You could be entitled to a fortune through one of these unclaimed estates in Croydon.

There are currently 53 estates across the region which have passed to the Crown as ‘ownerless property'.

This happens when a person dies without leaving a will and there are no apparent family members to claim the inheritance.

In general, estates held on the list can be claimed within a 12-year deadline, from the date the estate was taken into possession of the Crown.

These are the names, death places, marital status, and birthplaces of the people who have left unclaimed estates in Croydon.

You could be entitled to a share of a deceased relative’s property – simply type in your name below to see if you are sitting on a fortune:

The government will accept claims for unclaimed estates that are older than 1997 up to 30 years after the person has passed away.

No interest will be paid on the money if the claim is made after 12 years.

The list of unclaimed estates is updated and published daily on the Government’s website.

If someone dies without leaving a valid or effective will, the following relations 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.

If you're a first cousin of the person who passed away, you can only inherit their stuff if there are no closer family members, like a niece or nephew, who have a higher priority to inherit.