: How to change the owner of a .co.uk whose owner has died? Years ago, I registered a .co.uk domain for my mother using my own 123-reg account. I set the registrant name to hers as it was

@Odierno851

Nominet domains are different for changing a Registrant, so you can't do it from the Registrars page.

It can only be changed through Nominet, and there is usually a fee for making that change. I do think you are on the right path though. Have, "whoever" is in control of the estate try to initiate the Change or Registrant through Nominet.

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@Chiappetta492

As far as I understand it, if you have access to the registar's account where the domain is held, you can simply login and unlock the domain for transfer, and then pick which registar and account you want to send it to. In other words, if you can login to your mother's registar account you can probably just send the domain to yourself in an account with your name on it.

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@Karen161

As a general rule, a change of registrant requires the positive acknowledgement of the current registrant (and/or the administrative contact, for example in gTLDs), for obvious reason.

However each rule need exceptions and your case is clearly among them. The specific procedure to follow will depend on the TLD of the domain. You will probably have more luck by contacting the registry directly.

If you look at www.nominet.uk/domains/manage-your-domain/ you will find a section "Transferring your domain to someone else" that says the registry could itself handle a registrant change if needed, so you surely need to ask them.
See also next section "Updating your contact details".

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