Tagged: “bona vacantia”
Heir Hunters List
The Treasury takes in millions of pounds each year from unclaimed estates and some of the cash could be yours! There are over 9000 unclaimed estates on the Treasury bona vacantia list and if estates are not claimed by family members the deceased person’s assets will pass to the Treasury. Details of all the Treasury’s […]
Bona Vacantia & Ultimus Haeres
‘Bona Vacantia’ means vacant goods and it is the name given to ownerless property, which by law passes to the Crown. In England and Wales the Treasury Solicitor acts for the Crown to administer the estates of people who die intestate (without a Will) and without known kin (entitled blood relatives). In Scotland where a […]