The heirs' certificate needs to be taken care of since the heirs died. The purpose of this letter is, among others, as a statement as a legal heir. This message is also evidence to take care of savings or deposits in the bank, change the ownership name of inherited property, information regarding heirs and inheritance rights, protect the heir's property, and stay away from abuse of authority. The following are the requirements for obtaining an heir's certificate based on legislation and examples.

Launching from Online Law, in order to be able to take care of heirs' certificates, some requirements are needed to fulfill all the documents needed in the manufacturing process. It needs to be observed that the provisions for processing heirs' certificates are distinguished for non-Chinese Indonesian citizens (WNI) as well as non-Northeast foreigners as well as Indonesian citizens of Chinese descent and the Foreign East. We will explain the full description of the provisions regarding the management of the heirs' certificate at the end of this article.

Requirements For Handling Certificates Of Heirs In General

In managing the heirs' certificate, in general the procedures taken are by collecting the necessary requirements, then dealing with related institutions/officers, the rules of which are also distinguished between non-Chinese Indonesian citizens and non-Northigners and Indonesian citizens of Chinese descent and the Foreign East.

How To Manage A Letter Of Heirs Statement For Indonesian Citizens Not Foreign Descendants

The first step, prepare the supporting documents as follows:

Second, come to the nearest kelurahan office and bring the document. After that, the officer will carry out a check. If the document or file is declared complete, the officer will immediately process the management. When processed, the officer will provide a registration number.

Third, final verification will be carried out by the head of the section and the secretary of the sub-district head. When verification is complete, the sub-district head will carry out the signing.

Fourth, the documents that have been signed will be given to the applicant. After that, the applicant will be asked to take photoscopy and submit a copy to the sub-district as the archive. The original file will be labeled and submitted to the applicant.

How To Manage A Certificate Of Heirs For Indonesian Citizens And Foreign Easts

As has been stated, the people of descent need to apply for a deed or a notary or BHP heir rights certificate (SKHW). To take care of it, here are the documents that need to be prepared:

a will issued by the Center for Wills of the Directorate General of General Legal Administration of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Directorate General of AHU);

the identity of the heirs, accompanied by an ID card and family card that had been legalized by a notary.

Next, we will explain the tips for managing the certificate of heirs or the Certificate of Rights (SKHW) at the notary (made of European descent and Chinese), as follows:

The heirs want to give a statement to the notary of choice:

If everything is finished, the notary will issue a SKHW letter. Respond to the draft of the heir's certificate in the form of pdf to carry out a re-check before the SKHW is issued.

There are also ways to take care of SKHW in BHP (for other east descendants), namely:

Come to the local BHP and visit public service centers;

The chairman of BHP will position a request for making SKHW to legal technical members (ATH) as well as the section head (Kasi) in the designated area and based on the month of death of the heir;

ATH and the Kasi on duty will process the SKHW. If all the files included are complete, the heirs will be called to read and sign the SKHW;

The heirs will be given SKHW and asked to make payments for Non-Tax State Revenue (PNBP) at the public service center counter. After the payment is complete, it means that the manufacturing procedure is also declared complete and SKHW can be brought back.

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