What does it mean that a cédula is cancelled due to death?

That the Registraduría cancelled the document after the holder's death was recorded in the civil registry, through the corresponding resolution.

Does a valid cédula guarantee the person is alive?

It indicates the Registraduría has not registered a death record. If the death has not yet been recorded or the update is still being processed, the document can appear valid for a while.

Does the lookup work as an official validity certificate?

No. For formal filings you need the certificate issued by the Registraduría; the public lookup is informational.

Civil identificationRegistraduría

Name: Registraduría
Creator: Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil

The Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil manages Colombia's civil registry and citizen identification, and publishes the validity status of every cédula de ciudadanía.

Operated by Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil · Visit the official site

What the cédula validity lookup is

The Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil is the authority that keeps the civil registry of Colombians, from birth to death, and issues the cédula de ciudadanía, the national ID. Its validity lookup reports the document's status: valid (vigente), or cancelled, mainly due to the holder's death, an update that comes from the civil death record.

Croma queries the cédula's validity by document number and returns the status exactly as the Registraduría publishes it: the most direct signal to confirm survival across a credit portfolio, verify identity and support due diligence.

How fresh the data is

Croma queries the Registraduría live at the moment of your search. The status reflects the updates the authority has processed: a cancellation due to death appears after the death is recorded in the civil registry and the Registraduría processes the update.

Coverage and limits

Covers cédulas de ciudadanía issued by the Registraduría; it does not apply to minors' identity cards or foreigner ID documents.
The lookup reports the document's validity status; it does not publish additional biographical data or the holder's contact information.
There can be a lag between a death and its reflection in the lookup while the record is registered and processed.

What you can look up

Free tools that answer with data from this source. All of them are also available through the API and MCP.

Cédula statusCheck a Colombian cédula
Check whether a Colombian cédula is active or was cancelled on death, with data from the Registraduría.
RegistraduríaOpen tool

Frequently asked questions

01What does it mean that a cédula is cancelled due to death?: That the Registraduría cancelled the document after the holder's death was recorded in the civil registry, through the corresponding resolution.
02Does a valid cédula guarantee the person is alive?: It indicates the Registraduría has not registered a death record. If the death has not yet been recorded or the update is still being processed, the document can appear valid for a while.
03Does the lookup work as an official validity certificate?: No. For formal filings you need the certificate issued by the Registraduría; the public lookup is informational.

Croma queries the official source and returns the information exactly as the register publishes it. This page is informational and is not legal advice; for official purposes, verify directly with the corresponding register.