Organization of funerals

The organization of funerals includes registration of necessary documents, choice of the typeburial and burial places, purchase of a coffin, ritual attributes and supplies, ordering a hearse, transportation of a coffin with the deceased in a cemetery (in a crematorium), organization of a funeral feast. Additionally, it may be necessary to order religious rituals and / or orchestra. Most items on this list can perform a ritual funeral service.

Ritual funeral service can recommend health professionals orA policeman who made out the protocol of the examination of the corpse. You can take advantage of their offer, or you can refuse: it's up to you to decide which service will be entrusted with the funeral organization.

Choose a funeral service should be very carefully: disfavourable firms and independent agentscan use the state of severe psychological stress, in which the relatives of the deceased are in order to earn more money. Therefore, you need to take yourself in hand or entrust the choice of a ritual company with an unblemished reputation to a friend or acquaintance.

It is advisable to apply to the reception point of the ritual company personallyto visually familiarize yourself with the assortment andcompare the cost of ritual products with the price list specified in the price list. If you call a ritual services agent at home, he must provide you with a business card with a stamp and a photograph, as well as a price list approved by the director and a sealed price list for ritual services and supplies.

All contractual documentation for the provision ofritual services should be issued on company letterhead forms of the ritual company with requisites, logos and stamp. The contract must be executed in two copies, one of which will remain with you. Order is made out on special forms (numbered forms of strict reporting forms "BO-13 (02)") in four copies with the same series and number, one copy remains to you.

If you need to pay or pay cash in the case of buying individual ritual supplies or ordering individual ritual services, numbered forms of strict accountability of the form "BO-3", an additional payment or payment is made in triplicate with the same series and number, one copy remains to you.

When placing an order on the forms "BO-13 (02)" and "BO-3" make sure that all positions are filled in as much detail as possible, and their value corresponds to the price list. In unfilled positions, there should be a dash. If there are different versions of ritual supplies and services that differ in value, this should be indicated at the time of registration. Examples of such differences are the coffin brands, the duration of the lease of the hearse, etc.

Preparing the body for burial is carried out by the morgue workers, in particular, they dress the body. Your task is to bring things to the mortuary for the deceased. For men, these are underwear, socks, a suit with a shirt and a tie, shoes or slippers, a shaving machine, toilet water or cologne, soap, a hairbrush, a towel. For women - underwear, pantyhose or stockings, long-sleeved card (you can wear a suit or robe), headscarf (not black), shoes or slippers, toilet water, soap, hairbrush, towel.

Also The organization of funerals includes the preparation of documents necessary for burial or cremation. This is the death report form, the inspection reportcorpse, medical certificate of death, stamped death certificate, death certificate (Form 33), certificate for receiving a state funeral allowance (issues a registry office) and a ritual services contract. About how these documents are drawn up, we told in our article "Died person: what to do?".

The organization of a funeral can significantly affect your pocket, but you should remember that relatives of the deceased or persons who paid for the funeral organization are entitled to compensation. To obtain it you need a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation, the original and a photocopy of the stamped death certificate and a certificate for receiving the state funeral grant issued by the registry office.

If the deceased worked, compensation should be paid the company where he worked and was insured for compulsory social insurance; compensation for the funeral of a pensioner pays body where he was given a pension. If the deceased was not subject to compulsory social insurance, compensation is paid social protection body in the place of residence. The same body pays compensation for the funeral of the stillborn child (after 196 days of pregnancy). If the deceased belonged to the ATS unit or was military pensioner, compensation is paid military enlistment office.

Seek compensation no later than six months from the date of death, otherwise the expenses that entailed the organization of the funeral will not be reimbursed. The amount of compensation is determined in accordance with applicable law.