About The Australian Will Register®
The Australian Will Register® is an essential part of the Will making process and you should ensure you do so with a register with impeccable credentials.
Searching for a Will?
There are many reasons why a Will may have been forgotten about, maliciously destroyed, or where an unknown later copy exists. The Australian Will Register® aims to reduce the risk of distributing an estate during probate on an assumed intestacy basis or when a Will or later Will may exist. A search of The Australian Will Register® is the starting point to understand if a Will or later Will exists.
Creating a Will Register
The Australian Will Register® allows registered users to register their will or any other documents (eg. EPOA) and have the choice of:
- listing the will on the AWR which simply notifies anyone of the EXISTENCE of the will and date of the will by name search of the will but does not allow anyone to see the will who conducts such a search UNLESS they have been permitted to by the will maker; or
- not listing the will on the AWR (so it is completely confidential except to the will maker and any person permitted by the will maker to access the will etc).
The only other person who can access the will is the EXECUTOR after a person has died.
The system continues to grow daily.
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Mission
To allow people and their solicitors to store a certified copy of their Wills and other important documents and a record of the location of the original Will, to enable the Will maker access to that certified copy as well as providing a public search facility to ascertain whether a person has made a Will or search for a missing Will.
Vision
To be the first place of enquiry to securely store a certified copy your Will with the location of the original Will and the first place of enquiry to find out if a Will has been made.
Why was it created
A Will removes uncertainty around the wishes of the deceased regarding distribution of their assets after death. Just as the ownership of land is recorded in a legally recognised register, the Australian Will Register provides a secure online register for the Will maker to store a certified digital copy of their Will so they know that their wishes will not be overlooked. The Australian Will Register provides the certainty that a Will exists and a certified digital copy of the original Will can be accessed if the original Will cannot be found.
Website benefits
- Safely storing a copy of your Will
- Giving you and people you authorise access to that copy
- Giving the ability to confirm the deceased made a Will
- The ability to search The Australia Will Register database for a Will.