How can you find out if you were left an inheritance?
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If you were left with an inheritance, you would get a letter in the mail that would say that. If you know that you are supposed to get an inheritance but you didn't get any indication of it, then you should get your lawyer (if you have one) to contact whoever left the inheritance's lawyer.
1035284
if it was sold through a auction house you won't get the info. either way, if you know where it was sold from, you can leave your name and number with the auction house or the last seller to contact the buyer. good hunting.
289258
Here is a good FREE site to check for money owed to you.  Just type in name and state, and it will pop up all matching listings.  Happy hunting!\n\nhttp://www.missingmoney.com/\n\n(Also check out their page for direct links to the unclaimed property websites operated by each state:\nhttp://www.missingmoney.com/Main/StateSites.cfm
853156
Your question only brings more questions to mind. How do you know there is a Will? Is it a large estate? Is an Attorney already involved? Has anyone contacted you in this regard and who?\nIf you found a Will, I would suggest you take it to an Attorney.
789970
Typically, you need to be aware whether this person who dies leaves a will or not. Even if there are no immediate family memebers, people leave wills. If they die "as is", i.e. w/o a will, they die "intestate". Most likely, in such circustances, the local municipality/cour-appointed trustee will send the letter to the bank to release the info on assets of the deceased. The proceeds ( (if any)will then be distributed to pay-off state-sponsored funeral expenses/cremation...The left-overs will "go to the government coffers" -central banking units- until claims by rightful owners (that can sometimes materialize) can be made. There is a whole procedure for that - for the unclaimed bank deposits...It is regulated.
413585
Check with Probate Court in your county, the will should have been probated, and the information will be on file there.
345545
If it is listed with an agency call the multiple listing service and they will tell you. If it is not listed with an agent, call the tax assessor's office and get the name of the owner. Then go to www.switchboard.com and get the owner's phone number and call him
958988
Try to go through all of the statements/paperwork you may have of your deceased relative, then contact the corresponding banks to see if there is an account in their name.  You'll probably need to come in to the bank in person and show them the death certificate and that you're a relative, for them to give you that sort of information.  You can also contact your state's Abandoned Property department (look them up in business white pages) and have them do a search for anything that may have been surrendered to them by the bank.
1010433
keep in mind that all property passes to the surviving spouse when one spouse dies...unless otherwise specified. Even though there was a will...unless it specifically states a division of assets...you might be entitled to nothing. If the two were divorced, it complicates things if the will was not updated. Also, if you are a minor, you have less control than if not a minor.\n\nHowever...the fact that a will was not shown to you IS curious. Do what the first person said. A will becomes public information. Go get a copy! It will just be a few bucks copying charge and then you'll know....
1102509
Go to the bank that you had the account with. If they can't retrieve the details then there is form that I think the British Bankers Association have produced on Dormant Bank accounts (ask them for it). Fill the form in and hand it back. The bank should then try locate your money (although it may take a while). Hope you find a pot of gold.lol
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I'm not in Australia but all property laws work the same, or  people could not buy and sell inherit etc.  Go to the court records for the jurisdiction where your father died.  Bring as much information as you have.  date of death, date of birth etc.  Remember that things that are in joint title like homes real estate and farms pass outside of probate because of joint tenancy.  There is a time limit to file and probate a will check and see what yours is?  Probate has to be opened within that time period so that is all you have to check for a will that was probated.  Any will not probated within that period has no force if not recorded and approved by a court during the time of probate.  No sense lookin for it then.
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As to real estate: go to the registry of deeds where his deeds would have been recorded and look his name up. You may be able to do this online in some places.\n\nAs for a will or probate of the estate: go to the probate court where his estate or will would have been probated (usually the county he died in or was his residence when he died) and look his name up.\n\nThese are all public records and do not require a lawyer.\n\nIf there was a probate of the estate, there should be an Inventory (a list of all the property he owned at his death - it may not be very detailed, but anything worth money should be separately listed.\n\nIf there was no probate, then you will only be able to find out about the real estate.
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Go to unclaimed money.com enter a name search.  Why not just try to start surviving relatives, one of them may have certain documents photo's and and certificates you can use for a search.. You can also check the office of vital statistic where he was born or fathered children under his name.  You have many search engines that do not charge fees for the kinds of investigations.  Try as many as you can.  Good luck.
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Find yourself a probate attorney quickly.  \n\nIf your brother is the executor of the estate, it is probably within his power to sell the land, though, as he will be empowered to do with the property as he sees fit.  You are, assuming you are named in the will (if there is a will), entitled to whatever portion of the proceeds from that sale that you have been designated to receive.  You probably won't see this money until it has been submitted to probate court in the final accounting of the estate though.  I have a hard time believing that you don't have a death certificate for your father if he died over 6 months ago.  Although, I don't really see the relevance in this instance.  A probate attorney will probably advise you to make sure that all of your father's property was inventoried properly.  If he died intestate, then you have a whole other mess.  Bottom line, find a probate attorney.\n\nYou could start your search in your yellow pages or www.martindale.com
902037
First, the county assessor's office has records of who owned the place before, all the way back to the original title, hopefully.  (Sometimes old records have been lost, but if not, they keep them forever.)  Then go to the local newspaper and ask to see their archives.  There may well be a computerized index.  If so, search on the names of the people who lived there.  Even if someone died who did not live there, the owners of the property at the time would probably be mentioned in a newspaper article about the death.\n\nAnother method would be to check the county records office for death certificates, and note the address at which the death took place.  Again, this would be easy if these records have been computerized.  Otherwise, it may be quite a chore.  The clerks are usually willing to help when the research project is an interesting one, as this one would seem to be.\n\nIt may be a good bit of nuisance to do this research, but once you have done it, you can then offer your services to search for other people, as you will have established where the information is stored.  At the very least, you can then write an article for a local paper detailing the search.  \n\nIt will be easy if all the relevant records are properly indexed in computer data bases, but not all counties in the US are that up-to-date on their records.
19907
Try looking here for info: http://www.smartmoney.com/estate/
517343
Check with your treasurer's department for your state. But there is a statute of limitations and it could have been absorbed into the state as unclaimed.