Wills and intestacy
What is a Grant of Letters of Administration?
A Grant of Letters of Administration is the legal document issued by the Probate Registry when there is no Executor applying, most often because someone has died without a valid Will. It gives the named administrator the legal authority to deal with the estate, equivalent to a Grant of Probate.
What authority does it give?
- Instruct banks and financial institutions to release funds
- Deal with the Land Registry to transfer or sell property
- Collect in investments and other estate assets
- Pay debts and distribute the estate to Beneficiaries
When is it issued?
When the deceased did not leave a valid Will, the grant is Letters of Administration, and the application uses form PA1A. When a Will exists but no Executor is willing or able to act, the grant is Letters of Administration with Will annexed, and the application uses form PA1P.
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