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Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
How to apply for a waiver letter when you are restoring a company using administrative restoration.
How to apply for a discretionary grant where the dissolved company can be restored. (Company has been dissolved for less than six years)
How to reclaim bona vacantia after a dissolved company is restored to the register.
How to refer or buy land that belonged to a dissolved company and now belongs to the Crown.
Notify the Bona Vacantia division that a person has died without leaving a will or any known blood relatives.
How to refer or buy the freehold reversion of your flat that belonged to a dissolved company and now belongs to the Crown.
How to send a cash balance to the Bona Vacantia division.
List of forms of identification accepted by the Bona Vacantia division for individuals, companies and other legal structures
How to apply for a discretionary grant of bona vacantia where the dissolved company cannot be restored.
This note explains what vesting orders are and how they are applied for.
How to repay a charge that was due to a dissolved company and is now due to the Crown.
How to refer a bona vacantia commercial lease to the Treasury Solicitor.
How to buy intellectual property that belonged to a dissolved company and now belongs to the Crown.
Notify the Treasury Solicitor of a sale by a mortgagee of bona vacantia land.
How to buy unquoted shares that belonged to a dissolved company and now belong to the Crown.
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