An application for inheritance (acceptance of an inheritance) is drawn up in writing and submitted to a notary at the place of opening of the inheritance. Most often, the place of opening of the inheritance coincides with the last place of residence of the testator.
However, the Civil Code of the Russian Federation contains the rules for determining the place of opening an inheritance in cases where it does not coincide with the place of residence of the deceased. So, the inheritance can be entered either at the location of the real estate or at the location of the most valuable part of the testator's real estate, if the inheritance is located in different places. Also, the inheritance is opened at the last place of residence of the testator, if the estate is movable property. The place of opening the inheritance is determined by the location of the movable property or its most valuable part, if the testator lived abroad, and the inherited property is located in different places in Russia.
An application for acceptance of an inheritance must be made in writing and contain mandatory information about: the notary to whom it is submitted; heir and testator (full name), last place of residence of the deceased, date of death of the testator. In addition, the will of the heir to accept the inheritance must follow from the text of the application.
If the heir has such information, the application also contains information about other heirs of the same queue as him, about obligatory heirs, about the composition of the inheritance and its location. The application must be signed and dated.
If the heir does not have the opportunity to submit an application in person, he can do it through another person or by mail, but in this case his signature must be certified at the place of his location either by a notary or an official, such as the commander of a military unit, the head of the social protection body etc.
When drawing up an application, the heir must necessarily present his passport to the notary. In addition, when entering into an inheritance, the following will come in handy: the death certificate of the testator, birth certificates, marriage certificates in order to confirm the relationship, extracts from the house register to confirm cohabitation and other documents that allow determining the place of opening the inheritance or the composition of the hereditary mass.
The application must be submitted within six months from the date of the death of the testator. Missing this deadline may result in the loss of inheritance rights.
