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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.
Refer the estate of a person who has died without leaving a will or any entitled blood relatives to the Treasury Solicitor.
If you already have the right or have probate (as an executor or administrator) you can start dealing with the estate. You may need to apply for the right to deal with the estate of the person who's died (also...
Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
How to work out and apply the residence nil rate band (RNRB) for Inheritance Tax in different circumstances.
How to refer or buy land that belonged to a dissolved company and now belongs to the Crown.
Use the online service to register a deceased person's estate if you’re an executor, administrator or personal representative.
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.
Use form R185 (Estate Income) to advise beneficiaries about income from the estate of someone who has died.
Register your client’s estate online if you’re a tax agent or adviser.
Appoint a public official to act as executor of your estate if no one else can do it - the Public Trustee, Official Solicitor, fees, contact
Use the online service to update details of an estate, authorise an agent, or close an estate.
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
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.
Information on freehold estates which are private and mixed tenure estates where shared areas are not owned or looked after by the local council.
Use supplementary pages SA906 to declare residence status on the SA900 Trust and Estate Tax Return.
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