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PA1 – Probate Forms – applying for probate
PA1 (PDF, 379KB) Form PA1 and relevant leaflets (including PA1A, PA2, PA3, PA4) are used to apply for probate if the person who died lived in England or Wales or was domiciled overseas with assets in England and Wales.
Help and guidance relating to this PA1 probate form
- Inheritance Tax – Probate process
What you have to do and forms you have to fill in for probate.
- PA1A – Guidance Notes Application for Probate Form PA1
Use this guide – to help you fill in the application for probate form PA1
- PA2 – How to Obtain Probate
Use this leaflet is a guide if you are applying for probate without our help.
- PA3 – Probate Fees
This page shows the Court fees for probate in England and Wales. - Directory of Probate Registries and Interview Venues.
- This will help you to choose which Probate Registry Office and interview location you wish to use in England and Wales
- IHT205 (2006) – Return of Estate Information
Use the IHT205 form is needed as part of the probate process if the deceased’s estate is an ‘excepted estate.’ Provided the person died on or after 1 September 2006 as a permanent resident of England, Wales or Northern Ireland
- IHT207 Probate Forms- Return of Estate Information
Use this probate form for IHT if the deceased’s estate is an ‘excepted estate’ and the person died on or after 1 September 2006 with their permanent home abroad and limited assets in England, Wales or Northern Ireland
- IHT400 Probate Form – Inheritance Tax Account
IHT probate form IHT400 and schedules IHT401 to IHT423 need to be submitted if there is IHT to pay or the estate is not an ‘excepted estate.’ IHT probate form 400 has replaced IHT probate form IHT200
PDF files – you need to use a PDF file viewer such as Adobe Acrobat Readerwhich is available to download free of charge from the Adobe website.
Probate Forms in alternative formats
If you would like an HMRC probate form in large print, Braille or another alternative format, contact the relevant HMRC helpline here. Contact HMRC
