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Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
How to apply for a waiver letter when you are restoring a company using administrative restoration.
How to apply for a discretionary grant where the dissolved company can be restored. (Company has been dissolved for less than six years)
How to reclaim bona vacantia after a dissolved company is restored to the register.
How to refer or buy land that belonged to a dissolved company and now belongs to the Crown.
How to apply for a discretionary grant of bona vacantia where the dissolved company cannot be restored.
List of forms of identification accepted by the Bona Vacantia division for individuals, companies and other legal structures
How to send a cash balance to the Bona Vacantia division.
How to refer or buy the freehold reversion of your flat that belonged to a dissolved company and now belongs to the Crown.
Notify the Bona Vacantia division that a person has died without leaving a will or any known blood relatives.
How to repay a charge that was due to a dissolved company and is now due to the Crown.
This note explains what vesting orders are and how they are applied for.
How to refer a bona vacantia commercial lease to the Treasury Solicitor.
Check whether an exemption may apply to the information you want to request
How to buy intellectual property that belonged to a dissolved company and now belongs to the Crown.
How to buy unquoted shares that belonged to a dissolved company and now belong to the Crown.
Notify the Treasury Solicitor of a sale by a mortgagee of bona vacantia land.
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