Amendments to the Bona Vacantia Copies of documents and Certificates section

Amendments to the Bona Vacantia Copies of documents and Certificates section

Bona vacantia have made amendments (9 March 2018) to the Copies of documents and Certificates section of https://www.gov.uk/guidance/make-a-claim-to-a-deceased-persons-estate

“Copies of documents & Certificates

“BVD would prefer that you do not send original documents of identity when submitting a claim. BVD will accept good quality copies of certificates and identification documents which have been certified by one of the following as a true copy of the original that they have seen:

“Within the UK

“-a practising solicitor (in which case, they should state their name and qualification as well as the name and address of the firm in which they are employed)

“-the Post Office’s ID checking service (in which case, please also include the completed ID Checking Service form which has been stamped by the Post Office)

“Outside the UK

“-a Notary Public registered in their country of residence who should provide an Apostille certificate for each document”