Making an appointment with the Sheriff Clerk's staff and obtaining preliminary advice
If it is a small estate and you want help from the Sheriff Clerk, you should contact the Sheriff Clerk's Office in the area where the deceased last resided. However, if that is inconvenient for you, you can ask your local Sheriff Clerk to complete the inventory for you, even if the person who died lived in an area covered by a different Sheriff Court.
You will find details of the court’s location and opening times on the Scottish Court Service website (http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/locations/index.asp), or you can find the phone number in the telephone directory. Please telephone to make an appointment for a “small estate interview” in advance as this will save you time and possible inconvenience when you attend.
You may find it useful to read the whole of this leaflet before phoning, in order to identify any questions you wish to ask the Sheriff Clerk’s staff when phoning.
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