{UAH} WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PERSON DIES?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PERSON DIES?
What happens when a person dies is usually a matter of the circumstances under which the person has died.
For example a person could die while in their sleep, in hospital, in a traffic or road accident, as consequence of a fight, mob justice or even as a result of drowning.
Let us take the example of where a person dies in their sleep;
(What would be the prudent steps to be undertaken?)
Report the matter to the nearest police post or station next to you.
Have the deceased's body taken to Hospital in order to ascertain the cause of death and have a post mortem report prepared.
Have communication passed out to the relative and close people to the deceased.
Prepare for burial of the deceased in the most respectful way the deceased would have preferred.
Where a deceased past on having written a will have a family meeting called and read out the will before all the beneficiaries of the deceased.
Notify the registrar of deaths of the death of any deceased person.
Pursue the procedure of obtaining a death certificate from National identification and Registration Authority.
Pursue the procedure of a grant of letters of probate or letters of Administration where the deceased person died having not written a will.
The most concerned offices and persons to approach upon the death of a person are the police officer and area local authorities , consequently medical personnel are to be approached to in regards to processing a postmortem report of a deceased person. The Next of kin and relatives of any deceased person have a duty to also notify the registrar of births and deaths of the death of their deceased relative.
A police report and post mortem report are important in enabling the processing of a death certificate of a deceased as this is need to pursue other documents in respect to the affairs of a deceased person such as grants of letters of administration or probate.
A person is presumed to be dead once they are reported lost and a body is not recovered within a period of 7 years . At this point family members and relatives can apply for court order as a presumption death order which shall be passed on to the registrar deaths and attain a death certificate. 

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