How to apply for probate as a corporate intestate estate trustee — and autofill Form 74.15 with my-id.ca
Apply for intestate probate as a corporate estate trustee without retyping your details
When a corporation such as a trust company applies to be estate trustee without a will, the application repeats the corporation's name, address, and authorized representative details. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Apply for probate of an estate — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): FORM 74-15 Courts of Justice Act. Application for Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee Without a Will (Corporate Applicant) — rcp-74-15
What this form is about
Form 74.15 is the application for a certificate of appointment of estate trustee without a will by a corporate applicant when the deceased died intestate.
Before you start: what to gather
- Corporate applicant's legal name and business address.
- Authorized representative's name and contact details.
- The deceased's name and date of death.
- Beneficiaries and persons entitled to notice under intestacy rules.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your name, address, and contact details in your my-id.ca profile.
- Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to my-id.ca Files so you are not searching at form time.
- Autofill the form. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Review and submit yourself through the official channel.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in my-id.ca — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.
Frequently asked questions
- Who uses Form 74.15?
- Trust companies and other corporations applying to administer an intestate estate.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills the corporation's address and the representative's contact details.
- How is this different from Form 74.5?
- Form 74.5 is for corporate applicants when there is a will; 74.15 is when there is no will.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.