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).
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You can use this form if you are:
- the person who wrote the will (the testator)
- an executor or someone else applying for probate
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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Updates to this page
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New Welsh PA7A and PA7B
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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.
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Forms updated with new address for Newcastle probate registry.
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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.
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Helpline information updated.
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Address on form and page updated.
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