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What to do when a foreigner dies in Thailand, step by step, in English and Thai: the police report, the Thai death certificate (and why you need five certified copies), the embassy letter to release the body, cremation vs repatriation costs, and why banks, the Land Department and the Department of Land Transport all wait for a Thai court order appointing an estate administrator. Includes a master checklist and every link you need. Free, updated August 2026, from the lawyers behind our full Death of a Foreigner in Thailand guide.
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Version 1. Updated 4 July 2026. Lawyer-maintained; see the Template Library for variant options.
Free member checklist of immediate steps for the family/executor.
Variants: bilingual EN-TH when a Thai party signs or a Thai authority may read it; TH-only for Land Office/DLT filings; EN-only for foreign-party-only use. Bilingual versions include a prevailing-language clause.
Drafted and maintained by Thai lawyers at ThaiLawOnline, not generic AI-generated or copy-paste forms. Complex situations still benefit from a lawyer review (included with Gold).
