The stages
1) Go to the notary at the place where the inheritance opened and ask for the certificate. 2) Collect the documents. 3) Receive the certificate of the right to inherit. 4) Cadastre and state registration.
Under article 1145 of the Civil Code, the heir acquires the inheritance from the time it opens, unless the heir later renounces it, is deprived of the right to inherit, or loses it because the testamentary disposition that named the heir is declared invalid. Under article 1146, the certificate is issued after six months from the day the inheritance opened. If the notary has data that there are no heirs other than those who applied, the certificate may be issued before that limit.
Under article 111 of the Civil Code, transactions with immovable property, including the acceptance of an inheritance, are subject to state registration. Under article 84, the transfer of the ownership right in immovable property to another person is also subject to state registration.
The documents
Ask the notary for the exact list. It usually helps to prepare in advance: the death certificate, the documents that prove the kinship, the title documents for the home, the cadastre documents.
If there are several heirs
Under article 1150 of the Civil Code, any heir by law who accepted the inheritance may demand its division. The division follows the agreement of the heirs and their shares; if they reach no agreement, the court divides it.
Under article 1153, heirs who lived together with the testator for three years before the inheritance opened have a preferential right to receive the house, the flat or other living premises in the division. If the inheritance is then not enough for the shares of the other heirs, the heir who used the preferential right pays them compensation in money or in property.
If more than six months passed
Under article 1145 of the Civil Code, the right to the inheritance arises from the time the inheritance opens. Article 1146 sets the issue of the certificate after six months, but it sets no final date to apply. If you cannot get the document that confirms the acceptance of the inheritance, or the place where it opened, in another way, the court establishes that fact under article 295 of the Civil Procedure Code.