DEATH IN SPAIN
If you are resident in Spain and have no plans to return to your home country near the end of your life, you should take these steps :
- Make your Spanish WILL with your legal representative.
- Select a cemetery where you wish to be buried.
- Make contact with a Spanish funeral director.
- Share your arrangements with your partner and family members.
- Perhaps take out Spanish burial insurance if you are not already covered
Procedures in Spain are just about the same as in your home country, but it helps to be familiar with them.
If the death occurs in a hospital, a doctor on the staff will prepare and sign the death certificate, which must be officially issued by a Spanish judge.
If death occurs at home, the attending physician can prepare the certificate.