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Bona Vacantia Referrals

Changes to the Bona Vacantia referral process

• From: Bona Vacantia and Government Legal Department
• Published: 16 March 2020
• Last updated: 19 March 2020 — See all updates

This news article was withdrawn on 23 March 2020

Amendments to this process have been published on a updated version. titled “Bona Vacantia Referrals/Applications/Kin claims”.

Please send any new referrals of deceased estates and dissolved company assets or cash balances by email rather than by post to the appropriate following email addresses:

Deceased person’s estates to bvestates@governmentlegal.gov.uk

Dissolved company assets (not cash assets) to bvcompanies@governmentlegal.gov.uk

Dissolved company cash assets (bank accounts, etc.) to bvcbt@governmentlegal.gov.uk

If you need to send us copies of documents, letters etc. please send us scanned copies in PDF format and attached to your email.

Please note that if you have already received confirmation of a case reference from the Bona Vacantia Division, correspondence should be emailed directly to your allocated case officer using the email address quoted on the correspondence received.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Published 16 March 2020
Last updated 19 March 2020 + show all updates

1. 19 March 2020

   Update on recommended format of scanned documents.

2. 16 March 2020

   First published.