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title: "Failure to report a person's death (Art. 185¹)"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/administrative-and-public-law-en/failure-to-report-a-persons-death-art-1851-en"
field: "Administrative & Public Law"
description: "Art. 185¹ — failure to report a person's death to the State Services Development Agency: 500 GEL fine. Legal consultation for institutions on Legal.ge."
updated: "2026-10-14"
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# Failure to report a person's death (Art. 185¹)

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## What Article 185¹ of the Administrative Offences Code covers

Article 185¹ of the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia establishes administrative liability for failing to report a person's death, in the manner established by law, to the State Services Development Agency. The norm is addressed to persons engaged in activities connected with death — the heads and authorised representatives of medical, social-service and other institutions. The breach entails a fine of 500 GEL.

The article protects a public interest: information about deaths is one of the pillars of the state registration system, and its timely provision is a duty established by law. Failure to notify is a sanctioned breach of that duty.

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### Who is fined for failing to report a death?

The persons within the circle fixed by the article: the head of a state, local or private medical institution or an authorised representative, an institution of pathologoanatomic activity and forensic medical examination, a boarding home, a shelter, a penitentiary institution, a person authorised by the mayor of the municipality, and a person authorised to issue a medical death certificate.

### To whom must the notification be made?

To the State Services Development Agency, in the manner established by law.

### What is the fine?

500 GEL. The article contains no separate aggravated sanction for repetition.

### What must be established in the case?

Two facts: that a death occurred, and that no notification in the manner established by law was made to the Agency. If a person does not belong to the circle provided for by the article, the duty is not imposed on that person.