The Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1987
1Citation and commencement
2Interpretation
2AWitness statements
3Application of other rules
3AOverriding objective
4Application for grants through solicitors or probate practitioners
4AOnline procedure for applications through solicitors or probate practitioners
5Personal applications
5ZAOnline procedure for personal applications
5AAlternative online procedure for personal applications
5BPersonal applications using statement of truth
6Duty of district judge or registrar on receiving application for grant
7Grants by ... registrars
8Statement of truth in support of grant
9Grant in additional name
10Exhibition of wills
11Engrossments for purposes of record
12Evidence as to due execution of will
13Execution of will of blind or illiterate testator
14Evidence as to terms, condition and date of execution of will
15Attempted revocation of will
16Affidavit or witness statement as to due execution, terms, etc., of will
17Wills proved otherwise than under section 9 of the Wills Act 1837
18Wills of persons on military service and seamen
19Evidence of foreign law
20Order of priority for grant where deceased left a will
21Grants to attesting witnesses, etc
22Order of priority for grant in case of intestacy
23Order of priority for grant in pre-1926 cases
24Right of assignee to a grant
25Joinder of administrator
26Additional personal representatives
27Grants where two or more persons entitled in same degree
28Exceptions to rules as to priority
29Grants in respect of settled land
30Grants where deceased died domiciled outside England and Wales
31Grants to attorneys
32Grants on behalf of minors
33Grants where a minor is a co-executor
34Renunciation of the right of a minor to a grant
35Grants in case of lack of mental capacity
36Grants to trust corporations and other corporate bodies
37Renunciation of probate and administration
38Notice to Crown of intended application for grant
39Resealing under Colonial Probates Acts 1892 and 1927
40Application for leave to sue on guarantee
41Amendment and revocation of grant
42Certificate of delivery of Inland Revenue affidavit
43Standing searches
44Caveats
45Probate actions
46Citations
47Citation to accept or refuse or to take a grant
48Citation to propound a will
49Address for service
50Application for order to attend for examination or for subpoena to bring in a will
51Grants to part of an estate under section 113 of the Act
52Grants of administration under discretionary powers of court, and grants ad colligenda bona
53Applications for leave to swear or give evidence as to death
54Grants in respect of nuncupative wills and copies of wills
55Application for rectification of a will
56Notice of election by surviving spouse or civil partner to redeem life interest
57Index of grant applications
58Inspection of copies of original wills and other documents
59Issue of copies of original wills and other documents
60Costs
61Power to require applications to be made by summons
62Transfer of applications
62AExercise of a registrar’s jurisdiction by another registrar
63Power to make orders for costs
64Exercise of powers of judge during Long Vacation
65Appeals from district judges or registrars
66Service of summons
67Notices, etc.
68Application to pending proceedings
69Revocation of previous rules
FIRST SCHEDULEFORMS
SECOND SCHEDULEREVOCATIONS
THIRD SCHEDULEEXCEPTIONS TO THE REQUIREMENT TO USE THE ONLINE PORTAL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS MADE THROUGH SOLICITORS OR PROBATE PRACTITIONERS
1987 No. 2024 (L. 10)
SUPREME COURT OF ENGLAND AND WALES

The Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1987

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The President of the Family Division, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 127 of the Supreme Court Act 19811, and section 2(5) of the Colonial Probates Act 18922, and with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, hereby makes the following Rules: