Inheritance documentation and registration

Services Provided

Attention!

  • Notaries of the city of Kyiv register the inheritance after the deceased whose last place of residence was the city of Kyiv or the temporarily occupied territory!
    If the last place of residence of the deceased cannot be established (e.g., at the time of death the deceased was deregistered), notaries of Kyiv register the inheritance after the deceased if the real estate owned by the deceased is located in the city of Kyiv or in the temporarily occupied territory.
  • In most cases, to document and register the inheritance, the heir must have time to declare his/her rights to the inheritance by appearing before the notary BEFORE the expiration of 6 months from the date of death of the deceased.Exceptions:
    • (1) the heir is registered with the deceased at the same address at the moment of his/her death
    • (2) the heir is a minor or an legally incapacitated person (please, do not take work incapacity for legal incapacity)

Attention!

  • In the event of the death of a person abroad, the notary who will draw up the inheritance makes a request to the authorities of the relevant country for the provision of an official death certificate. Such a request is made through the official justice authorities of Ukraine as well as through the official justice authorities of the relevant country and is processed for at least 2-3 months. In such cases, it is necessary to contact the notary in advance in order to have time to receive a death certificate and open an inheritance case after the deceased within 6 months from the date of his/her death.

Attention!

  • In the event of the death of a person in the temporarily occupied territory, confirmation of the fact of the person’s death is currently carried out through the court (at the place of residence/stay of the heir) with the provision of relevant evidence of the fact of death to the court (explanations of the heir and witnesses, burial certificate, hospital certificates, audio and video recordings of the burial). Death certificates issued by the occupation authorities are not accepted by the notary.

Registration of the inheritance takes place in 2 STAGES:

  • Stage №1 (BEFORE the expiration of the 6-month period from the date of death): submission of an application by the heir and opening of the inheritance case by the notary.
    List of required documents (ORIGINALS ONLY!):
    • death certificate
    • certificate (official medical document) of cause of death
    • passport and ID code of the heir
    • document on the heir’s family relationship with the deceased (birth certificate – if the heir is a son/daughter, marriage certificate – if the heir is a wife/husband, etc.)
    • title documents on the property of the deceased (apartment, house, land plot, car, cash deposits, etc.)

Attention!

  • If the heir is unable to personally contact the relevant notary to register the inheritance, the heir can still open an inheritance case with a notary (by prior agreement with him/her) by:
    • notarization of the Statement of Acceptance of Inheritance and a copy of the death certificate with the nearest notary in the place of his/her residence;
    • sending the above-mentioned application and a notarized copy of the death certificate to the relevant notary by official mail (Ukrposhta) as a registered letter;
    • payment for the notary’s services for opening the inheritance case.

    COST: from 5000 UAH, includes:

    • processing 1-2 applications from heirs,
    • checking the state register for existing wills, the absence of an already opened inheritance case by another notary,
    • processing mandatory requests to state bodies, institutions and local governments regarding the deceased’s property

Attention!

  • After submitting the application and opening the inheritance case by a notary, it is impossible to change the notary (the law does not allow it)! Please, clarify all organizational issues and the full cost of inheritance registration before choosing a definite notary.
  • Stage №2 (AFTER the expiration of the 6-month period from the date of death): direct issuance of the inheritance (issuance of title certificates for the inherited property and its registration in state electronic registers in the name of the heir)
    COST:
    • includes numerous checks in unified and state electronic registers of Ukraine,
    • includes issuance of the Property Title Certificate taking into account the number of heirs and the size of their shares in the inheritance,
    • includes state registration of the inherited property in state electronic registers of Ukraine:
      • Certificate for movable property (car, bank deposits or part thereof) – from 4,500 UAH.
      • Certificate for immovable property (apartment, house, land plot or part thereof) – from 7,500 UAH.
      • Agreement on the division of inheritance between heirs (executed before issuing Certificates of Inheritance to avoid and distribute multiple shares of several heirs in the same property) – from 8,000 UAH.

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