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Form PA12: Apply for power of attorney (intestate)

Apply to appoint someone to act as the representative of the person entitled to the estate.

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Apply for power of attorney (intestate)

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Gwneud cais am atwrneiaeth (diewyllys)

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email hmctsforms@justice.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Details

Send your completed form to:

HMCTS Probate
PO Box 12625
Harlow
CM20 9QE

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Published 19 July 2018
Last updated 17 May 2022 + show all updates
  1. Uploaded new versions of PA12 in English and Welsh.

  2. Added HMCTS Probate address.

  3. Replaced form and added Welsh version of form.

  4. Removed the sentence 'If you use the paper form you’ll need to swear an oath in person at a probate registry’.

  5. Updated form PA12, Power of attorney (Intestate).

  6. First published.