Which is the competent authority?
Who should I contact?

The immovables and movables of a deceased person shall on his/her death, notwithstanding any testamentary disposition, devolve on and become vested in his/her ‘personal representative’.

• The personal representative is called ‘executor’, if he/she has been appointed by the testator in his/her will.

• The personal representative is called ‘administrator’, if he/she has been appointed by the probate court.

The personal representative cannot act without a grant of representation.

• The grant of representation is called ‘grant of probate’, if the executor has been appointed by the testator in his/her will.

• The grant of representation is called ‘grant of administration’, if the administrator has been appointed by the probate court.

An application for the grant of representation may be made to the Probate Office or the district probate registry for the district where the deceased, at the time of his/her death, had a fixed place of abode.

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