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Form: Apply for probate by post if there is a will: Form PA1P

Hm Courts Tribunals Service

October 27
10:31 2023

Apply for probate online: PA1P

Citizen applicants only: PA1P

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Probate practitioners only: PA1P

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Citizen applicants only: PA1P (large print)

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Details

If you are applying online, you do not need to submit a paper application.

You can apply for the legal right to manage the estate of someone who has died and left a will. Youll receive a grant of probate.

Who can apply

You can apply if you are one of the following:

  • an executor a person named in a will of the person whos died (grant of probate)
  • a beneficiary where theres a will but none of the executors are applying (letters of administration with will annexed)
  • a probate practitioner representing the executors or the beneficiaries if there are no executors (grant of probate or letters of administration with will annexed)

Apply as an executor without a probate practitioner

Download the citizen applicants only form to apply by post.

Alternatively, you can apply for probate online.

You may also be able to apply using this form if:

  • you are a beneficiary named in the will, and there are no executors able to apply for the grant
  • if there are no executors named in the will

Apply as a probate practitioner

Download the probate practitioners only form to apply by post. Alternatively, you can apply online if you or your practice has a MyHMCTS account.

Before you apply

Youll need to:

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