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Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia Division.
Notify the Bona Vacantia division that a person has died without leaving a will or any known blood relatives.
How to pay Inheritance Tax: get a reference number, payment methods, use the deceased's bank account, National Savings and Investments, government stock, yearly instalments.
You must pay Inheritance Tax by the end of the sixth month after the…
You’ll need to get an Inheritance Tax reference number from HM Revenue and…
You can pay Inheritance Tax directly using your online or mobile bank…
You can pay Inheritance Tax from your own bank account or a joint bank…
Make your cheque payable to ‘HM Revenue and Customs only’. Write both of…
You can ask banks, building societies or investment providers to pay some…
Write to Computershare Investor Services, who run the British government…
In very exceptional cases you may be able to make Inheritance Tax payments…
You can pay your Inheritance Tax on things that may take time to sell in…
Get your Inheritance Tax payment reference number at least 3 weeks before…
You can make early Inheritance Tax payments before you know the exact…
Dealing with the affairs of a debtor who dies during the bankruptcy process or the estate of a deceased insolvent
Information on requesting records of deceased service personnel.
If someone dies without a will or known family, their ownerless property (bona vacantia) goes to the crown - check if you're an entitled relative, search for an estate, refer or claim on an estate
Application form DJP: remove the name of a joint proprietor from the register, after a death.
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...
Information on requesting medical records held by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for deceased service personnel.
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