Questions & Answers
Getting the property of an Indian Muslim employee died in the UAE
If an Indian Muslim employee died in the UAE and the company deposited his indemnity to his bank account, how can his family get his indemnity?
There is no will and the embassy refused to help.
You need to follow certain procedures after which you can get any money, property or any kind of claim related to the deceased in the UAE. You also need to do this following process if he has a Will.
Under UAE laws, if anyone dies, then, you first need to make a succession certificate from Personal Status court for which you need two witnesses.
In that proceeding, the court will decide the legal heirs of the deceased. Generally, wife, parents, and kids are the legal heirs.
After that, file a petition for all his properties based in the UAE in which you include company shares, bank accounts, insurance, property, car, and any other property owned by the deceased to transfer in the name of the legal heirs.
After the examination and confirmation with authorities, the court will order for concern authorities to transfer the assets or shares in name of legal heirs.
To make it easy, one person should take powers of attorney from all legal heirs and can proceed with the court work.
If a POA is signed outside the UAE, the attestation of that document is required from the UAE Embassy at the issuing nation and the foreign ministry of UAE. All documents should be translated into Arabic.
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