{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-774",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-774.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/774",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "774",
  "heading": "Evidence of grant of probate etc",
  "text": "The production to a company of any document that is by law sufficient evidence of the grant of—\n(a) probate of the will of a deceased person,\n(b) letters of administration of the estate of a deceased person, or\n(c) confirmation as executor of a deceased person,\nshall be accepted by the company as sufficient evidence of the grant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 774 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 26"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/774",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:40.060156+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}