Letters of Administration are legal documents issued by the Probate Registry that give a personal representative the authority to manage and distribute the estate of someone who died without a valid will. This grant is issued to an administrator, usually a close relative, in cases of intestacy or when no executor is named or able to act.
Legal Reference
Governed by the Administration of Estates Act 1925 and the Non-Contentious Probate Rules 1987.
Applicants usually complete form PA1A, and must follow the intestacy rules when distributing the estate.
Sources
Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_of_administration
Wikidata – https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6533755
Gov.uk – https://www.gov.uk/applying-for-probate/if-there-isnt-a-will
Gov.uk – https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/trusts-settlements-and-estates-manual/tsem6102
Knowledge Graph – https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/07ckcn
Dbpedia – http://dbpedia.org/resource/Letters_of_Administration
Product Ontology – http://www.productontology.org/id/Letters_of_administration