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If you already have the right or have probate (as an executor or administrator) you can start dealing with the estate. You may need to apply for the right to deal with the estate of the person who's died (also...

• Overview

  As a personal representative (an executor or administrator) you’re legally…

• Settling debts and taxes

  You must pay any debts and settle the taxes for the person who died. This…

• Managing and selling assets

  You may have to pay taxes for the estate if there is any new income while…

• Reporting an estate’s income to HMRC

  You may need to send information to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) about…

• Distributing the estate

  Once you have paid any debts and taxes, or you are sure the estate has…

Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.

• Updated: 5 February 2020

Find out who is entitled to a share of someone’s property, possessions and money if they die without making a will

The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.

Dealing with the affairs of a debtor who dies during the bankruptcy process or the estate of a deceased insolvent

• Updated: 26 March 2021

Application form DJP: remove the name of a joint proprietor from the register, after a death.

Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.

Information on requesting records of deceased service personnel.

• Updated: 2 October 2023

Notify the Bona Vacantia division that a person has died without leaving a will or any known blood relatives.

• Updated: 22 March 2024

Tells HM Passport Office staff what to do when customers tell us about the death of a passport holder.

• Updated: 6 October 2022