One will have to pay to notaries 5.79 Euro for inheriting unpaid pensions
delfi.lt. BNS, lrytas.lt, 2015-01-19. Persons inheriting pension compensations accrued to their family members shall be subject to 5.79 fee for issue of a certificate of heirship.
This decision was made on Monday during a meeting of the minister of justice Juozas Bernatonis and the president of the Lithuanian Notary Chamber Marius Strackaitis, the ministry said on Monday. „Having analyzed the process of inheritance of pension compensations, we came to a common conclusion that most often the heirs are senior citizens. Therefore seeking to soothe this socially sensible situation we decided together with the Notary Chamber that in cases when only a compensation for unpaid pension accrued for the deceased is inherited notaries shall apply the minimal rate set forth by the Ministry of Justice – 5,79 Euro. The state in this case shall not take any fee for obligatory checking in public registers“, - the minister of justice said.
According to the president of the Lithuanian Notary Chamber, Klaipeda notary M. Strackaitis, imnplementing this agreement the presidium of the Lithuanian Notary Chamber on Monday adopted a decision to apply this rate which is obligatory for all the notaries. Besides, heirs will be relieved from payment of a fee for formalizing a statement to open a probate case and issue of a title certificate. „This procedure is applicable only in case when a pension compensation is inherited. Where some other property or money is inherited at the same time, all the rates set forth by the Ministry of Justice for notary actions shall be applicable“, - said M. Strackaitis.
According to the president of the Lithuanian Notary Chamber, in cases when heirs address a notary in connection with a probate case after expiration of the normal three months period they shall have to ask a court to prolong this period.
According to the information of „Sodra“ (social insurance authority), 12 thousand pensioners have died in Lithuania since May, 2014 when it became possible to inherit a compensation for unpaid pension. In 2010-2011 due to economical crisis all the pensions exceeding 650 LTL (188 Euro) were reduced