Copy of will

crawchris

Hi can anyone tell me what is the difference between a sealed copy of a will and just a copy as available from probate to purchase

Esel

Afaik when a will goes to probate, it is accepted as legal and binding.

Peregrinus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058356105/copy-of-will

For most purposes, there's no difference. The text of the will, which is what most people care about, is of course the same in both copies.

A sealed copy comes with official certification from a court official to say that, yep, this is definitely a copy of the will as filed in the probate office and as made subject to the grant of probate/grant of representation. You may need it for some official purposes — e.g. if you want to institute court proceedings about the administration of the will, or if you want to rely on it in some foreign country (e.g. if the deceased had property in, say, Portugal, and you want to go through whatever processes you need to through in Portugal to be able to deal with that property). But if all you want to do is satisfy your own curiousity about what the will says, you don't need a sealed copy.