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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 someone dies 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, or when a Will exists but there is no executor willing or able to act. The application uses form PA1A.

YouCanDoProbate completes the PA1A and all required IHT400 forms automatically as part of the platform walkthrough, including the Intestacy Walkthrough that confirms who is entitled to inherit.

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If you want your Probate to come through quickly and efficiently then I cannot recommend this company more highly. We had an appointment with a Solicitor for 5th March 2025 and at a cost of £1,503 and was told it would take 12 weeks or more. I searched the internet for an online Probate Company and came across YouCanDoProbate. Looked at the reviews and saw that someone had put that you don’t pay only the £399 fee – they said there were hidden costs. So read through everything and noted that you also have to send a cheque for £300 for the Courts to gain the Probate. I did phone them to make sure there were no other costs involved and was told that no this was everything charged – no “hidden” costs at all. So on 19th February I sent off all the paperwork together with the cheque for the Courts. Just over a week later I received an email from Gov.uk to say they were dealing with the probate and that it could take up to 12 weeks. A couple of days later I received an email to say Probate had been granted and I would receive it within 10 days – on 5th March the Probate arrived through the post. So it only took 2 weeks from beginning to end. I would recommend this website and if you have any questions they are more than helpful. I don’t know why Solicitors charge such outrageous fees – this was half what was quoted and we had the Probate in our hands before the actual appointment with the Solicitor. I cannot thank you enough for making what is a really difficult time in any families life a straightforward and easy application.

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