Section 1: Procedure applicable to gifts (R).

Any notary appointed as custodian of a will containing a legacy in favour of a commune or a communal public establishment is required, as soon as the will is opened, to send the mayor or the representative of the legatee establishment a full copy of the testamentary provisions. The copy is written on plain paper, and a receipt is issued for the documents sent.

Claims concerning legacies in favour of a commune or a communal public establishment, made by the legal heirs, may be submitted to the Minister of the Interior within six months of the opening of the will. They include the surnames, first names and addresses of the claimants, their order and degree of relationship to the deceased, as well as the reasons for the claim. The Minister of the Interior informs…