• Civil law administration of an estate execution of wills

    Inheritance law
    administration and distribution of an estate

    To carry out the terms of a will a person or institution must be appointed by the court. An 'administrator' or executor of a will is responsible for the payment of any debts and to distribute the remaining assets according to the testators wishes when a valid last will and testament has been made, or according to inheritance and succession laws when there is no last will or testament.

    TITLE IV

    CHAPTER I

    ADMINISTRATOR OF AN ESTATE

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    Section 1711. The administrators of an estate shall included the persons appointed by will (last will or testament)  by order of the Court.

  • Civil law on succession inheritance heirs and wills

    Thai civil law on succession
    inheritance, heirs and wills in Thailand

    BOOK V

    SUCCESSION

    TITLE I

    GENERAL PROVISIONS

    CHAPTER I

    DEVOLUTION OF AN ESTATE

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    Section 1599. When a person dies, his estate devolves on the heirs.

  • Executor

    in relation to inheritance and wills meaning the person or institution appointed to carry out the terms of a will. The will administrator or executor is responsible for the payment of any debts and to distribute the remaining assets of the testators wishes or according to inheritance and succession laws when there is no last will or testament.

  • Inheritance of real estate by foreigners

    Thai condominium ownership deedInheritance Laws
    succession of foreign owned real estate

    Something you do not own, you cannot transfer by inheritance or last will, something you are not allowed to own as a foreigner in Thailand you cannot acquire by inheritance or by succession laws. Inheritance of land, leased land or condominium by foreigners in Thailand.

  • Last Will

    The most recent legal document or declaration made by which a person expresses his or her wishes as to how his or her property is to be distributed at death (in Thailand pursuant Thai succession laws) and names one or more persons and optional appoints an executor to administrate the estate until its distribution.
  • Legal aspects of a last will and testament in Thailand

    Inheritance law
    last will and testament

    The Thai legal system of succession and inheritance is codified and can be found in the civil and commercial 'Book V Succession'. It among others governs the distribution and administration of the estate of a person after his death, how to make a valid will in Thailand (Title III 'Wills'), and determines what happens to a person's assets after death when there is no last will or testament made.