Sorting POA for USA estate

A UK-based Notary Public should be able to provide the service https://uk.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/notary/ (the bit about an "apostille")

Some UK solicitors' practices have an NP and some of those will have knowledge of US legislation, some specialise by country due to translation skills, etc.

Ask one

Posted by: escrs

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Now none of us really have the time to go to London to the Embassy and looking online at their website there are no availible time slots for few months anyway

Can you do it at the American consulate in Edinburgh or Belfast?

Cheers for the replies, will look into a UK-based Notary Public

Edinbrugh and Belfast are even further away than London as we are on the south coast, we all work full time and cant really take a day off easily to go to London and even then there are no availble slots at the Embassy

If it's a decent chunk of money then I'd be finding the time to have a day off!! 

Died two years ago
Need a POA now. 

I know the US is behind the times right now but.... 

As above, a notary doesn't have to mean visiting the embassy - it's quite possible that the US lawyer simply isn't aware that there are plenty of notary publics around, we are dealing with FiL's estate part of which is in the USA so have similar issues....

Attorney for who though? Who is the executor of the estate? Executor's signature, properly notaris(z)ed, should be all that's required for the sale.

Agree with above poster that for 2/3rds of a house I'd be making time, perhaps even for a trip to the USA. North Carolina will be beautiful in the spring. We are off to Boulder shortly, dealing with FiL's estate makes a great excuse for a holiday. You've even got a house to stay in while you're there 🙂

I will also add that in our case the process for dealing with FiL's estate requires an application for in Colorado, which can (hopefully) be done through my wife's UK probate letter being transferred/applied (I think there was a legal term but forget what it was) to Colorado. This process is underway right now.

If OP can do the Power of Attorney in front of a Notary Public (which can be annoyingly expensive), that's great...but if it then needs to be legalised (stamped) by the Foreign and Commonwealth and Development Office, as well, then the costs and hassle will rise.

But North Carolina seems to allow online notary services, OP - would that solve the problem? You may need to get the lawyer to explain what is needed step by step.

https://www.onlinenotary.us/north-carolina/

Cheers for the replies

Looks like ive found someone who can do it locally to me

No way im going to North Carolina, even though we are entitled to 2/3rds of the property, after taxes & fees we will be lucky to walk away with 10k each so not worth going over there

Yeah if he lived in a tent it’s probably not much to get excited about 🙂

Not quite a tent but its a trailer park house with 2 arces of land in a wooded area

We have an offer of $210'000 but there is $40'000 left to pay on the mortgage so that leaves $170'000 but his seperated wife gets $60'000 plus 1/3rd of whats left (North Carolina state law) so that leaves $110'000 minus her 1/3rd of $36'000 leaves $73'000 to be divided by 5 siblings means we all get $14'000 each

Once you take in to account the exchange rate, any taxes and attorney/real estate fees i think will we be lucky to walk away with £10'000 each