Gazette notifications

mattsaze

I have placed an ad (with P.O. Box) in The Gazette and it is now two months and one day since it was published. My question is do Gazette notify you of if no creditors have come forward in that period? Feels like I need some kind of confirmation before distributing estate. 

user1977

Not sure I follow - if your advert had your PO Box as a contact, then you need to check the mail at the PO Box. Why would anybody be contacting the Gazette itself?

BooJewels

user1977 said:

Not sure I follow - if your advert had your PO Box as a contact, then you need to check the mail at the PO Box. Why would anybody be contacting the Gazette itself?

I think the Gazette itself offers a PO Box service if you don't want to publish your address in the public domain - I remember seeing it as an option when we were deciding whether to advertise or not - I think it was a forwarding style service they offer.

ETA:  Found it in my notes as the prices are on this page - outlines what they do with the PO Box option:  https://www.thegazette.co.uk/wills-and-probate/place-a-deceased-estates-notice

mattsaze

Yes it’s the PoBox service from The Gazette, but thanks for highlighting the info. Their website isn’t very user friendly and the only place it mentions what they do with correspondence is in the placing an ad info, as I’d already placed it I didn’t look there! 

Snuggles

@mattsaze I'm not sure if you'll see this, but I am now in the same situation. Did you receive confirmation from the Gazette that no creditors had come forward? If so, can you remember how long it took for you to receive this after the end of the claims deadline?