People across Nottinghamshire could inherit a massive fortune if they have a specific surname. If someone dies without leaving a will, it is not always clear who should inherit their assets and estate.
If they pass away with no known next of kin or family, or no relatives come forward, the estate becomes 'unclaimed'. With this, someone could have a chance of inheriting everything if they discover they are an estranged family member - or perhaps they didn't even know the person existed.
The Treasury has now published a list of unclaimed estates in Nottinghamshire and all that needs to be checked is a corresponding surname. The estates on the list are marked as 'ownerless' and now in possession of the Crown, as no family member has claimed them.
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An estate can be claimed within a 12-year period from when the Crown takes possession of it. Any relative of the deceased can claim if they believe they are entitled to a share of it.
Surnames for unclaimed properties in Nottinghamshire
- Alcindor
- Asafat
- Ashley
- Baradi
- Barker
- Beames
- Bedford
- Benner
- Boyd
- Brailsford
- Brown
- Castledine
- Cheetham
- Clarke
- Conroy
- Cope
- Czolij
- Dallaway
- Dalton
- Darling
- Diklic
- Dolaghan
- Erumuse
- Flint
- Frederick
- Gagg
- Gerrard
- Graywolf
- Griffin
- Gyongyosi
- Hardy
- Harewood
- Herbert
- Hicking
- Jenkins
- Johnson
- Kaleniuk
- Kaminski
- Kelly
- Kenyon
- Komjathy
- Kozluk
- Krokosz
- Lamb
- Leach
- Littlewood
- Lunn
- Mackay
- Mair
- Makowski
- Mantle
- Marshall
- Matthews
- McGhee
- McKeown
- Meehan
- Minta
- Murphy
- Myles
- Nelson
- Noble
- Nurse
- Nyul
- Parks
- Parr
- Peters
- Picken
- Proskurnia
- Reid
- Rhodes
- Roy
- Shelton
- Smart
- Smith
- Smyth
- Snowden
- Spray
- Stasiulis
- Stec
- Taylor
- Thomas
- Tranter
- Turner
- Vaughan
- Ward
- Warner
- Watson
- Whitlam
- Williamson
- Wilson
- Windle
- Worsnop
Who is entitled to claim a share of the estate
As explained on Gov.uk, if someone dies without leaving a valid or effective will, the following are entitled to the estate in the order shown below:
- Husband, wife or civil partner
- Children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and so on
- Mother or father
- Brothers or sisters who share both the same mother and father, or their children (nieces and nephews)
- Half brothers or sisters or their children (nieces and nephews of the half blood or their children). ‘Half ’ means they share only one parent with the deceased
- Grandparents
- Uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins or their descendants)
- Half uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins of the half blood or their children). ‘Half’ means they only share one grandparent with the deceased, not both
How to claim
Anyone who believes they might be entitled to a share of an unclaimed estate should contact the Treasury via the Government website.
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