Change or cancel a presumption of death certificate
Make a claim
Download and fill in claim form N208.
You鈥檙e known as the 鈥榗laimant鈥� if you鈥檙e making the claim. Read the notes for the claimant before you fill in the form.
Include all the information asked for in in your application.
Send the claim to .
You should include:
- N208 form - one copy for each person named in the form plus a copy for the court
- the claim fee of 拢480 - make your cheque payable to 鈥楬M Courts and Tribunals Service鈥�
The court will stamp your form with an issue date and keep one copy of your N208 form. You鈥檒l get the other copies back, along with 鈥榓cknowledgement of service鈥� forms and a case number.
Send copies of your claim to other people
Send a copy of form N208 with an acknowledgment of service form within 7 days of the issue date the court has put on the form to:
- the person who made the original claim
- the missing person鈥檚 spouse or civil partner, parents, children and siblings - if none of these are alive, send it to the missing person鈥檚 nearest relative
- any other person or organisation who might have an interest, for example an insurance company
You must advertise your claim in a newspaper within 7 days.