Upprätta ett spanskt testamente
Här på Lupain Tenerife Fastighetsmäklare kan vi hjälpa dig med upprättandet av ditt spanska testamente, vilket är mycket rekommenderat om du äger en fastighet eller har tillgångar på Teneriffa.
Even if you have already made a Spanish Will in the past but due to recent changes in European laws up to as recently as 2016, it is recommended that you study the entitlement of your ‘will’ to safeguard that it confirm with which national laws you wish to apply the division of your estate. If this is not done then this will result in the Spanish law on the distribution of your estate overriding your intended beneficiaries and changing how your estate is distributed. For more information, please Contact Us.
In most Wills it should specify that the testor/s making the new Will hereby agrees to cancel all previous wills made by them. It needs to specifically be stated that this excludes your Tenerife Will otherwise if you are drawing a new Will this would cancel your Spanish Will and a new one would have to be draw up once again for your Tenerife assests
In the event that you get married or divorced, the best course recommended is that you arrange new Wills in the country where you own property or have any asset
1. Who can make a will in Tenerife - Spain?
Anyone aged over 14 is capable of requesting to make a will.
2. What Types of will should I choose
The most two most common catagory of Wills available are:
A. Open Will
This is the type of will most used for individuals in Spain and has to be signed in front of a Public Notary, who retains on file the original document signed in his office. The Notary’s office will then notify the office of the Central Registry of Spanish Wills to register the new will.
B. Closed Will
Using a ‘closed will’ requires that the contents are kept sealed in an envelope.
During this process you are asked by the Notary in the form of a declaration the contents of your Will, whether you have written this yourself or if a third person assisted you in the preparation. On a final point you will be requested to confirm that you have signed this new will or this has been done by someone on your behalf.
The Notary then seals your wishes in an envelope signs it and is filed in his office with a notification to the Central Registry of Wills located in Madrid.
Register över spanska testamenten
Ett registreringsnummer tilldelas varje testamente som finns sparat på filen vid registret över spanska testamenten som ligger i Madrid. Att ha en unik registrering skyddar testamentets önskemål om att dess tillgångar inte kan säljas eller överföras till en tredje part.
Eftersom alla kopior av testamenten arkiveras på Centralregistret kan detta kontor bekräfta om en avliden har ett giltigt testamente. Om ett känt testamente är borttappat kan man genom att använda det unika registreringsnumret beställa namnet på notarien som håller de ursprungliga handlingarna.
Hur fördelas arvet?
Det är möjligt enligt spansk lag att tillämpa lagen för ditt medborgarskap för fördelningen av dina tillgångar/egendomar som anges i ditt testamente. Av denna anledning är det lämpligt att deklarera vilken lag du önskar att ditt testamente ska följa. Om detta inte görs kommer spansk lag att tillämpas på grund av en förändring i arvssystemet år 2016.
