No executor can act? Use the grant
Sometimes the named executors and the backup have all died, said no, or not replied. Control can then pass to whoever holds the court's grant for the estate. Our team checks it by hand.
Demo screen. Nothing is uploaded or sent.
Who gets control, in order
- The executors the owner named. Either can act alone.
- The backup executor, if the first have died, said no, or not replied within 14 days.
- Whoever holds the grant of probate or letters of administration, if no executor was named, or none can act. You are here.
In plain words
Grant of probate
A court paper that confirms the executors named in a will can deal with the estate.
Letters of administration
A court paper for when there is no will, or no executor can act. It names an administrator.
Upload the grant
Check your identity
Free for youThe same certified digital ID check as an executor: passport or driving licence, plus a selfie. We pay for it.
What happens next
- A person in our team checks the grant, and the death certificate, within 1 working day of upload.
- We tell you at each step: Uploaded, Being checked by our team, then Approved or Ask for more.
- The grant, the certificate and the ID images are deleted once approved. We keep only the result, the reference, a log of who approved it, and the details typed in.
- After approval, access, the steward role and dealer offers change as they do for any executor. See what changes.
Your estate record
Create your free account to start your estate record
One convenient place to keep all your will data between fresh wills, so the next will starts from what you already know instead of from a blank page.
Free to start. No card, and you will never be charged automatically.
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