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Publication: 3 April 2017 Latest update: 4 December 2025
What is it?
It is the notification of death that municipal Registers and medical examiners (from 1 January 2015) must submit online.
Within 48 hours of death, they are required to:
- report it through the channel provided by the Ministry of the Interior;
- submit the death certificate to both INPS and the Municipality, adhering to the submission deadlines (for medical examiners);
- use the dedicated INPS service, in the event of a malfunction of the Ministry's channel.
Who is it aimed at?
It is intended:
- for medical examiners;
- for municipal Registers.
How does it work?
After receiving notification of death from the medical examiner, INPS:
- identifies the subject in its databases;
- suspends payment of the pension pending verification of death by the Municipality.
Other information
Law 289/2002 mandated that municipal Registers send death notifications electronically to INPS, removing the requirement for private individuals to submit paper death certificates.
Article 20, Legislative Decree 112/2008, converted with amendments by Law 133/2008, established that notification must be sent within two days of the event.
Law 2/2009 then stated that the sending must occur within 24 hours after the administrative procedure has been concluded.
Lastly, Article 1, Law 190/2014 (Stability Law for 2015) established the obligation for medical examiners to send death certificates to the INPS online within 48 hours of the event, using the same method already in use for the online transmission of sickness certificates.