Inheritance of securities from a deceased holder's account to the account of his heir or heirs is not automatic, it is executed on the basis of a heir's request filed with KDD.
In accordance with Operations Rules, KDD enters orders for transfer of dematerialised securities to the debit of a given holder when such transfer is the consequence of death of a holder, who is a natural person, on the basis of a final decree on inheritance and heir's request..
In the request, the heir needs to state his client account number opened with an authorised brokerage firm or a bank (a registry KDD member), where the inherited securities shall be transferred to. A copy of the court decree on inheritance, bearing a court's finality seal (original or certified copy) should be attached.
You may use the following form:
Application for transfer of securities on the basis of inheritance
The heir may deliver a completed and signed request to KDD:
- by mail to the address: KDD - Central Securities Clearing Corporation, LLC, Tivolska cesta 48, 1000 Ljubljana or
- by e-mail to the address: info@kdd.si .
Upon receipt of completed request with all necessary attachments, KDD will send to the heir an invoice with a money order for the costs of transfer, according to the currently valid tariff.
After receipt of payment KDD will execute the transfer of securities to the heirs' accounts and notify them of it in writing.