WHERE AND HOW TO OBTAIN THE DEED OF INHERITANCE (CERTIFICATE OF INHERITANCE)?
The certificate of inheritance can be requested from the Civil Court of Peace or obtained from Notary Public Offices. To request the inheritance decree from the Civil Court of Peace, you must apply to the court with a petition. In this case, the Civil Court of Peace requests the civil registry from the relevant civil registry office and determines whether you are an heir or not. In case the inheritance certificate is obtained from the notary, when you apply to the notary for the inheritance certificate, your population records are first examined and it is checked whether you are the heir or not, and if it is certain that there is no room for doubt that you are the heir, the inheritance certificate is issued. In cases where the title of heir is in doubt, the Notary Public directs the person who applies for the inheritance certificate to the Civil Court of Peace.
Documents required to issue a certificate of inheritance;
It consists of a petition to be addressed to the Civil Court of Peace and the family population record to be obtained from the civil registry office.
Application can be made to any Civil Court of Peace in Turkey. However, in terms of speed of proceedings, the court of the place of residence and registration should be preferred.
If there is more than one legal heir, it is sufficient for only one of the heirs to make a request. However, other heirs must also be added to the petition. The verdict established as a result of the trial has consequences not only for the applicant heir but for all heirs.
During the trial phase, the court writes a warrant to the civil registry office where the deceased deceased’s population registration is located and summons the family status table of the deceased. In practice, generally, after the paperwork is completed, a hearing is held, two witnesses are heard and a decision is made. As a result of these stages, the court determines the heirs and their inheritance shares.