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If you’re a spouse or civil partner you can use this form to give up your rights as an administrator if there is no will.
Probate practitioners named in a will as an executor and who are a partner, member, shareholder or director in a firm can use this form to give up probate executor rights.
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
The executor or beneficiary can use this form to apply to appoint a person to act as their representative.
Give details of assets that became the property of the personal representatives and apply for a grant of representation in Northern Ireland.
Report inheritance tax for excepted estates if a person has died on or before 31 December 2021.
Apply for probate or confirmation if there's Inheritance Tax to pay, or if the deceased's estate does not qualify as an 'excepted estate'.
How to update the property records and transfer a registered property when someone dies using forms DJP, AS1 and AP1.
Use this form to apply to withdraw a will or codicil from storage with HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS).
Use the print and post form (IHT205) if the person died on or after 6 April 2011, and on or before 31 December 2021, and the estate is unlikely to pay Inheritance Tax.
Advice on what you need to do to apply for probate
Guidance for completing forms ID1: Certificate of identity for a private individual, and ID2: Certificate of identity for a body corporate.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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