Amendments to the Civil Code of Ukraine (statute of limitations! terms! inheritance)
The Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to the Civil Code of Ukraine Regarding Amendments to the Improving the Procedure for Opening and Registering an Inheritance” No. 3450-IX! which entered into force on January 30! 2024 ! introduced amendments to the Civil Code of Ukraine regarding the suspension of the statute of limitations! terms! conditions and features of accepting an inheritance:
The running of the limitation period is suspend for the duration of martial law
if the testator’s place of residence is unknown – the place of b2b email list opening the inheritance is the location of the real estate/movable property;
if the testator had his last place of residence in the territory of a foreign state! the place of opening the Amendments to the inheritance is determin in accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On Private International Law”;
if the death of an individual is register later than one month from the date of death of such person or the date on which he/she was he time limits are calculated from the date of state registration of the person’s death;
The time of opening the inheritance is consider
To be the day of the testator’s death or the day on real-time phishing which the testator is declar deceas! regardless of the time of state registration of the death;
At the time of martial law and within six months from the date of its termination! if the place of opening the inheritance is an occupied territory or where the authorities do not operate! all applications regarding the inheritance! joint property of spouses (former spouses) within the framework of the inheritance case are submitted to a notary regardless of the place of opening the inheritance.
At the same time! it should be noted that Critically Important au emai list Enterprises/Institutions that do not have an EDRPOU code or the technical ability to generate a list using the DIYA Portal may submit a list for reservation in paper form to the state body that granted it criticality status.
