A quick question about LPAs

[Sirena]

Oh my goodness £25 per copy! Is this just copies of the stamped LPA or newly verified LPA by the solicitor themselves?

The solicitor has kept the original (I'm glad, I wouldn't want the responsibility in case I lost it!) The £25 is for a verified copy. He initials/signs each page to verify it.

 

[myss]

Oh fair enough if he is verifying it each time, but I would have thought the stamped original should be as good as a verified copy, so we intend to take a scan of it (when we do get it!) to use when necessary and keep the original in a safe place with my dad..

 

[Soobee]

Nobody will accept a scan. You have to produce the original or a certified copy (signed on every page). The institution concerned will then scan it from you.

 

[myss]

So if the LPA is required to be sent to someone, you have to send the original (stamped) LPA or a certified copy of the original?

 

[Soobee]

yes, but we advise to NEVER send the original anywhere in the post as you cannot get replacements. I had 3 certified copies (certified by a solicitor).

 

[Beate]

You never ever ever send the original away. You only ever send a certified copy - that's exactly what they are for. Of course if you make a bank appointment, you can take the original for them to copy there and then, but you make sure you get all the pages back.

 

[myss]

Thank you both! Having learnt that the Royal Mail can lose such a document, even through one of their facilities where the receiver has to sign for it, I wouldn't send the original anywhere!!