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Estates

Below you will find guidelines on various aspects relating to estates.

• Download Guidelines for referring estates to the Treasury Solicitor (PDF, 36K)

• Download Information for entitled relatives (including family tree) (PDF, 395K)

Discretionary grants

Below you will find guidelines on discretionary grants.

• Download Discretionary grants where the dissolved company can be restored (PDF, 74K)

• Download Discretionary grants where a dissolved company cannot be restored (PDF, 77K)

• Download Guide to discretionary grants in estate cases (PDF, 116K)

Companies

Below you will find guidelines about the assets of dissolved companies that have been passed to the Crown as bona vacantia.

• Download Assets of dissolved companies (PDF, 70K)

Shares

Below you will find guidelines about the sale of shares passed to the Crown as bona vacantia.

• Download Guidelines on the sale of shares passed to the Crown as bona vacantia (PDF, 51K)

Land: Freehold and Leasehold

Below you will find guidelines about freehold and leasehold buildings and property.

• Download Guidelines about the sale of vacant land and buildings (PDF, 68K)

• Download Guidelines for tenants in the sale of residential freehold property subject to leases (PDF, 86K)

• Download Guidelines for tenants in the sale of headlease of property subject to underleases (PDF, 95K)

• Download Disclaiming property passed to the Crown as bona vacantia (PDF, 70K)

• Download Adverse possession of land and buildings where the title is not registered (PDF, 38K)

• Download Adverse possession of land and buildings where the title is registered (PDF, 39K)

Mortgages and charges

Below you will find guidelines about mortgages and charges that are passed to the Crown as bona vacantia.

• Download Mortgages and charges (PDF, 59K)

• Download Guidelines on the sale by mortgagee of land and buildings (PDF, 68K)

Intellectual property, trademarks and copyright

Below you will find guidelines about the sale of intellectual property, trademarks and copyright.

• Download Sale of intellectual property and rights but not trademarks or copyright (PDF, 47K)

• Download Guidelines on the sale of trademarks passed to the Crown as bona vacantia (PDF, 46K)

• Download Guidelines on the sale of copyright passed to the Crown as bona vacantia (PDF, 46K)

Get in touch

If you have any questions or if you need any further information about ownerless property (bona vacantia) or the Treasury Solicitor's requirements, then please get in touch using the following contact information:

Treasury Solicitor's Office (BV)
One Kemble Street
London
WC2B 4TS

Tel: 020 7210 3116/3117/3239
Fax: 020 7210 3104
Email: bvinfo@tsol.gsi.gov.uk

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