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Apply to withdraw a will or codicil from storage: Form PA7A

Use this form to apply to withdraw a will or codicil from storage with HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS).

Updates to this page

From:
HM Courts & Tribunals Service
Published:
30 January 2020
Last updated:
10 October 2024
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  1. New Welsh PA7A and PA7B

  2. Date of birth added to question 1. New question about other executors named in the will added (question 6). Option to return form PA7A by email has been added. New PA7B form has been added.

  3. Forms updated with new address for Newcastle probate registry.

  4. Updated the process for applying to withdraw a will to include the option of providing scanned documentation, including death certificates, and uploaded new version and a Welsh language of the form.

  5. Helpline information updated.

  6. Address on form and page updated.

  7. First published.

Documents

Application form: PA7A

PDF, 103 KB, 4 pages

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Application for executor consent: PA7B

PDF, 114 KB, 5 pages

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You can use this form if you are:

Read the guidance on how to withdraw a will stored with HMCTS.

If you are not the person who wrote the will or the executor, you must also complete form PA7B.

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