Registering a Will on the Wills Register is entirely voluntary. However, it will make it easier for your family to locate your Will and any related instructions when needed. If your Will is stored with a solicitor or professional trustee, they may register your Will for you.

The Registry records the Wills Register in perpetuity. The NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages is obliged by legislation to maintain the Registers forever.

The registration process is simple with the following details stored by the Registry:

• Testator (person who's Will it is) details including full name, date of birth, place of birth, address, telephone number and parent's names
• Details of person registering the Will including full name, address and relationship to testator
• Details of Will including date of Will, current location, Executor of Will

There are two ways you can register your Will:

• Online via the Registry's secure Internet site
• By completing an application form and posting it to the Registry.

You should remember to notify anyone you list as your Executor of your Will. They may be contacted if someone is searching for the location of your Will in the future.

Privacy

Privacy is very important to the Registry. While you are living, only you and your authorised representative can access your details from the Wills Register.

After your death, any applicant can search for the location of your Will as long as the death can be established.

Changes cannot be made to existing Wills Register registrations.

If you make a change to your Will that alters the information you have given us, or you make a new Will, you need to re-register your details on the Wills Register.

When you search for the Will, all Wills registered under that name will be provided.

Registering your Will is free. However, if the time comes you need to search for a Will a fee of $44.00 will apply to a successful search. (This includes postage and handling fee.) You are not able to conduct a search over the website. If you need to search the Wills Register, please put your request in writing to: NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages PO Box 894 WOLLONGONG EAST NSW 2520

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