(1) Surmateatis on surnud isiku, surmaaja ja -koha ning surma fakti tuvastanud tervishoiuteenuse osutaja andmeid kajastav elektrooniline dokument või meditsiinilise dokumendi osa, mis on aluseks surma automaatseks registreerimiseks rahvastikuregistris., (1) A death notice is an electronic document or part of a medical document reflecting the data on the deceased person, the time and place of death and the health care provider having established the death, which serves as the basis for automatic registration of death in the population register., defineeritakse kõikide Eesti õigusaktide ulatuses, defined within the scope of all Estonian legal instruments