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What does it take to have someone declared dead? £480, for a start

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13 February 2016

9:00 AM

13 February 2016

9:00 AM

Matters of life and death

Lord Lucan is now officially presumed dead. How do you have someone declared dead? In England and Wales, under the Presumption of Death Act 2013…
— Anyone can apply to have anyone else declared dead, but if the applicant is not a spouse, civil partner, parent, child or sibling of the presumed deceased they must show they have a significant interest.

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