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Directory of probate registries and appointment venues. This was previously called PA4.
Form CH26: Order in probate claim involving compromise (CPR rule 57 Part 1 and 57PD paragraph 6.1).
Read information about what to do if a customer registered with the Rural Payments service dies.
Search for the will of a soldier who died while serving in the British armed forces between 1850 and 1986
The executor or beneficiary can use this form to apply to appoint a person to act as their representative.
Use this form to apply to extend your stop on a probate application (known as a caveat).
Use this form to file an acknowledgement of service if you have been served with a probate claim form.
Form CH28: Revocation/refusal of revocation of grant of probate.
Genealogists, historians and amateur family archivists will be better able to access historic wills under proposals published today (15 December 2023).
Notify the Bona Vacantia division that a person has died without leaving a will or any known blood relatives.
Form CH24: Order appointing administrator pending determination of probate claim (CPR rule 57 Part 1 and 57PD paragraph 8).
Learn more about Inheritance Tax, including how to value an estate, applying for probate and when to pay.
A guide for people who want to store their will or codicil (an update to the will) with HM Courts and Tribunals Service.
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