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If someone dies without a will or known family, their ownerless property (bona vacantia) goes to the crown - check if you're an entitled relative, search for an estate, refer or claim on an estate
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Mexico, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Cuba, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Thailand, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Nigeria, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
Get a declaration of presumed death if a person has been missing for at least 7 years or you think they've died - form N208, certificate of presumed death, appeal, complain
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Spain, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Data sources of numbers relating to the coronavirus pandemic in the UK.
The process when a British national dies in Germany, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Japan, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Challenge a claim for a presumption of death declaration if you think the missing person is not dead or died on a different date or in a different place to what the claim says
You should be aware that Nepalese procedures differ significantly from those in the United Kingdom.
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
Emotional and practical support for bereaved families and loved ones is available from government departments and approved charities.
Correct an original registration with the register office or GRO - what corrections can be made, who can apply, how long it takes
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