17 unclaimed estates in Liverpool you could inherit if you have these surnames - how to claim

If you have one of these surnames, you could be the heir to one of the Treasury’s 17 unclaimed estates in Liverpool. The estate goes unclaimed when a person dies without a valid will and no heirs come forward to claim their inheritance.

When this happens, the deceased’s property becomes ‘ownerless property,’ and the Crown assumes ownership. If family members believe they are entitled to a share of the deceased’s property, they have a 12-year period after the Crown takes control of the estate to come forward.

If the claim is filed after the 12-year period has expired, the Treasury will accept claims for up to 30 years from the date of death, with no interest paid on the money retained. An unclaimed estate, according to the Treasury, might be any form of property, including buildings, money, or personal possessions.

Therefore, if someone dies without leaving a valid or effective will, the following relatives are entitled to the estate in the order shown below:

1. Husband, wife or civil partner
2. Children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and so on
3. Mother or father
4. Brothers or sisters who share both the same mother and father, or their children (nieces and nephews)
5. 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.
6. Grandparents
7. Uncles and aunts or their children (first cousins or their descendants)
8. 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. 

In this case, if you are a first cousin of the deceased, you would be entitled to share in the estate if there are no relatives above you in the order of entitlement, for example, a niece or a nephew.

Names of the unclaimed estates in Liverpool

Below is a list of the estates left unclaimed belonging to people who were born or died in Liverpool as of June 2023.

1. Birch
2. Brown
3. Crisp
4. Curtis
5. Duval
6. Howarth
7. Ling
8. Littlewood
9. Lynch
10. Matthews
11. Montigo
12. Morris
13. Pahis
14. Parent
15. Patterson
16. Roberts
17. Sage

Please visit the Government website to make your claim or find out more information about the deceased.