How a Florida death certificate is used in Peru
When a Peruvian dies in Florida, RENIEC expects the death to be registered at the consulate first. For registration at RENIEC itself, the death certificate must be apostilled and translated into Spanish through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The certificate is also the starting point for an intestate succession (sucesión intestada), often handled by a Peruvian notary and then registered at SUNARP so heirs can deal with property. Order more than one certified copy, because the consulate, the notary and a bank may each keep one.
Translation for Peru
Our standard for a translation is a translator's certification, notarized by a different notary, with its own Florida apostille. Peruvian offices may instead require their own translator: SUNARP asks for a translation by a traductor público juramentado (sworn public translator), RENIEC refers to translation through Peru's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and SUNEDU asks for an official certified translation. Ask the office that will receive your document which one it accepts, and translate after the apostille.
What your Florida death certificate must look like
Only a certified copy from the Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics or a county health department can be apostilled: it carries the State Registrar's signature that the Department of State verifies. Funeral-home copies, photocopies and scans are rejected, and copies certified before 2014 must be replaced with a fresh certified copy (order through VitalChek or the county health department). If the receiving office needs the cause of death, ask for the version that includes it — both versions can be apostilled.
Step by step: death certificate apostille for Peru
- Order online — pick "Death certificate" and "Peru" on the order form; $220 per document, $380 for two, $160 each for three or more.
- Send a photo — reply to the confirmation email with a picture of the document. We check the certification before anything ships, so a defect is caught before it costs you a round trip.
- Drop it at FedEx — after approval, FedEx emails you a prepaid QR code; show it at any FedEx Office or Ship Center, no printer or label needed.
- Filed in person in Tallahassee — we walk the document into the Florida Department of State and ship the apostilled original back by FedEx within 5–7 business days of receipt — to your U.S. address, or to Peru with international return shipping (+$100).
One Florida apostille is all the U.S. side needs for Peru. Whatever the office there asks for after that — a translation, a filing deadline — is covered above.