Property Title Deeds and Bereavement

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Hi,

I'm wondering if two people own a house and are registered with the registry of deeds as tenants in common, and then one of them dies leaving all their property to the other in their will; how straightforward a process is it to get the deeds to the property put in the name of the person who survives/inherits.

I'm not looking for specific advice here, rather I'm trying to understand how much effort is involved in the process so that I can perhaps gauge how much a solicitor should be charging to do the work.

coylemj

How much 'effort' is required doesn't necessarily equate to what a solicitor would charge. For example most solicitors charge for probate based on a % of the value of the estate even though two different estates with the same level of complexity would take the same effort but because one involves a valuable property, the charges could be double.

As to your question .... unless they're trying to sell the property or raise a loan using the property as security I can't see why they'd bother getting the deeds changed. I'd even question if there'd be a separate process required prior to selling it so possibly the only situation where it would probably be really necessary is if the survivor wanted to use it as security for a loan.

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Thanks for the reply coylemj, that's very helpful.