Title deeds not updated after death of owner

My parents owned their house jointly.  My mum died 6 months ago and my dad has now died.  Do I need probate for both parents to sell their house or did the house automatically pass to dad and therefore only need probate for him?  

Hayley - the legal ownership will have passed to Dad so you need probate for him and a death certificate for Mum

Good morning my father passed away in December last year and we are just getting round to putting his property on the market, however, my mother passed away nearly 5 years ago and we didn’t even think about changing the land registry to just my father.  So currently both there names are on the deeds etc.  Both myself and my two siblings are executors/beneficiaries of my late father’s will.  We do obviously have death certificates and Grant of Probate for both my parents so my question is do we still need to change ownership of the property or does it just pass automatically as part of his estate ? Thank hou

Good Morning Deborah - when your Mother died the legal ownership of the property passed to your Father. Probate wasn't needed re the property but may have been required for other monies/belongings.<br> On your Father's death the property does form part of his estate as he was the sole legal owner and probate is required.<br> There is rarely a need to update the register in such circumstances as the deaths are very sadly factual and can be proven to any buyer. They would require certified copies of both your late Father's probate and then either your late Mother's death certificate or probate to confirm her death.

<p>Good Morning Adam thank you very much for your reply and clarifying this for us Regards&#160;&#160;Debbie&#160;</p>