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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
When someone dies with no will or known family, their property passes to…
The Government Legal Department handles bona vacantia in England and Wales…
You need to know if you’re entitled before making a claim on an estate.…
If you think you’re entitled to an estate in England and Wales (but not…
If you know someone who has died with no will or known blood relatives,…
You can apply for a grant from a deceased person’s estate if you could…
Notify the Bona Vacantia division that a person has died without leaving a will or any known blood relatives.
Register your client’s estate online if you’re a tax agent or adviser.
Value the estate of someone who's died so that you can get probate: work out if tax is due, check how to report the estate's value, complete the correct form.
Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
Use form R185 (Estate Income) to advise beneficiaries about income from the estate of someone who has died.
How to buy or acquire the assets of a dissolved company - how and when you can claim money or property, who to contact and the forms you need
Manage the finances or property of a missing person, someone kidnapped or taken hostage, or in a foreign prison and not able to communicate. Apply to the High Court to be a guardian. You'll need a guardianship order.
How to work out and apply the residence nil rate band (RNRB) for Inheritance Tax in different circumstances.
Use form C5 (2006) with form C1 (2021) Confirmation if the deceased's estate is an 'excepted estate' and the person died on or after 1 September 2006 but before 1 January 2022 with their permanent home in Scotland.
When and how to tell neighbours about building works on party walls, what to do if you've been notified of works, how to come to an agreement
Use form C5 (OUK) with form C1 Confirmation if the deceased’s estate is an ‘excepted estate’ and the person died on or after 1 September 2006.
How the Ministry of Defence estate is adapting to climate change, including nature conservation on the estate.
Find out how to work out and report the value of the estate to HMRC.
Find out if Inheritance Tax is due on assets transferred in or out of a trust and on certain trusts at each 10 year anniversary.
This notice provides a glossary of Scottish land law terms.
How to apply for a notice or restriction to protect a third-party interest in an estate (practice guide 19).
Fees for common applications, for example Scale 1 and Scale 2 transactions, charges of registered land, leases, large scale and fixed fee applications.
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