Lodge
Reporting packs (J294, J243, J190, J192), original wills under seal, liquidation and distribution accounts, and answers to the office’s queries.
Master’s Office runs · Cape Town
A messenger brings back paper.
Loper brings back answers.
Tuesday and Thursday mornings at the Master of the High Court, Cape Town, for estate practices in the Helderberg, Stellenbosch, Paarl, the Boland and the Overberg. You stay at your desk. We stand in the queue.
Next runTue and Thu
Book by15:00 the day before
Reports by16:00 on run day
01How a run works
Three times. That’s the whole promise.
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The day before
15:00
Send the instruction on WhatsApp. We confirm within the hour with a matter number, then collect the pack and sign for it.
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Run day
08:00
At Castle Street when the doors open, every Tuesday and Thursday, with your written authority on file.
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The same day
16:00
A written report on every file, with a photo of the stamp. Originals back with you that afternoon in the Helderberg and Stellenbosch.
02What we carry
Lodge. Collect. Trace. Report.
Collect
Letters of executorship (J238), letters of authority (J170), date-stamped copies and anything else the office releases to your firm.
Trace
A stuck file found, an answer from the estate controller and the next step in writing, followed up on the next two runs.
Report
What we lodged, what we collected, who we spoke to and what happens next. Every file, every run, by 16:00.
You draft, we carry. Every pack is checked against the Master’s checklist before it leaves your office. Loper gives no legal advice and does no drafting or court work.
03Rates
Fixed prices, per matter, per estate.
| Service | What it covers | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Standard matter | One lodgement, collection or counter enquiry on one estate, with a written report and a photo of the stamp | R700 |
| Original will | Lodged under our red protocol: sealed, signed for and photographed at every handover | R700 |
| Trace and unblock | A stuck file found, an answer and the next step in writing, and follow-up on the next two runs | R1,000 |
| Urgent run | Monday, Wednesday or Friday, booked by 15:00 the day before | R1,500call-out, plus matter fees |
| Standing Desk | Up to 5 standard matters a month, priority on the run sheet, traces at R900 | R3,150a month |
| Full Desk | Up to 10 standard matters a month, traces at R900, and a monthly status sweep of up to 10 open files | R6,000a month |
| Your first file | One standard matter for any new firm, so you see the report before you pay for one | Free |
- Disbursements at cost: Master’s fees, certified copies and couriers.
- Extra matters on a Desk: R650 on a Standing Desk, R600 on a Full Desk. Desks are billed monthly in advance, and unused matters lapse at month-end.
- Cancelled after the cut-off: half the fee. Office closed or systems down: your matter rolls to the next run at no charge.
- Invoices go out every Friday, payable within 7 days by EFT.
04Clean, always
The runner a firm never has to explain.
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No gifts, no paid queue spots, no side doors. Ever.
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We say who we are: the runner for your firm, with your authority in hand.
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Written instructions only. We sign for receipt, never for an executor, a firm or an heir.
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No legal advice to anyone, in the queue or out of it.
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Originals sealed and signed for at every handover.
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Confidential from your desk to the counter and back, under a POPIA operator agreement. If anything goes wrong, you hear from us within the hour.
05Where we collect
From the Helderberg to the Overberg.
Somerset West, Strand, Gordon’s Bay
We collect your pack the afternoon before the run and bring originals back the afternoon of the run.
Stellenbosch
Collected and returned the same way.
Paarl, Wellington, Franschhoek, Hermanus and the Overberg
Courier a sealed pack to us, or send scans for matters with no originals. Returns by courier, at cost.
06Instruct
One WhatsApp per run. One block per estate.
Send it by 15:00 the working day before. Copy the format, fill in the brackets and send.
LOPER RUN · [Tuesday or Thursday, date] Firm: [name] · Contact: [name, number] 1) Estate Late [full name] Master’s ref: [number, or NEW] Deceased ID: [number] Stage: [appointments / L&D lodged] Task: [lodge / collect / trace / query response / other] In the pack: [list] · Originals: [yes / no] Open queries: [none / details] Collect from us: [yes, time window / courier / scans only]
07Getting set up
One sitting. Then it runs.
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Sign the service terms and the POPIA operator agreement. Once.
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Put a standing mandate on your letterhead, naming our runners. Once. We carry a copy to every run.
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With every run: your instruction and a signed matter authority schedule.
Your first file is on us. See the report before you pay for one.
08Who runs it
Luke Hertz, Somerset West.
Luke completed his articles and has handled Master’s Office files for his former firm, so he knows what belongs in a pack and what the office sends back. Loper is how he does that for estate practices across the Helderberg and the Boland, twice a week.
Book a run.
076 178 5015WhatsApp Luke by 15:00 the working day before. Reports by 16:00 on the run day.
