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Identity & KYC

Death Certificate Verification API

Confirm a death registration against the civil registration records and receive the deceased's name, date of death and registering authority, so insurance claims and account settlements proceed on verified facts.

Response
Real-time
Inputs
2 required · 1 optional
Consent
Not required
Billing
Per successful call
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POST /v1/death-certificate-verification
Sandbox · Production

  1. Your application sends

    • Certificate / registration number*
    • State*
    • Name of the deceased

  2. Profiden API

    Validates the request, queries the source, normalises the answer and logs the call. Billed only on success.

  3. Verified with

    Authoritative source

  4. You receive

    • Name of the deceased
    • Date of death
    • Registration date
    • Registering authority
    • Name match
death-certificate-verification Full reference

What the Death Certificate Verification API does

Send the certificate or registration number with the state and, optionally, the name and date of death. The API confirms the registration and returns the recorded details.

Benefits of the Death Certificate Verification API

Validate a death certificate for claims, succession and account closure.

Fraud control on claims

Stop forged certificates at the first step of a claim.

Faster settlements

Verified registration lets genuine claims move without manual queries.

Use cases

Death Certificate Verification API use cases

Where the Death Certificate Verification API is typically called, and what it settles there.

Life and health insurance claims

Verify before payout.

Deceased account settlement

Confirm the registration before releasing balances to nominees.

How the Death Certificate Verification API works

Request and response details, environments and a ready-to-import collection are in the developer console at console.profiden.com.

01

Authenticate

Call with your organisation API key. Sandbox and production use the same contract.

02

Send the inputs

Certificate / registration number, State as a JSON body. Optional fields sharpen the match.

03

We verify at source

Profiden queries the authoritative record, normalises the answer and logs the request.

04

Act on the result

A verification status plus the fields listed above, in the same response envelope as every other API.

Open the Death Certificate Verification reference

Built for the DPDP Act 2023

Consent recorded · Payloads not retained beyond your retention window · Every request traceable

Encryption in transit and at rest
Data processed in India
Per-request audit trail
Masked identifiers in responses

Death Certificate Verification API: frequently asked questions

What teams ask before adding the Death Certificate Verification API to their integration.

Coverage follows the states whose civil registration systems expose lookups; unsupported states are reported in the response.

Related APIs

APIs that usually run alongside the Death Certificate Verification API, on the same key.

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Get access to the Death Certificate Verification API

Tell us your use case and expected volume. We set up the organisation, share per-call pricing and issue keys.

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