The Registry of Deeds Office in the country gives insight into the legal steps to be taken to ensure that property belonging to your late parents is rightfully transferred to you.
By Inside Biz
Legal steps to be followed in the winding up of a deceased estate, that is, transfer of property from the name of a deceased to her/his descendants.
1. Reporting the death to the Master of the High Court that serves the area in which the property concerned is situated.
2. Master appoints an Executor.
3. The duties of the Executor include amongst others, the following:
- The advertising for creditors to lodge claims.
- The preparation of a list of the assets in the estate is called an inventory.
- The preparation and advertising of a liquidation and distribution account, if any, and finally.
- The distribution of the assets.
- The distribution of immovable property in favour of the beneficiaries is done by means of registration in the Deeds Office wherein the Executor instructs a conveyancer to effect the transfer in the Deeds Office.
Note: This article first appeared in Eswatini Property Review, our sister publication.