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The National Will Register is the UK’s will registration and will search service, with over 10.5 million wills in the system.

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Check the will held is the latest will or that there is no missing, unknown or later will

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Register the existence and location of a will to ensure it can be found quickly and confidentially

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Why The National Will Register?

The National Will Register exists to ensure no will is left unknown or untraced at the time it is needed.

Over 10.5 million wills registered

The National Will Register is recommended by key organisations and used by solicitors, will writers, the public, charities and financial institutions to register and search for wills.

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Extensive will search service

Our will searches not only search nationally for registered wills, but also in geographically targeted areas for wills that have not been registered. Start a will search now.

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Every one in five wills is found

We find one in five wills that were presumed to be missing or intestate (no will exists) or a later will being discovered that would supersede the previous will.

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NEWS

The National Will Register turns 20!

Reaching 20 years is a landmark.

Thank you to everyone who’s been part of the journey over the last 20 years, we’re proud of what’s been achieved, and focused on what comes next.

Do I have the right to challenge an inheritance?

Only certain people have the right to dispute inheritance. The criteria include your relationship to the person who has died and other factors.

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I cannot find a will after conducting a will search

When someone dies ‘intestate’, it means that they died without leaving a valid will. Here is some detail around how a persons assets are distributed when there is no will.

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Check if you can dispute an inheritance today

We have partnered with IDR Law, inheritance dispute specialists, to provide this free tool that gives an immediate assessment of your situation, helping you understand next steps.

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Helping you find what you need

The National Will Register team deal with hundreds of enquiries every day and are always on hand to assist.

Guides

Securing final wishes: The critical role of will search and registration 

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Guides

Insuring an empty property when the owner is in care

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Guides

How long does probate take?

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Guides

How to search for a will in the UK? 

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Guides

Court of Protection Guide

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Guides

Spanish Assets & Estate Planning Will Guide

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All of the functionality of The National Will Register, built into the UK’s number one legal platform.

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News & resources

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Case studies

When finding a missing will changes everything

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Real stories

Client spotlight: Caverley Lightfoot on working with The National Will Register

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Case studies

The gap between writing a will and finding it: How Tassells tackles the lost…

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News

Press Release: The National Will Register and Insuristic announce a strategic…

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Customer Feedback

“The National Will Register has become an integral part of the way we work.”
Katie Lightfoot – Caverley Lightfoot
“The team at The National Will Register undertook a professional and thorough will search for us, resulting in peace of mind at a very difficult time.”
Ralph & Lynne – Public
“Failing to conduct a will search where one should be made when dealing with an estate could very easily amount to negligence.”
David Webb – Mander Hadley Solicitors
“The will that was located wasn’t the one I expected that was written around 20 years ago! My father had written a will in 2017 that the search located, which changed the executor and beneficiaries of the estate.”
Mrs Duffy – Public
“The National Will Register made the process as simple as possible for us to not only digitise our will bank, but to be able to utilise this for wider will bank management.”
Nicola Weldon – Ellisons Solicitors
“It is very important for us that we undertake a will search at the beginning of each probate matter or intestacy, so that we can establish before taking any other steps that we are dealing with the relevant will or later will.”
Hollie Coates – Coates Solicitors