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1. Due to the death of the holder
Documents to be submitted:
- Applicant's national identity document
- Holder's death certificate.
- Certificate of last wishes (or document of acceptance of inheritance ). To apply:
- Civil registry: FULL death certificate.
- Tobacconist: Forms for last wishes.
Once in possession of the certificate of last wishes:
- If a will exists:
- Copy of the will, document of acceptance of inheritance of statement of “intestate” inheritance.
- If there is more than one heir: a single holder must be appointed.
- Renunciation document: if there is more than one heir and they are in equal parts. Document signed at the cemetery
department, or a statement made before a notary.
- If NO will exists:
- if the deceased person has descendents, the funerary entitlement passes to the said descendents, where Catalan civil
law applies, or to the spouse, if they are married under Spanish civil law. If there is more than one, a decision must be
made as to which one is to be the holder .
- Documents:
Official family book (or document proving descent from the holder)
Renunciation documents, where there is more than one heir. Document signed at the cemetery department, or a
statement made before a notary .
2. Due the death of the holder where there are beneficiaries appointed
Documents to be submitted:
- Proof is required that the will, where one exists, appoints the primary beneficiary as universal heir (see point 1)
- Original certificate
- National identity document of the applicant and primary beneficiary, or of their replacement in the event that they predecease the holder.
- Document appointing beneficiaries.
3. Change of name due to renunciation by the holder in their lifetime:
A funeral certificate may be transferred in the lifetime of the holder where it is to relatives up to the fourth degree of consanguinity, the second by affinity and marriage and people who prove affective links and cohabitation with the holder for at least five years.
Documents to be submitted:
- Original certificate
- National identity document of the applicant and the holder
- Renunciation document issued by the holder, made at the cemetery department or by means of a notarised statement.
4. Provisional changes of name
Where the transfer cannot be effected as described above, and also in the following cases:
- Holders of grave certificates registered in the name of deceased people, when 30 years have passed from the date of issue of the said certificate or when the holder's death can be proven.
- In cases where there is evidence or presumption of death of the holder without possessing the certificate: when it can be proven that the holder died ten years previously without any subsequent burial having taken place. Or else where the spouse, ascendants or descendents or relatives up to the fourth degree of consanguinity, or the second by affinity, are interred there, providing there is no subsequent burial.
Other Procedures.
1. Appointment of beneficiaries
The holder of a cemetery entitlement may at any time appoint a beneficiary for the grave following their death, providing this is done for the benefit of direct and collateral relatives up to the fourth degree, both by consanguinity, and up to the second degree by affinity and at least 5 years of cohabitation with the holder immediately before the appointment.
At the same time a replacement beneficiary may be appointed in case the primary beneficiary predeceases them. This substitute must meet the same requirements as the primary beneficiary.
The holder must go to the cemetery department to sign the document issued there. Such attendance may be substituted by a notarial document.
Documents to be submitted:
- Original certificate
- Holder's national identity document
- National identity documents of the appointed beneficiaries
2. Changing the appointed beneficiaries.
The appointed beneficiaries may NOT be changed other than expressly in a codicil to the will or a notarial document.
Documents to be submitted:
- Original certificate.
- Holder's national identity document.
- Codicil or notarial document.
- National identity documents of the new beneficiaries, where appropriate.
3. Return of a grave
a) At the request of the holder themself. The following documents must be submitted:
- Original certificate
- Holder's national identity document
- Bank account number to which the payment is to be transferred.
If the holder is deceased: documentary proof of succession to the funeral entitlement of the person presenting the application.
4. Duplicate certificate
In the event that the certificate is lost or unlawfully taken, it is necessary to go to the cemetery department to begin the process for immediate suspension of operations concerning the grave and initiate the process for declaring the certificate null and void and issuing a replacement. In the event of it being unlawfully taken, the entitlement to use will be suspended until the procedure is completed.
Documents to be submitted:
- Holder's national identity document.
Collection of Charges.
Maintenance charges for graves are approved on an annual basis by Reus town council together with the budget for the coming year.
The payment period for these charges is from April 5th to June 5th. Holders who pay by direct debit will receive a payment advice showing the amount that will be debited to their account on the last day of the voluntary payment period.
During the voluntary payment period the holders of graves may settle their receipts at most banks in the town. During this period Gesfursa may not collect any receipts.
Holders wishing to pay by direct debit must go to the Gesfursa offices at the funeral home. During the voluntary payment period it is no longer possible to pay the receipt for the current year by direct debit.
When a grave is acquired the charges are collected, partially where applicable, for the financial year in which the acquisition takes place, for which reason no further charges will be charged during that year. In any case it is advisable to pay by direct debit from the time when the grave is acquired in order to avoid subsequent inconvenience.
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