Succession Law, 5725-1965

חוק הירושה, תשכ"ה-1965

Published: 1965-02-10Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2025-01-01 · Last amended 2024-07-07✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-28

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First Schedule (the definition of "authority" in section 125a)

(1)the Israel Tax Authority;

(2)the National Insurance Institute;

(3)a local authority.

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Second Schedule (section 87(a))

(1)where among the heirs there is one of the following:

(a)an absentee;

(b)a person who is permanently or temporarily unable to attend to his affairs, in whole or in part, provided that there is no person legally empowered to attend to his affairs;

(c)a minor who has a guardian who is not one of his parents;

(2)where the will contains a provision for the establishment of a public endowment or one that designates the assets of the estate, in whole or in part, for the advancement of a public purpose, as referred to in section 26 of the Trust Law, 5739-1979, and all this for as long as the public endowment has not been registered and a trustee has not been appointed for it as referred to in that Law;

(3)where six months have elapsed from the day of appointment of an estate administrator, no succession order or probate order has yet been granted, and no objection to the application for a succession order or probate order has been filed;

(4)where the court has found, upon application by the General Guardian or a person on his behalf, that the submission of documents to the General Guardian is required for the purpose of protecting the right of an heir in the proceedings.

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