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No. Local authorities may only acquire property when the owner has been dead for at least 30 years.
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A succession is deemed to be vacant when:
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the deceased
has left no heir, nor any
will
naming a third party as beneficiary;
- all the heirs have waived their rights in the succession;
- the heirs have not exercised their right to accept or forgo a succession within a period of six months as from the opening of the succession.
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In these circumstances, the deceased's estate is managed by the state, which takes responsibility for discharging the liabilities. Once this procedure is complete, the state inherits the deceased's assets and the succession is said to be vacant, provided no heir has appeared. The local authority may only attempt to take possession of a property that forms part of a vacant succession, which is known as ownerless real estate, 30 years after the death of the former owner.