About Will Registration
Registration records the existence and tags the location of your Will on the Australian Will Register™, so that the people you have left your estate to, or those you have chosen to be your executors, can find it when you have passed away. Registration ensures that if beneficiaries and executors are unaware that you have made a Will or forgotten where it's located, it can be found by conducting a Will Registration Search.
Your confidentiality is always protected. Only You (and Your solicitor if You used a solicitor) will have access to the copy of Your Will but the Register can be searched by anyone to ascertain the existence of Your Will and its location. Your Will can only be disclosed to a third party if the person searching for your Will has a genuine, bona fide interest and that person can provide a copy of your death certificate. Such person are usually your executor or personal representative.
If your Will is registered with the Australian Will Register™ you have protected your beneficiaries against the Will being forgotten, or the Will being lost after your death.
To register your Will, you can do it online today. If your Will was made by a solicitor then you instruct them to register it for you today. The Australian Will Register™ won’t charge you anything to Register and Registration only takes about 5 minutes.
Once your Will is registered, you can access your Will and other documents securely online at anytime. You can also authorize others to access your Will or other documents, such as your solicitor, executor or loved ones.
Register and Store Will - FAQ
- Safely storing a certified 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.
- Giving the ability to make a Will
- To register a copy of your Will costs you nothing
- To search the Australian Wills Register will cost $27.50
- To perform an Australia wide enquiry for a lost Will, the cost will be Free
There are 4 easy to follow steps to register your Will and store a certified copy of it;
| STEP 1 | click on “Sign Up” on the toolbar at the top of the page and follow the prompts to open a new account; |
| STEP 2 | if the account is for you, complete the form for you personally but if the account is for a solicitor, law firm or company complete the form and tick the box that says you want to register as a Solicitor and tick the box accepting our terms and conditions; |
| STEP 3 | Upload a fully signed copy of the Will or other document certified by you as a true copy of the original document. |
| STEP 4 | you will receive an email confirming registration |
Yes all your solicitor needs do is to register as a member and upload a certified copy of your Will.
Yes If the account is in your solicitors name then your solicitor may view the certified copy of your Will and make copies of it but if the account is in your name then only you may view the certified copy of your Will and make copies of it.
No, only the account holder can view the documents held in the account.
Yes, anyone can perform a search of the Australian Will Register™ but only the Account holder and people they authorise may view the certified copies of the documents held on the Register
No you can upload any important documents so long as they are certified copies link to relevant pages
AWR will not remove any copy documents from the website without the authority of the owner or executors.