This Law abolishes any rule of customary law affirming that a contract passed before the Royal Court for the transfer of immovable property may be annulled, at the instance of the heirs or devisees, as the case may be, of the transferor, if he or she dies within 40 days of the passing of the contract.

This Order implements provisions of the Probate (Jersey) Law 1998 in relation with, among other things: application, other than pursuant to article 6(7) of the Law, for probate or grant of administration through an advocate or solicitor or by other specified means; caveats; an application for authorization as a trust corporation; removal of an executor or an administrator; and deposit of and access to will and other documents. The Order also prescribes various forms for purpose of the Law.

Implements: Probate (Jersey) Law 1998. (2004-08-31)

This Law provides rules relative to the administration of the estate of a deceased person. It, among other things: defines the jurisdiction of the Royal Court in relation to probates and administrations; makes provision with respect to the procedure of grant of probate and administration; and provides for the recovery and distribution of an estate.

Implemented by: Probate (General Provisions) (Jersey) Regulations 1998. (2004-08-31)
Implemented by: Probate (General) Rules 1998. (2004-08-31)

This Order specifies jurisdictions for the purposes of articles 6(7) and 21(1) of the Probate (Jersey) Law 1998. Article 6 provides for the application for and the making of a grant of probate or administration. Article 21 provides for protection for person releasing movable estate without grant.

Implements: Probate (Jersey) Law 1998. (2004-08-31)

This Act concerns the administration of real estate and personal property of deceased persons by an administrator or executor by will. The Act also makes provision for the distribution of estates under intestate and other administration or disposal of assets. The Administrator General, an office established under this Act, may, subject as is provided in and by the Wills and Probate Act, apply to the Court for Letters of Administration.

This Act establishes the Registrar General who shall keep four separate and distinct indexes of: (a) Deeds; (b) probates of Wills and Letters of Administration; (c) judgments, decrees, orders and rules; and (d) memoranda of lis pendens. The Act also provides for examination of documents and certified copies and grants the power to make Rules to the Registrar General.

This Act makes provision for the registration and execution of deeds. It also provides for the protection of purchasers and mortgagees. For the purposes of this Act a memorandum of a statutory lease executed in accordance with the provisions of the Land Tenants (Security of Tenure) Act, shall be deemed to be a deed registrable under this Act. Deeds shall be certified by a licensed Surveyor within the meaning of the Land Surveyors Ordinance.

This Act provides for matters of succession to and protection and administration of property of a deceased person. Succession to rights can be intestate or on the basis of a will. The Act also sets out rules for the construction of wills.Except so far as expressly authorized by this Act, or by any other written law, or by a grant of representation under this Act, no person shall, for any purpose, take possession or dispose of, or otherwise intermeddle with, any free property of a deceased person.

Implemented by: Probate and Administration Rules (Cap. 160). (2012-12-31)

This Act provides for matters relating to interests, i.e. perpetuities and accumulations in (immovable) property. It, among other things: provides for the vesting of the interests, duration, interests regarding (leases of) land, restrictions on accumulations in general, and restriction on accumulation for the purchase of immovable property.

These Rules implement provisions of the Law of Succession Act and provide for matters of succession to and protection and administration of property of a deceased person.

This Decree amends the Succession, Probate and Administration Act in section 49 which concerns maximum deposits in any bank that may be paid to widow or next of kin without probate or administration.

Amends: Succession, Probate and Administration Act (Cap 60). (1985)

This Act provides rules relative to succession in case of death. The Act makes provision, among other things, for: court jurisdiction and powers; probate and administration of estates; Distribution of real and personal estate of intestate; and caveats. If an executor who has obtained probate, or an administrator with the will annexed, after request in writing neglects or refuses to: execute a transfer of land devised to a devisee such devisee may apply to court for an order upon such executor or administrator to comply with such request.