UK Find-a-Will charges

[Girl Guide]

Well that is a very useful piece of information CarolA.  I shall be having a look to see what I can find.

Seems as though the wills dept. is now doing the same as the GRO in offering downloads, as a cheaper option to paper wills.

I wonder if this is a trial or a permanent offer.

[BumbleB]

Let's hope it is permanent    I've just ordered another 3. 

[rosie99]

Well that is a very useful piece of information CarolA.  I shall be having a look to see what I can find.

Seems as though the wills dept. is now doing the same as the GRO in offering downloads, as a cheaper option to paper wills.

I wonder if this is a trial or a permanent offer.

They have been doing downloads for a long time but at £10 each.

[CarolA3]

The download service has been available for two or three years, although I hadn't ordered many because of the £10 they were charging.

We used to be warned that if an entry just said 'Administration' and not 'Probate', you'd be wasting your money because the person had died without making a will.  At £1.50, that's now the cheapest mistake you'll ever make

Typically, having told all of you about this, I've only been able to find one for myself.  It does solve a long-standing mystery though

Carol

[BumbleB]

Sorry, Carol, but I think the term I might use in this instance is "S-d's Law" 

However, thank you for the tip-off - I've now ordered 6 close-family wills for less than the price of 1 under the old terms. 

For a person of Yorkshire descent (although not birth) that's not bad going. 

[Tickettyboo]

Not the last by a long way :-)

Thanks so much for this :-)

Boo

[tillypeg]

My confirmation email from the Probate Service went into my Junk folder, so watch out!

[Bee]

This is taken from the site

The fee for each copy request is £1.50 to download (the £1.50 charge is required by law for the release of public documents

If that's that's the case, why do bmd certs cost more?

[Tickettyboo]

We used to be warned that if an entry just said 'Administration' and not 'Probate', you'd be wasting your money because the person had died without making a will.  At £1.50, that's now the cheapest mistake you'll ever make


Carol

For probate calendar entries after the date they stopped including the names and addresses of the people to whom admin was granted (not sure when but I've just ordered one from 1981) even if there  wasn't a will, knowing who was granted admin can be very useful and can confirm/deny it is the right person. In the case of the lady whose Admin I have applied for, as far as I can tell she moved quite a way away from where she'd been living for most of her life. It feels right, my gut tells me it 'was' her but £1.50 to confirm it is the cheapest show in town at the mo :-)

Boo