FATIMA MAS’UD HEAD OF UNIT
An administrator can apply for supplementary Letters of Administration if he/she discovers items/documents e.g bank account, shares, landed property etc. which were not included in the first grant 9Letter of administration). However , we must bear in mind that supplementary application(s) can only be forwarded to the High Court that granted the Letters of administration and it is always signed by the Chief Registrar only, unlike the Letters of Administration signed by the Chief Judge and the Chief Registrar.
- Note that, Estate fees are always paid whenever a supplementary application is made
- No legal notice
- Supplementary in within the Jurisdiction of the High Court that granted the Letters of Administration and there is no limitation to such applications on presentation of the original grant and discovered items/documents must be presented before the probate department once as well as legal notice.
Supplementary Letters of Administration is additional.
RESEALING
Resealing means taking letters of administrations obtained in the particular Jurisdiction to another Jurisdiction e. g. Letters of Administration obtained in FCT High Court to Kaduna High Court in Order to have access and manage the personal property of the deceased. The administrations/executors must establish the fact that Letters of Administration has been obtained in a particular/another Jurisdiction. Resealing can be carried out anywhere in the world on presentation of first grant.Estate fees and other necessary fees are always paid in any Jurisdiction but no legal notice to the public. Resealing is additional see more on resealing : Order 49, Rule 55 (3) (c) of the FCT High Court and Procedure Rule 2004.
