I am searching for a copy of a will of a person who died in Auckland in 2016.

I understand that probate on wills in Auckland after 2013 is done at the Wellington High Court and I must write to the Registrar to obtain a copy and a $30 fee is payable. Am I Correct?

Does 'writing' mean snail mail or email?
Do I need to include a cheque? Can I pay online?
What else should I know?

carkitter - 2019-11-06 17:54:00

https://www.justice.govt.nz/courts/high-court/apply-for-prob
ate-and-get-copy-of-will/#get-will-copy

From 4 June 2013 all applications for probate have been filed at the Wellington High Court.

The fee to search probate (court) records and to look at the file is $30.

There is contact information here for the Wellington High Court.
https://www.justice.govt.nz/contact-us/find-us/wellington-hi
gh-court/

Send them an email & I'm sure they'll answer the how to pay questions.

stock - 2019-11-06 21:21:00

Not everyone who dies has a will that goes to probate.If their assets were below the value set probate is not needed

carbs51 - 2019-11-07 08:01:00

I have another question...

I have a copy of a relatives will which was actioned after his death in 1947, went through NZ probate and has a certificate from the Auckland Stamp Duties Office.
It states a sealing fee payable to the Supreme Court.
Would I be correct in assuming this was some sort of Inheritance Tax now abolished and the figure printed would be a % of the estate total value?

carkitter - 2019-11-07 21:54:00

Isn't there a wait time of 50 years or something? Am I up the wrong tree again?

nerak - 2019-12-22 11:50:00

carkitter wrote:

I have another question...

I have a copy of a relatives will which was actioned after his death in 1947, went through NZ probate and has a certificate from the Auckland Stamp Duties Office.
It states a sealing fee payable to the Supreme Court.
Would I be correct in assuming this was some sort of Inheritance Tax now abolished and the figure printed would be a % of the estate total value?

probate documents can be sealed. The stamp is the fee for sealing probate, nothing to do with stamp duties.

gabbysnana - 2019-12-26 14:27:00

nerak wrote:

Isn't there a wait time of 50 years or something? Am I up the wrong tree again?

Again I am afraid.

nbrob - 2020-01-09 19:28:00