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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
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  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.

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
  • 1 September 2025
  • 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