Is a will essential for non residents ? - Page 2

tebo53 wrote on Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:52am:

When my mother was very ill some years ago she wanted to leave me an inheritance. I was told then that I needed an NIE to claim. This was 15 years ago and I was still living in the UK with no property ownership in Spain. 

I got my NIE Number through a company that specialises in those things. Now you can apply to the Spanish consulate in the UK and having specific reasons you can simply ask to be given a NIE number....

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Steve 

Jimmy Mack wrote on Mon Oct 31, 2022 12:23pm:

Hi

When we bought our property in Spain 4 years ago, we were advised to have a Spanish will drawn up, which we did, my wife and I are on a non-residential basis in Spain. We had to stipulate who would be the executor of the Spanish will which was our older son who lives in Scotland and any other ben...

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...efactors, all this information was written in Spanish on both our wills. 100% get a Spanish will drawn up as your UK will does not cover anything in Spain.

Kind Regards 

   Jim

Care4 wrote on Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:27pm:

Jimmy Mack. There have been previouse posts on this forum about wills and Spanish property. I recall having read that upon approaching an abogado it was revealed that it was not necessary to have a have Spanish will for assests in Spain. All that was required was a will in your country of residen...

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...ce. This will would have to be duly signed and witnessed to be legal. It would also follow the rules of accession pertaining to your country of residence. Let me point out that I am not legally trained and therefore rely on the information previously provided.

Care4 wrote on Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:27pm:

Jimmy Mack. There have been previouse posts on this forum about wills and Spanish property. I recall having read that upon approaching an abogado it was revealed that it was not necessary to have a have Spanish will for assests in Spain. All that was required was a will in your country of residen...

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...ce. This will would have to be duly signed and witnessed to be legal. It would also follow the rules of accession pertaining to your country of residence. Let me point out that I am not legally trained and therefore rely on the information previously provided.

Jimmy Mack wrote on Tue Nov 1, 2022 8:44am:

I took advise from my lawyer in the UK as well and she stated that a will drawn up in Spain would be only legal in Spain conforming to the Spanish laws. The morale of the story as Ken stated, why would you not have a Spanish Will? Everybody to their own.

Kindest Regards 

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  Jim

quinto49 wrote on Sun Oct 30, 2022 4:56pm:

Hi All, I own a holiday home in Orba but am a non resident of spain. I wondered whether I should have a spanish will amd also if anybody could recommend a notary in orba where I could get this done.

Many thanks  

tebo53 wrote on Mon Oct 31, 2022 10:18am:

Hi,

I can't really understand what the issue is here. There is no problem having a Spanish will whatever nationality you are. Spanish wills are not that expensive to overly worry about. If you own property in Spain then, in my opinion, it should be included in a will otherwise the Spanish government ...

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...may make claim.....

However, the person/people you are leaving your property to will need to have an NIE number to make claim to the items you are leaving to them.

Steve