website for more info. In Northern Ireland you need to phone the Crown Solicitor’s Office on 028 9054 6037.Just bear in mind heir hunters will take a cut of any estate found and they may charge additional fees on top, as well as solicitors' fees.
Finders says fees vary by case but it will typically take 15% to 20% of any eventual cash you get back. It won't charge you if it doesn't find an estate on your behalf.Finding a lost estate is one thing, but you'll then need to prove you have a rightful claim to that cash. That's because where there is no will, estates are divided up under so-called intestacy rules - see the box below for more on this and which family members come first in this pecking order.
Bear in mind it's best to send copies, but if you do, these will need to have been certified as a true copy beforehand.IF someone in England or Wales dies without a will, their estate is given to their next kin in the following order:Mother or fatherHalf brothers or sisters or their children . "Half"’ means they share only one parent with the deceasedHalf uncles and aunts or their children .