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Wreck and salvage laws, the role of the Receiver of the Wreck, wreck owners and salvors and how to report wreck material.

• Updated: 30 January 2018

Report wreck material to the Receiver of Wreck - what counts as wreck material, fines and deadline

• What you need to report

  If you recover wreck material, for example parts of a ship or its cargo,…

• Reporting wreck material

  You can report recovered wreck material online. There is a different way…

• After you've reported wreck material

  You can create an account if you want to: check the status of wreck…

Complete this form to let the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) know when you have recovered any wreck material.

Find an authorised scrapyard where you can take your vehicle to be scrapped

Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.

How to report treasure or wreck - check it's treasure, find out who gets a share of the worth, what happens if a museum wants the treasure

LocatED is an arm’s length body to the Department for Education and exists to provide property advice to the department and educational bodies. LocatED is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Education .

• Updated: 15 April 2021

How to buy or acquire the assets of a dissolved company - how and when you can claim money or property, who to contact and the forms you need

Guidance primarily for local responders covering some infrastructure issues that may arise during the Recovery Phase of a UK emergency.

• Updated: 20 February 2013

Search for details of companies involved in insolvency proceedings, liquidation, frozen assets