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About Deed Polls
What is a Deed Poll?
Why is it
called a Deed Poll?
What is
the purpose of a Deed Poll?
Who can apply for a Deed
Poll?
Can I
change my children's names?
Are
there any restrictions on names?
Is a
Deed Poll registered anywhere?
Can a
birth certificate be changed?
Why do
people change their name?
Answers to other FAQs
Changing your
name by Deed Poll
How to apply
 Apply
online
Apply
by telephone
Apply
by post
Apply
in person
Services available and fees
Services for
previous clients
Apply for a copy of your archived Deed Poll
Apply for a
replacement Deed Poll
General name
change information
Introduction
A woman's
rights upon marriage
A man's rights
upon marriage
A
couple's rights upon a civil partnership
A woman's
rights upon separation
A woman's
rights upon divorce
A
woman's rights upon being widowed
A child's rights
upon adoption
Changing
your name on your passport
Who to advise after
changing your name
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What our clients say about us
What the media says about us
Privacy policy
Terms and conditions and your
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Home page
About Deed Polls
What is a Deed Poll?
Why is it
called a Deed Poll?
What is
the purpose of a Deed Poll?
Who can apply for a Deed
Poll?
Can I
change my children's names?
Are
there any restrictions on names?
Is a
Deed Poll registered anywhere?
Can a
birth certificate be changed?
Why do
people change their name?
Answers to other FAQs
Changing your
name by Deed Poll
How to apply
Apply
online
Apply
by telephone
Apply
by post
Apply
in person
Services available and fees
Services for
previous clients
Apply for a copy of your archived Deed Poll
Apply for a
replacement Deed Poll
General name
change information
Introduction
A woman's
rights upon marriage
A man's rights
upon marriage
A
couple's rights upon a civil partnership
A woman's
rights upon separation
A woman's
rights upon divorce
A
woman's rights upon being widowed
A child's rights
upon adoption
Changing
your name on your passport
Who to advise after
changing your name
UK Deed Poll
Service
Contact us
What our clients say about us
What the media says about us
Privacy policy
Terms and conditions and your
rights
Home page
About Deed Polls
What is a Deed Poll?
Why is it
called a Deed Poll?
What is
the purpose of a Deed Poll?
Who can apply for a Deed
Poll?
Can I
change my children's names?
Are
there any restrictions on names?
Is a
Deed Poll registered anywhere?
Can a
birth certificate be changed?
Why do
people change their name?
Answers to other FAQs
Changing your
name by Deed Poll
How to apply
Apply
online
Apply
by telephone
Apply
by post
Apply
in person
Services available and fees
Services for
previous clients
Apply for a copy of your archived Deed Poll
Apply for a
replacement Deed Poll
General name
change information
Introduction
A woman's
rights upon marriage
A man's rights
upon marriage
A
couple's rights upon a civil partnership
A woman's
rights upon separation
A woman's
rights upon divorce
A
woman's rights upon being widowed
A child's rights
upon adoption
Changing
your name on your passport
Who to advise after
changing your name
UK Deed Poll
Service
Contact us
What our clients say about us
What the media says about us
Privacy policy
Terms and conditions and your
rights
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Changing your name
by Deed Poll
Services available and fees
Sections on this page
include:
- Types of Deed Poll
available
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- Fee reductions
available
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- Delivery services
available
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- Other services
available
[view]
- Methods
of payment
[view]
- Examples of fees
payable
[view]
Please read all sections
of this page to calculate the fees payable for your application. In
particular, please check the fee reductions that are available - you may
qualify for a saving.
Types
of Deed Poll available
All fees
include taxes and our standard UK delivery service. For details of
available fee reductions, please see the next section. |
Adult
Adult means 16
years of
age and over. |
The fee for an Adult Deed Poll is £34 (if you apply online or by
post). The fee
is £5 higher if you apply by phone or in person.
 [how to apply]
If you apply for more than one Deed Poll (e.g. for another adult or
a child) at the same time and living at and posted to the same address, the fee for
each additional Deed Poll is reduced by £10 i.e. £24 for an Adult Deed Poll and £28 for a
Child Deed Poll. |
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Child
Child means under 16
years of age. |
The fee for a
Child Deed Poll is £38 (if you apply online or by post). The fee is £5 higher
If you apply in person.
[how to apply]
If you apply for more than one Deed Poll (e.g. for another child or
an adult) at the same time and living at and posted to the same address, the fee for each
additional Deed Poll is reduced by £10 i.e. £28 for a Child Deed Poll and £24 for an Adult Deed Poll. |
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Family
At
least one parent and one child who is under 16 years of age. |
The fee for a
Family Deed Poll is £34 (if you apply online or by post). This is for the
first parent. In addition, there is a fee of £8 for each child added to this parent's Deed Poll
document. If the other parent (and/or a child over 16) also
changes their name, the fee for their Deed Poll is £24. If
you apply in person, the fee for each Deed Poll is £5
higher (the £8 fee for each child added is the same).
[how to
apply]
A
Family
Deed Poll is for changing the SURNAME of a family (i.e. at least one
parent and at least one child who is under 16 years of age).
Note, the parent(s) can also change their forenames if they wish but
not the children's forenames (you need to apply for separate adult and
children's Deed Polls if you wish to change your children's
forenames). If any child is 16 years of age or over, you also
need to apply for a separate Adult Deed Poll for them. |
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Family versus
separate Child and
Adult Deed Polls
If you
are undecided as to whether to apply for a Family Deed Poll or for
separate Adult and Child Deed Polls, please
click here
for further information. |
Fee
reductions available
The
following fee reductions are available for all Deed Poll types. |
If
you are receiving a
qualifying
benefit |
You can claim a £10 fee reduction on the total value of your order if you are receiving any of the
following benefits:
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Income Support |
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Pension Credit. |
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Income-based Jobseeker's Allowance. |
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Working Tax
Credit. |
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Child Tax
Credit (if your household income is less than £15,000 pa). |
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If you are applying for an Adult Deed Poll and you are 16 to 19 years of age and someone
receives Chid Benefit for you. |
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The fee reduction is only
available if you send us recent written evidence of your benefit
entitlement. |
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Please note, this fee reduction cannot be claimed in addition to the
previous
client reduction. |
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If
you are a previous
client |
If
you have changed your name with us before, you can claim an £10 fee
reduction on the total value of your order.
Please note, you cannot claim a fee reduction for a qualifying
benefit in addition to this fee reduction. |
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If
you apply
for more than one Deed Poll |
If
you apply for more than one Deed Poll (for other people whose Deed
Poll and delivery addresses are the same as yours), you will receive a fee reduction of £10 for the
second (and any subsequent) Deed Poll applied for.
For
example, if you apply online or by post for two Adult Deed Polls, the fee for the
first Deed Poll will be £34 and the fee for the second Deed Poll
will be £24. |
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Please
note, we will automatically apply the fee reductions if you apply for more than one Deed Poll. If you wish to claim
a fee reduction as a previous client or if you are receiving a
qualifying benefit,
you must complete the appropriate section on the application form. |
Delivery services available
You
can choose from the following delivery services when you complete your
application form. Delivery times given are from receipt of your
application and payment (and letter of consent if changing a child's
name).
The fees shown are per
order. For example, if you order two Deed Polls using our UK Priority
service, the total delivery fee will be £5 and not £5 for each Deed Poll. |
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UK
Standard |
We
aim to post your Deed Poll by 1st class mail within 4 working days
of receiving your application. This service is free i.e. it is included in the
fee for your Deed Poll. |
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UK
Priority |
We
will post your Deed Poll by 1st class mail the same day we receive
your application. This fee for this service is £5. |
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UK
Express |
We
will post your Deed Poll the same day we receive your application
for guaranteed delivery by 1pm next working day. The fee for
this service
is £10. |
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UK
Express Plus |
We
will post your Deed Poll the same day we receive your application
for guaranteed delivery by 9am next working day. The fee for
this service
is £18. |
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Overseas Standard |
We
aim to post your Deed Poll using Royal Mail's Airsure airmail
service within 4 working days of receiving your application.
The fee for this service is £5. |
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Overseas
Express |
We
will post your Deed Poll using Royal Mail's Airsure airmail service
the same day we receive your application. The fee for this service
is
£10. |
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Overseas
Express Courier |
We
will post your Deed Poll using FedEx's International Priority
service for delivery within 2 working days (often next
day). The fee for this service is £10 plus FedEx's shipping fees.
Click here
for further information and FedEx's fees. |
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Premium
One-hour |
This
service is for personal callers to our offices. We aim to
issue your Deed Poll documention within one hour. The fee
for this service is £25 and is available between 10am and 4pm Monday to
Friday (except bank holidays), |
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Please
note, if you pay by cheque, we must allow
five clear working days for your cheque to clear before we can release
your Deed Poll documentation. |
Other
services available
You
can order the following services on the application forms. |
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Legal Copy and Archive Service |
When you notify everyone of your change
of name, organisations such as the Passport Office, DVLA, Land
Registry and the financial institutions will not accept seeing a
photocopy of your Deed Poll document. Our legal copies (also known
as certified copies) will be accepted by these organisations instead
of your original Deed Poll, thus avoiding your original Deed Poll
document being folded and creased or even lost in the post.
As part of this service, we lodge a digital image of your signed Deed Poll
document in our archives so you can order further legal copies in
the future should you lose or mislay your Deed Poll. If you do not
order this service and you lose your Deed Poll, you will have to pay
again for a new Deed Poll.
The
fee for our legal copy and archive service is £13 plus £1 for each
legal copy ordered (two legal copies minimum). If your
delivery address is outside the UK, a further £5 will be charged for
return overseas postage of your Deed Poll and legal copies. |
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Declaration
for a change of title |
If you are applying for an
Adult Deed Poll and also wish to change your title
e.g. from Mrs to Miss, we can incorporate a change of title
declaration on your Deed Poll document, for which a £4 fee is
payable.
If you do not wish to incur the £4 fee, please enter on your application
form the same title as your current title and your new title. We
will only include your title on
your Deed Poll if you are changing it. Therefore, by
not entering a change of title on your application form, we will
issue your Deed Poll with only your name change shown. |
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Declaration
for a past name change |
If
you are applying for an Adult Deed Poll to provide you with
a replacement to a lost Deed Poll or you require documentary evidence of a past name change (for example, your
name was changed by usage when you were a
child), we can modify your Deed Poll to include a declaration that
states you have been using your current name for all purposes since
a particular date. This declaration explains to those you show
your Deed Poll to that it is not for new name change.
If you would like this modification made, for which an additional £4
fee is payable, please complete the appropriate section on the
application form. |
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Modifications to your Deed Poll |
If
you require your Deed Poll to be modified to include an "also known
as name", a "registered at birth name" or a "formerly known as name", an £8
fee is payable for each
modification made. If you require a modification, please
use the comments box on the application form. |
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Manual
card authorisation fee
(only applicable if you are applying using our Priority or Express
delivery services) |
If you are applying for your Deed Poll using our Priority or
Express delivery services and we are unable to obtain confirmation of
your statement address when processing your payment electronically using our card terminal, we
will need to call our Merchant Card Services provider (Streamline) who
will call your card issuing bank for
verbal confirmation. This results in us being charged a fee that
will be passed on to you, which is currently £4.
Please note, with the exception of cards issued by HSBC Bank,
confirmation of your statement
address for cards issued by UK banks is usually obtained electronically so it is unlikely you
will incur the manual card authorisation fee (American Express card
holders very rarely incur this fee). However, verbal statement
address confirmation for cards issued by banks in Australia, Spain and
France is not possible due to Data Protection regulations in these
countries. |
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Methods of payment |
You can pay by cheque
or postal order or by debit or credit card. If you choose to pay by
card, we
accept Mastercard, Visa, Delta, Electron, Maestro, Switch, Solo, JCB and American
Express.
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Examples of fees payable
Listed below are many
examples to help you understand our fee structure and to calculate the
fees payable for your order.
The Deed Poll fees shown are if you make an online or postal application (paying
by debit or credit card, cheque or postal order). If you apply by
by phone or in person, the fees are £5 higher for each Deed Poll
ordered. |
Example 1
Adult Deed Poll with Qualifying Benefit Reduction:
(applied for online or by post, UK delivery)
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Adult Deed Poll
Less qualifying benefit reduction |
34
-10 |
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TOTAL |
£24 |
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Example 2
Child Deed Poll with Qualifying Benefit Reduction:
(applied for online or by post, UK delivery)
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Child Deed Poll
Less qualifying benefit reduction |
38
-10 |
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TOTAL |
£28 |
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Example 3
Adult Deed Poll and a Child Deed Poll with Qualifying Benefit Reduction:
(applied for online or by post, UK delivery)
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Adult Deed Poll
Child Deed Poll
Less qualifying benefit reduction |
34
28
-10 |
(reduced by £10) |
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TOTAL |
£52 |
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Only one qualifying benefit reduction is
allowed because the second Deed Poll receives a £10 reduction. |
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Example 4
Adult Deed Poll and 2 Child Deed Polls:
(applied for online or by post, UK delivery)
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Adult Deed Poll
1st Child Deed Poll
2nd Child Deed Poll |
34
28
28 |
(reduced by £10)
(reduced by £10) |
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TOTAL |
£90 |
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Example 5
3 Adult Deed Polls:
(applied for online or by post, UK delivery)
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1st Adult Deed Poll
2nd Adult Deed Poll
3rd Adult Deed Poll |
34
24
24 |
(reduced by £10)
(reduced by £10) |
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TOTAL |
£82 |
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Example 6
Adult Deed Poll with Change of Title Declaration:
(applied for online or by post, UK delivery)
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Adult Deed Poll
Change of title declaration |
34
4 |
(e.g. from Mrs to Miss) |
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TOTAL |
£38 |
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Example 7
Adult Deed Poll with 2 Legal Copies:
(applied for online or by post, UK delivery)
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Adult Deed Poll
Legal copy and archive service
with 2 legal copies @ £1 each |
34
13
2 |
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TOTAL |
£49 |
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Example 8
Adult Deed Poll with Priority Delivery Service and 2 Legal Copies:
(applied for online or by post, UK delivery)
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Adult Deed Poll
Priority service
Legal copy and archive service
with 2 legal copies @ £1 each |
34
5
13
2 |
(processed & posted same day) |
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TOTAL |
£54 |
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Example 9
2 Adult Deed Polls with Priority Delivery Service:
(applied for online or by post, UK delivery)
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1st Adult Deed Poll
2nd Adult Deed Poll
Priority service |
34
24
5 |
(reduced by £10)
(processed & posted same day) |
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TOTAL |
£53 |
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Example 10
2 Adult Deed Polls both with 2 Legal Copies:
(applied for online or by post, UK delivery)
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1st Adult Deed Poll
Legal copy and archive service
with 2 legal copies @ £1 each |
34
13
2 |
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2nd Adult Deed Poll
Legal copy and archive service
with 2 legal copies @ £1 each |
24
13
2 |
(reduced by £10) |
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TOTAL |
£88 |
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Example 11
Adult Deed Poll with Overseas Express Delivery Service and 2 Legal
Copies:
(applied for online or by post, delivery to an overseas address)
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Adult Deed Poll
Express Overseas postage
Legal copy and archive service
with 2 legal copies @ £1 each
Return overseas postage |
34
10
13
2
5 |
(processed & posted same day)
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TOTAL |
£64 |
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The return overseas postage is to pay
for the return of your Deed Poll and Legal Copies (you need to
return your signed Deed Poll to us to be able to obtain your Legal
Copies). |
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Example 12
Adult Deed Poll with Overseas Express Courier Delivery Service and 2
Legal Copies:
(applied for online or by post, delivery to the USA by FedEx)
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Adult Deed Poll
Express processing fee
FedEx shipping fee for Deed Poll
Legal copy and archive service
with 2 legal copies @ £1 each
Return overseas postage |
34
10
32
13
2
5 |
(processed & shipped same day)
(International Priority Service)
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TOTAL |
£96 |
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Example 13
Adult Deed Poll and a Child Deed Poll, both with 2 Legal Copies and
Qualifying Benefit Reduction:
(applied for online or by post, UK delivery)
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Adult Deed Poll
Legal copy and archive service
with 2 legal copies @ £1 each
Less qualifying benefit reduction |
34
13
2
-10 |
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Child Deed Poll
Legal copy and archive service
with 2 legal copies @ £1 each |
28
13
2 |
(reduced by £10) |
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TOTAL |
£82 |
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Example 14
Family Deed Poll (a parent with 2 children under 16):
(applied for online or by post, UK delivery)
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Deed Poll for parent
2 children added @ £8 each |
34
16 |
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TOTAL |
£50 |
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Example 15
Family Deed Poll (a parent with 2 children under 16) with 2 Legal Copies
and Qualifying Benefit Reduction:
(applied for online or by post, UK delivery)
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Deed Poll for parent
2 children added @ £8 each
Legal copy and archive service
with 2 legal copies @ £1 each
Less qualifying benefit reduction |
34
16
13
2
-10 |
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TOTAL |
£55 |
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Example 16
Family Deed Poll (a parent and spouse with 2 children under 16 and a
child over 16) with 2 Legal Copies of each Deed Poll:
(applied for online or by post, UK delivery)
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Adult Deed Poll (for parent)
2 children added @ £8 each
Legal copy and archive service
with 2 legal copies @ £1 each |
34
16
13
2 |
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Adult Deed Poll (for spouse)
Legal copy and archive service
with 2 legal copies @ £1 each |
24
13
2 |
(reduced by £10) |
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Adult Deed Poll (for child over 16)
Legal copy and archive service
with 2 legal copies @ £1 each |
24
13
2 |
(reduced by £10) |
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TOTAL |
£143 |
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Last
updated: 5 February 2008
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