Register a death and bereavement

Find out how to register a death in the UK or abroad

 

What to do after someone dies

The steps you must take after a death - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad

 

Wills, probate and inheritance

Sorting out a deceased person's affairs - get a grant of representation, become an executor and distribute an estate - and if there's no will

 

Apply for an exhumation licence

You need an exhumation licence if you are removing human remains from the ground

 

Bereavement Allowance

Bereavement Allowance (previously widow's pension) is a weekly benefit for widows, widowers or surviving civil partners - rates, eligibility, claim form, how to claim

 

Bereavement Payment

Bereavement Payment if your husband, wife or civil partner dies - eligibility, what you'll get, how to claim, claim form BB1

 

Child Benefit if a child or parent dies

Child Benefit if your child dies or the claimant dies - report the death, when to make a new claim, arrears

 

Claim or refer an unclaimed estate

If someone dies without a will or known family, their ownerless property (bona vacantia) goes to the crown - check if you're an entitled relative, search for an estate, refer or claim on an estate

 

Find a soldier's will

Search for the will of a soldier who died while serving in the British armed forces between 1850 and 1986

 

Find bereavement services from your council

Contact your council to find resources and support to help when you have to cope with a death

 

Finding a person's will

Types of places to search for a deceased person's will - including at their solicitor, bank or the Principal Registry of the Family Division

 

Funeral Payments

Funeral Payments to help pay funeral costs if you're on a low income - eligibility, how to claim, form SF200

 

Guardian's Allowance

Guardian's Allowance help if you're looking after a child who is not your own - rates, eligibility, how to claim, appeal a decision

 

Intestacy - who inherits if someone dies without a will?

Find out who is entitled to a share of someone’s property, possessions and money if they die without making a will

 

Making a will

How to make a will: making sure it's valid, using a solicitor and making amendments to it when your circumstances change

 

Paying Inheritance Tax

How to pay Inheritance Tax: get a reference number, payment methods, use the deceased's bank account, National Savings and Investments, government stock

 

Payment to register a death abroad

Pay the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) if you register the death of a British national abroad

 

Register a stillbirth

Where and how to register a stillbirth, who can register it, financial support you may be able to get and support organisations

 

Tell Us Once

Use the Tell Us Once service to report a birth or death - registering, how to use it

 

Telling DVLA about a bereavement

What you need to tell DVLA if someone who was a driver has died

 

Valuing the estate of someone who's died

When someone dies, you need to find out the value of the estate to see if Inheritance Tax is due - valuing the estate, reliefs, gifts, joint assets, stocks and shares, trusts and deductions

 

Widowed Parent's Allowance

Widowed Parent's Allowance - what you'll get, eligibility, how to claim, bereavement benefits claim form BB1