I know of a person who died in Spain circa 1974 and I understand is
buried in Malaga Cemetary.

How can I get confirmation and the date of death?

Dear Bryan,

In Spain, the Civil Register (Registro Civil) upon request issues
death certificates (certificado de defunción) for individuals who died
there. In this case, the local Civil Register of Malaga is the
competent agency (provided that the the deceased is not only buried in
Malaga, but also died there, which is very probable).

You can request the certificate by sending a letter to the Civil
Register, clearly indicating the name and postal address to which the
certificate is to be sent, including the following data in the
request:
- Name, surnames and National Identification Card of the person
requesting the certificate.
- Name and surnames of the deceased, and the date and location of death.
Next, indicate the type of certificate you would like to receive:
- Literal
- Extract 
- Ordinary or bilingual.
- International or multilingual.
- Negative
Finally, provide a contact telephone number where you can be reached
to clarify any of the data.

This is the address of the Civil Register in Malaga:

Registro Civil Exclusivo de Málaga
C/ Manuel Tomás De Heredia, 18
29071 Málaga
Spain
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Phone: +34-951037904
Fax: +34-951037919

I hope that this will be helpful!
Regards,
Scriptor



Source:

The Spanish Ministry of Justice: Personal Formalities
http://www.justicia.es/servlet/Satellite?cid=1057821035243&pagename=Portal_del_ciudadano%2FPage%2FTramite&lang=en_gb&c=page

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Request for Answer Clarification by probonopublico-ga on 30 Jan 2006 10:57 PST

It's a great start, Scriptor, many thanks.

I tried the Link but I have to give the date of death which I don't know.

I'll give them a call tomorrow but my Spanish is VERY rusty.

Hasta manana!

Bryan the Toreador

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Clarification of Answer by scriptor-ga on 30 Jan 2006 12:11 PST

It's my pleasure to help you, Bryan. I hope that you will talk to an
officer who understands more English than Manuel from Fawlty Towers...

Greetings to Albion!

Many thanks, Scriptor.

No success as yet but I shall now pursue Leli's comment.

Incidentally I don't support 'The Albion' ... I support 'Latics -
Oldham Athletic. (I was born & bred in Oldham.)

All the Best

Bryan

Hi Bryan

Could your person be in the English Cemetery in Malaga?
If so, you might get help from the C of E there:
http://www.stgeorgemalaga.org/index.htm

Good luck - Leli

Hi Leli

It's great to hear from you again and many thanks for your comment.

I simply do not know in which cemetary 'my person' is buried. 

My person was not British-born nor of the Anglican faith. He/she was
naturalised as British but later this was stripped away after he/she
was found guilty of a criminal offence.

But very many thanks, I will now check out your lead.

All the Best

Bryan