- The will which could fall within the notary’s competence in which case we would speak of a public will, or a private will drawn up by the deceased and filed with a notary
- Publication decree of the will by the Court of the Peace
- The acceptance or renunciation of succession, the inventory and affidavit (falling within the competence of the notary and the court clerk)
- Civil status documents (death certificate, other certificates establishing family ties with the deceased, falling within the sole competence of the municipality bureau and the certificate attesting to the existence or otherwise of a will pertaining to the Court of the Peace)
- The sharing of assets from the succession (solely a matter of the notary’s competence)
- The notarial act of accepting and sharing of assets.
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?
