How do foreigners inherit the inheritance?

Procedures for foreigners to inherit property:

1. Apply to the notary office where the estate is located for inheritance procedures;

2. Go to the police station where the decedent's household registration is located to cancel the account and apply for a death certificate;

3. The heir shall go through the formalities for the transfer of the estate to the relevant departments of the estate.

legal ground

Article 12 1 of the Civil Code of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Inheritance begins at the death of the deceased.

If several people related by blood died in the same event, and the time of death is difficult to determine, it is presumed that the person without other heirs died first. There are other heirs. If there are different generations, the elders are presumed to die first. The presumption of the same generation died at the same time, and there was no inheritance.

Article 123

After the beginning of inheritance, it shall be handled in accordance with legal inheritance; If there is a will, it shall be inherited or bequeathed according to the will; If there is a legacy support agreement, it shall be handled in accordance with the agreement.