UK Find-a-Will charges

[melba_schmelba]

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

Forgot to say thanks too, thanks Carol . I wonder when it did change, the May 10th snapshot shows it was still £10 a couple of months ago

https://web.archive.org/web/20190510143300/https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Support/Help

[BumbleB]

Unfortunately it looks as though the £10 charge still applies to Soldier's wills.   

[Liz_in_Sussex]

I would also like to thank Carol ... I was only thinking a couple of weeks ago I really couldn't justify £10 for the wills I wanted (but didn't REALLY need) ... but went on a spending spree last night! 

Unfortunately it looks as though the £10 charge still applies to Soldier's wills.   

I have just looked for a couple who died in WWI and WWII and they both appear in my basket as £1.50? 

Liz

[melba_schmelba]

Unfortunately it looks as though the £10 charge still applies to Soldier's wills.   

That's strange BumbleB, as the help page makes no mention of a difference in pricing ?

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Support/Help

[BumbleB]

Can only go with this:

https://www.gov.uk/probate-search

[CarolA3]

Can only go with this:

https://www.gov.uk/probate-search

Evidently they've overlooked that page when updating the rest of the site.  It's £1.50 across the board, as others have found.

Carol

[CarolA3]

I was only thinking a couple of weeks ago I really couldn't justify £10 for the wills I wanted (but didn't REALLY need) ... but went on a spending spree last night! 

Same here
I only looked at the wills site when answering a different RC thread where someone's probate was mentioned.  Having checked that entry I thought I might as well see if the price had gone up, as GRO put theirs up recently.  Imagine my surprise ............................

Carol

[CarolA3]

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 the case, why do bmd certs cost more?

The previous wording for ordering wills was the same, even missing off the closing bracket after 'documents'.  Only the amount has changed.

As for GRO, their charges are set by Parliament I believe.

Carol

[CarolA3]

Forgot to say thanks too, thanks Carol . I wonder when it did change, the May 10th snapshot shows it was still £10 a couple of months ago

https://web.archive.org/web/20190510143300/https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Support/Help

I've asked them and will let you know.  There doesn't seem to have been an announcement

Carol