Transferring land or a condominium unit by inheritance using a declaration or certificate of heirship — how should the document set be assembled?

The point raised here is “Transferring land or a condominium unit by inheritance using a declaration or certificate of heirship”, so the answer below starts with what this case actually needs before setting out the general rules. Plan the schedule with room for at least one review cycle at the receiving office. With a fixed filing date, count backwards from it and book each certification step in reverse. If the receiving body confirmed its requirements by email, keep that message with the file. Keep a copy of every source document plus the receipt or docket from each step. Estate work has to close the family chain: household records, marriage records and the death certificate. Wills and court orders keep their legal wording and clause structure in translation. The specifics here are purpose: Landtransfer; document type: Heirdeclare, and those decide which translation and certification level applies. The terms that frame this page are Transferring · land · condominium · unit. What changes the timeline most here is whether the source documents are complete on day one. The deciding factor is the receiving body's requirement, not only the format of the Thai-side document. Before starting, make sure document numbers, issue dates and issuing-office names match across the set, then keep a digital copy of every page, including seals and signatures, then plan the timeline so certification finishes before the real filing deadline. After filing, follow up on the cycle the office states rather than waiting past the deadline. In practice banks, the Land Department and registrars act on a court order appointing an estate administrator together with a court-certified copy, rather than on the will alone. Appointment of an estate administrator follows sections 1711 to 1713 of the Civil and Commercial Code by petition to the court with jurisdiction. Supporting documents typically include the death certificate, house registration, marriage or divorce certificate, heirs' birth certificates, an inventory of the estate and heirs' letters of consent. Succession in Thailand is governed by the Civil and Commercial Code, Book VI on Succession, which sets out the classes of statutory heirs and their shares from section 1629 onwards, with the lawful spouse inheriting alongside the statutory heirs in the order fixed by law. Translations must therefore reproduce names, dates of birth, identification numbers and registered relationships identically across every document, because the receiving authority uses exactly those details to establish heirship. Accuracy matters especially in estate and claim files. Monetary amounts, policy numbers, case numbers and years, title-deed and parcel numbers, heirs' names as recorded in the civil registration and the spelling used in the passport must match across every document. Where older records use a different spelling, flag it in advance so a translator's note can explain the discrepancy — the source text itself can never be altered. Cost and lead time depend on page count, target language, how many certified sets are needed and the steps the receiving authority requires, so every file is quoted before work starts. Send scans of every page together with the written requirements from the court, bank, insurer or receiving authority via LINE @NAATI, call +66 80-557-8887 or email ilc@thainotary.co.th.

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