Le 20/02/2012 19:36, Darren New a écrit :
> Say someone owns a house, and dies, and leaves it to you in their will.
> How do you take ownership? Answer: You go to the judge and get him to
> sign a deed on the dead person's behalf transferring the house into your
> ownership.

It's a bit different here. No judge. A notary.
The notary collects and applie the will, notify the state about the
taxes for the dead (within a six month delay to pay since the death),
and perform the writing of transferring the ownership (yet a few taxes
for that writing) once the taxes have been paid and heirs agrees.

Leaving a house in a will might be a curse, if you are a total stranger
the death-related taxes are about 60% of the evaluated price of the
house. Not including the 7% of writing for land-property. You can opt to
try to have the notary sells the house at the evaluated price, but the
delay of 6 months is playing against you...that's really only 2 months
to find a buyer (due to the delay the buyer get...) Assume you sell at
75% of the evaluated price (unless you get a mortgage to pay the tax ?
strange idea!), remove the taxes and a few needed diagnostic's bills...
lucky if something remains. (and it take you time)

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