Guide
Why you can’t register in a deceased owner’s name — and the correct route.
You cannot make a voluntary first registration in the name of someone who has died. On death, the estate vests in the personal representatives; the property is passed to the person entitled by an assent, and registration is made in that person’s name.
Executors or administrators obtain probate or letters of administration.
The unregistered deeds are located, or ownership is otherwise evidenced.
The personal representatives assent the property to the beneficiary entitled under the will or intestacy.
The application is made in the name of that beneficiary — at the reduced voluntary fee.
Getting the estate steps and the assent right is where inherited-property registrations go wrong. A solicitor who handles first registrations regularly will keep it clean.
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