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The information clients, principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons need to keep.

• Updated: 18 September 2024

How to apply for a full or partial completion certificate after building work on a higher-risk building has been completed.

• Updated: 27 March 2025

Get a declaration of presumed death if a person has been missing for at least 7 years or you think they've died - form N208, certificate of presumed death, appeal, complain

• Overview

  You can make a claim for a ‘declaration of presumed death’ from the High…

• Make your claim

  Download and fill in a claim form (N208) with details about: yourself -…

• Advertise your claim in a newspaper

  You must advertise your application in a newspaper local to the missing…

• Attend a hearing

  You’ll have to attend a hearing about your claim with a High Court judge -…

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

• Updated: 12 January 2026

Information about moving to, living or retiring in the USA – including visas, working, healthcare and driving.

• Updated: 11 December 2025

Apply to give up (renounce) your British citizenship or status - ‘declaration of renunciation’

Blind Person's Allowance is an extra amount you can earn before paying tax - what you'll get, eligibility, how to apply and how to transfer your allowance

Change or cancel a presumption of death certificate where there's clear evidence the missing person is still alive or that they died on a different date to what's on the certificate.

Financial help if you're disabled - benefits, housing costs, council tax, vehicle tax exemption, TV Licence, motability schemes, VAT relief

Manage the finances or property of a missing person, someone kidnapped or taken hostage, or in a foreign prison and not able to communicate. Apply to the High Court to be a guardian. You'll need a guardianship order.