The will (exclusively under the competence of the notary), acceptance or renunciation of succession, inventory and affidavit in the event that there is no will (under the competence of the notary and –only in the event that succession is contested or where there is no agreement among the heirs or in certain cases when the notary is unable to determine who the heirs are when there is no will – the courts), civil status documents (death certificate, other certificates establishing family ties with the deceased, fall exclusively within the competence of the Civil Status Registry), the sharing of succession property (exclusively under the competence of the notary except when the succession is contested or there is no agreement among heirs, the latter case being a matter for the courts).
2. Can you indicate which are the most common authentic instruments in the case of a succession to the estates of deceased persons and which authorities issue them?
