Series:
Documents relating to Letters of Administration
Series Number:
Access:
Open
Start Date:
01 Jan 1825
End Date:
31 Dec 2015
Excludes Dates:
01 Jan 1996 - 31 Dec 2008
01 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2014
Creating Agency:
| Probate Registry (TA1574) | 10 May 1824 |
Controlling Series:
| AD907 Indexes to Letters of Administration. | 01 Jan 1825 | 31 Dec 1989 |
| AD910 Index Book - Probate, Letters of Administration, Reseals & Election to Administer. | 01 Jan 1966 | 31 Dec 1999 |
How to Use:
Access is open to these documents except for the statements of assets and liabilities of an estate. Access to these statements is restricted for 50 years from the date of creation and can only be viewed upon completion of a request form signed and approved by the Registrar, Supreme Court of Tasmania.
Series notes:
Letters of Administration grant probate by legalising the transfer of assets when a person dies without a will (intestate), but has assets in their own name only, by granting authority to an administrator to administer the estate in the absence of an executor. It can sometimes apply to the administration of an estate where the Executor has died (and the will is annexed). Documents in Letters of Administration files can include a Petition, Statements of Assets and Liabilities, Orders granting Letters of Administration and the associated documents.
These records are part of the holdings of the Tasmanian Archives
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