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You can let companies see an online version of the LPA, instead of the registered paper version. Find out how to do this.
Where to get official UK documents when you’re abroad. Sometimes called notarial and document services.
Code of practice giving guidance for decisions made under the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
The View an LPA service can be used by companies and organisations to check an LPA is valid and who the attorneys are, helping keep their customers safe.
This page lists businesses that can provide a next-day service to legalise a document.
Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
You can pay the application fee for your lasting power of attorney online using a debit or credit card.
What to do, including registering the death, post mortems, bringing the body to the UK and getting help from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
About an attorney, deputy or guardian
What British nationals need to do to get married in Morocco, including what documents you need.
Legal guidance for deputies and attorneys on the rules about giving gifts on behalf of the person they act for.
Guidance for medical practitioners completing a medical certificate of cause of death in England and Wales.
A guide for people who want to store their will or codicil (an update to the will) with HM Courts and Tribunals Service.
What British nationals need to do to get married in Thailand, including what documents are needed.
How to arrange a consular marriage, including giving notice, what to bring to the ceremony and which countries offer the service.
Tell Us Once helps you let most government departments and local councils know when someone dies. This guide tells you how to use it.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Spain, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Use the online service to register a deceased person's estate if you’re an executor, administrator or personal representative.
The process when a British national dies in Austria, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Local authorities, police and NHS staff can find out about the information we have on our registers in England and Wales and how to ask for it.
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