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How to refer a bona vacantia commercial lease to the Treasury Solicitor.
From 1 March 2023 the Bona Vacantia Division (BVD) will publish revised Dissolved Company Guidelines containing new Referral Forms.
How to repay a charge that was due to a dissolved company and is now due to the Crown.
The published switchboard number for Bona Vacantia will be temporarily closed on the morning of Wednesday 8th May 2024 for staff training.
How to buy unquoted shares that belonged to a dissolved company and now belong to the Crown.
Check whether an exemption may apply to the information you want to request
BV Complaints Procedure
Information about bona vacantia handled by the Crown Solicitor's Office of Northern Ireland
The Crown's Nominee Accounts are audited by the National Audit Office (NAO) on behalf of the Comptroller and Auditor General.
Reduction in phone operating times due to the ongoing impact of coronavirus (Covid-19) measures
The Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol) will change its name on 1 April to the Government Legal Department
From 22 May 2017, the correspondence address for the Bona Vacantia Division will change.
Notify the Treasury Solicitor of a sale by a mortgagee of bona vacantia land.
The Bona Vacantia Division is moving offices on 5 July 2023
BVD's Twitter policy
The guidance section on referring a deceased’s persons estate has changed
New emails and letters appearing to be from employees of the Government Legal Department/Bona Vacantia Division are in circulation
Information held on the estate of Michael Brennan.
Telephones in One Kemble Street have been restored
From 1 July 2015 the Bona Vacantia Division (BVD) will pilot a change in procedure.
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