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Probate forms and guidance

Forms and guidance on probate including fees, where to send your probate forms (PA1A and PA1P) and supplementary forms to support your application.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• Published: 21 March 2018
• Last updated: 25 October 2022 — See all updates

Probate guidance and postal forms

Paper application forms to get either a grant of probate if the person who died left a will (PA1P) or letters of administration (PA1A) if they did not leave a will. See the how to apply for probate for help on completing the application. You can either send your application by post or apply for probate online.

• Apply for probate by post if there is a will: Form PA1P
  • 14 February 2024
  • Form
• Apply for probate by post if there is not a will: Form PA1A
  • 24 April 2024
  • Form
• Directory of probate registries and appointment venues (PA4SOT)
  • 10 September 2021
  • Guidance

Probate application: supporting forms

You may need to complete one of these forms to support your probate application.

• Apply for power of attorney (will): Form PA11
  • 14 February 2024
  • Form
• Form PA12: Apply for power of attorney (intestate)
  • 17 May 2022
  • Form
• Report a will is lost to support a probate application: Form PA13
  • 14 February 2024
  • Form
• Form PA14: Medical certificate (probate)
  • 9 December 2022
  • Form
• Give up probate executor rights: Form PA15
  • 14 February 2024
  • Form
• Give up probate administrator rights: Form PA16
  • 14 February 2024
  • Form
• Give up probate executor rights for probate practitioners: Form PA17
  • 14 February 2024
  • Form
• Form PA19: Apply for a grant of representation with a foreign death certificate not translated by a licensed company
  • 2 June 2021
  • Form

Stop and extend a grant of representation

• Apply to stop a grant of probate by post: Form PA8A
  • 14 February 2024
  • Form
• Apply to extend a caveat on a grant of representation: Form PA8B
  • 14 February 2024
  • Form

Contest a will : forms and guidance

• Form N2: Contest a will
  • 9 February 2021
  • Form
• Acknowledgment of service (probate claim): Form N3
  • 1 October 2007
  • Form
• Notice of issue (probate claim): Form N205D
  • 1 October 2001
  • Form

Deposit or withdraw your will from storage

• Store a will with HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS)
  • 14 November 2023
  • Guidance
• PA7ENV: Envelope label for storing your will or codicil
  • 29 September 2022
  • Form
• Withdraw a will stored with HM Courts and Tribunals Service
  • 29 September 2022
  • Guidance
• Apply to withdraw a will or codicil from storage: Form PA7A
  • 10 September 2021
  • Form

Other probate services

• Find a will or probate document: Form PA1S
  • 12 March 2024
  • Form

Probate practitioner forms

For legal professionals and other practitioners working in probate.

• Pre-lodgement enquiry for probate practitioners dealing with complex estates (PA18)
  • 14 July 2020
  • Form

Published 21 March 2018
Last updated 25 October 2022 + show all updates

1. 25 October 2022

   Added link to the new PA8B form

2. 2 March 2021

   Addition of the PA7ENV label to 'Deposit or withdraw your will from storage' New guidance on storing and withdrawing a will or codicil

3. 7 January 2021

   Addition of PA17

4. 6 January 2021

   Added form PA19 to the supporting forms section.

5. 3 August 2020

   Form PA7A added.

6. 18 March 2020

   Reorganised and added revised forms and guidance related to applying or stopping a probate application.

7. 19 July 2018

   PA10 to PA14 added to collection.

8. 21 March 2018

   First published.