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How to repay a charge that was due to a dissolved company and is now due to the Crown.
‘Bona Vacantia’ means vacant goods and is the name given to ownerless property, which by law passes to the Crown. The Treasury Solicitor acts for the Crown to administer the estates of people who die intestate (without a …
From 1 March 2023 the Bona Vacantia Division (BVD) will publish revised Dissolved Company Guidelines containing new Referral Forms.
The Crown's Nominee Accounts are audited by the National Audit Office (NAO) on behalf of the Comptroller and Auditor General.
Notify the Treasury Solicitor of a sale by a mortgagee of bona vacantia land.
How to buy unquoted shares that belonged to a dissolved company and now belong to the Crown.
Reduction in phone operating times due to the ongoing impact of coronavirus (Covid-19) measures
Publication of the Bona Vacantia accounts for 2022 - 2023
The Bona Vacantia Division is moving offices on 5 July 2023
The Bona Vacantia Division (BVD) receive various referrals from local authorities some of which we can deal with and others which we cannot
Information about bona vacantia handled by the Crown Solicitor's Office of Northern Ireland
BV Complaints Procedure
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New emails and letters appearing to be from employees of the Government Legal Department/Bona Vacantia Division are in circulation
From 1 July 2015 the Bona Vacantia Division (BVD) will pilot a change in procedure.
From 22 May 2017, the correspondence address for the Bona Vacantia Division will change.
The guidance sections on sending original documents to BVD have been updated
Telephones in One Kemble Street have been restored
Annual report and accounts for the Crown’s Nominee for the financial year 2017 to 2018
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