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Searching our registers of attorneys, deputies and guardians

Find out about the information we have on our registers and how to ask us for it

• From: Office of the Public Guardian
• Published: 16 May 2019
• Last updated: 14 June 2022 — See all updates

This page is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).

Find out if someone has a registered attorney or deputy

Use form OPG100 to ask us to search:

• the register of lasting powers of attorney (LPA)
• the register of enduring powers of attorney (EPA)
• the register of deputyship court orders

• Request a search of the OPG registers
  • 2 October 2024
  • Form

Find out if a missing person has a guardian

Use form GS4 to ask us to search:

• the register of guardianship orders

• Find out if someone has a guardian acting for them
  • 14 June 2022
  • Form

What we hold on the Office of the Public Guardian registers: policy documents

This guidance tells you our policies on:

• what information is on the registers
• how we handle requests for information on the registers
• how we handle requests for information not held on the registers

• Requesting a search of the Public Guardian registers: Public Guardian practice note
  • 1 September 2021
  • Guidance
• Requesting information about a guardianship order
  • 14 June 2022
  • Policy paper

Published 16 May 2019
Last updated 14 June 2022 + show all updates

1. 14 June 2022

   Add topic 'Missing persons'

2. 2 August 2019

   We have added a new form to request a search of the Public Guardian register of guardianship orders. We have also published a new practice note giving information about what we hold on the register of guardianship orders.

3. 16 May 2019

   First published.