a funeral home
Organise transport and the first wishes of the deceased.
3. Inform loved ones and the potential employer
Before any public announcement, it is essential to personally inform the family, close friends, and any potential employer of the deceased.
4. Official notification to the Civil Registry Office
Must be done at Servizio circondariale dello stato civile di Bellinzona, Riviera, Blenio e Leventina (within 48 hours).
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In Daro, deaths are declared to the Servizio circondariale dello stato civile di Bellinzona, Riviera, Blenio e Leventina, within 48 hours.
Deaths in Daro are declared to the Servizio circondariale dello stato civile di Bellinzona, Riviera, Blenio e Leventina. The announcement deadline is 48 hours. The office is located at Via Lugano 4, 6500 Bellinzona. It can be reached by phone at +41 91 814 73 51 or by email at statocivile.bellinzona@ti.ch.
Daro manages several cemeteries. The main one is Cimitero di Bellinzona (Centro) (Via Arnaldo Bolla, 6500 Bellinzona).
Cimitero di Bellinzona (Centro) is located at Via Arnaldo Bolla, 6500 Bellinzona and serves as the main cemetery for Bellinzona. The cemetery offers inhumation, cremation, columbarium, and jardin souvenir sepulture types, and includes an on-site crematorium.
Cimitero di Daro is located at Daro, 6500 Bellinzona, in the commune of Daro. Sepulture types available are inhumation, cremation, columbarium and jardin_souvenir.
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