Death Certificate Verification

Identity & KYC

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

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.

Endpoint

POST https://app.emver.io/api/sandbox/v1/death-certificate-verification

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Content-Type: application/json

Accept: application/json

Request parameters

Field	Type	Description
`certificate_number` required	string	Certificate / registration number
`state` required	string	State
`name` optional	string	Name of the deceased

Example request

cURL

curl -X POST https://app.emver.io/api/sandbox/v1/death-certificate-verification \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "certificate_number": "string",
    "state": "string",
    "name": "string"
}'

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://app.emver.io/api/sandbox/v1/death-certificate-verification",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Accept": "application/json",
    },
    json={
        "certificate_number": "string",
        "state": "string",
        "name": "string"
    },
    timeout=60,
)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()

const response = await fetch("https://app.emver.io/api/sandbox/v1/death-certificate-verification", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Accept": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
      "certificate_number": "string",
      "state": "string",
      "name": "string"
  }),
});

const data = await response.json();

$response = Http::withToken('YOUR_API_KEY')
    ->acceptJson()
    ->post('https://app.emver.io/api/sandbox/v1/death-certificate-verification', {
        "certificate_number": "string",
        "state": "string",
        "name": "string"
    });

$data = $response->json();

Replace YOUR_API_KEY and the placeholder values. Use the switch above to see production URLs.

Response

Structure · 200

{
  "status": INTEGER,
  "message": STRING,
  "data": {
    "registered_name": STRING,
    "date_of_death": DATE,
    "registration_date": DATE,
    "authority": STRING,
    "match": BOOLEAN
  }
}

Example · 200

{
  "status": 200,
  "message": "string",
  "data": {
    "registered_name": "string",
    "date_of_death": "YYYY-MM-DD",
    "registration_date": "YYYY-MM-DD",
    "authority": "string",
    "match": true
  }
}

Error · 4xx / 5xx

{
  "status": INTEGER,
  "message": STRING
}

See Errors & status codes for what each status means and which calls are billed.

About this API

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.

Typical uses

Life and health insurance claims. Verify before payout.
Deceased account settlement. Confirm the registration before releasing balances to nominees.

Questions

Is coverage nationwide?: Coverage follows the states whose civil registration systems expose lookups; unsupported states are reported in the response.