Fees & Processing Times
If you are applying for a British Columbia Search of Wills Notice to support a separate application such as for Estate Settlement, it is important to check with the organization requesting the document to ensure you obtain the correct vital record. Changes cannot be made once an order has been placed.
A copy of the death certificate MUST accompany the Search of Wills Notice Application. If you require a death certificate, please visit VitalCertificates.ca for death certificates in Canada, or USVitalRecords.org for death certificates in the U.S.
Payment can be made by Visa, MasterCard, American Express, cheque or money order – Please make the cheque or money order payable to ‘Vital Certificate Processing Services’.
Service times listed above are approximations and are not guaranteed. Incomplete or inaccurate applications will significantly delay processing time.
Search of Wills Notice – Regular Service – 25 to 30 business days average processing and mailing time – $85.00 plus $5.00 for each additional variation of the deceased subject’s name provided (includes all taxes and mailing costs)
Search of Wills Notice – Rush Service – 5 to 8 business days average processing and mailing time – $105.00 (includes all taxes and mailing costs)
Fees include all taxes, search, shipping and processing charges.
If no record of a Search of Wills Notice is found by the British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, fees will be applied to the search cost and will not be refunded by the Agency.
All Search of Wills Notices in British Columbia are mailed or couriered directly from the British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency.
