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Bona vacantia, the legal name for 'ownerless goods', comprises property and rights that have no owner other than the Crown. The Treasury Solicitor is nominated by the Sovereign for the collection and administration of those bona vacantia property and rights vesting in the Crown in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The two forms of bona vacantia of greatest current relevance are the estates of persons who die intestate and with no entitled relatives and the collection of the assets of dissolved companies.

Visit the Bona Vacantia Website for fuller details about the services offered including the guidance on discretionary payments in Estates cases to assist those who wish to make an application for discretionary payments from an estate.

Warning: the Bona Vacantia Division does not send out unsolicited e-mails. It will only seek personal information when you have already corresponded with a member of the Division. It does not seek money from members of the public. Bogus unsolicited e-mails are circulating claiming to be from the Division. Unless you have dealt with the Division before, these e-mails will be a scam. The Head of Division, Zane Denton, does not send out case related e-mails. The Division has only one e-mail address dealing with new cases (BVinfo@tsol.gsi.gov.uk). If you have any doubt as to the validity of an e-mail then please contact this e-mail address. You can obtain further information and advice about frauds and scams, and how to report such crime to the police, at www.met.police.uk/fraudalert.