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Refer the estate of a person who has died without leaving a will or any entitled blood relatives to the Treasury Solicitor.
How to refer or buy the freehold reversion of your flat that belonged to a dissolved company and now belongs to the Crown.
List of forms of identification accepted by the Bona Vacantia division for individuals, companies and other legal structures
How to send a cash balance to 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 apply for a discretionary grant of bona vacantia where the dissolved company cannot be restored.
Please note that the Bona Vacantia Office and our usual published switchboard numbers will be closed on Monday 26th May and Tuesday 27th May 2025.
鈥楤ona Vacantia鈥� means vacant goods and is the name given to ownerless property, which by law passes to the Crown. 皇冠体育app Treasury Solicitor acts for the Crown to administer the estates of people who die intestate (without a 鈥�
This note explains what vesting orders are and how they are applied for.
How to repay a charge that was due to a dissolved company and is now due to the Crown.
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