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
Additional detailed guidance from government departments
Death registration disclosure
Preventing fraud and other offences through disclosure of death registration information (DDRI).
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Death and bereavement
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