gazette_deceased_estates
ActiveTool of Uk Gazette
Search UK deceased-estates notices in The Gazette (Trustee Act 1925 s.27 notices) — executors advertise a death so creditors and claimants can come forward before the estate is distributed. Used for probate research, tracing an estate, checking whether a death notice was placed, and finding the claim deadline. Filter by name, date of death, claim expiry date, or location. Example: gazette_deceased_estates({ name: "John Smith", died_after: "2026-01-01" })
Parameters schema
{
"type": "object",
"required": [],
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Name of the deceased person"
},
"page": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Results page, starting at 1"
},
"limit": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Results per page, 1-50 (default 10)"
},
"location": {
"type": "string",
"description": "UK postcode or town/city name to search around (needs distance_miles, default 5)"
},
"died_after": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Earliest date of death, YYYY-MM-DD"
},
"died_before": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Latest date of death, YYYY-MM-DD"
},
"distance_miles": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Radius in miles around location (default 5)"
},
"claim_expires_after": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Earliest claim-expiry date, YYYY-MM-DD (find estates still open to claims by setting this to today)"
},
"claim_expires_before": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Latest claim-expiry date, YYYY-MM-DD"
}
}
}No endpoints wrapped at confidence ≥ 0.70.
Parent server
Uk Gazette
https://github.com/pipeworx-io/mcp-uk-gazette
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