Abstract

ESPINOZA-URGILES, Diana Paola; CHACON-GOMEZ, Nayibe Eloina  and  CASTRO-SANCHEZ, Fernando de Jesús. Notarial acts and inheritance rights in the Ecuadorian Land Registry. Noesis [online]. 2025, vol.7, n.esp2, pp.22-35.  Epub Dec 31, 2025. ISSN 2739-0365.  https://doi.org/10.35381/noesisin.v7i2.473.

In Ecuador, succession, regulated by the Civil Code, is the legal process by which property and rights are transferred after a person's death, ensuring the continuity of the estate and the protection of the heirs. Heirs, designated by law or will, play a central role in this transfer, and in intestate succession, when there are no direct heirs, the State may assume rights equivalent to those of nephews and nieces. The research aims to analyze the status of heirs in Ecuadorian succession law and examine the implications of notarial acts on inherited assets. The status of heir is acquired automatically according to the legal line of succession, and acceptance of the inheritance may be express or tacit. Notarial acts confer authenticity and legal certainty and must be registered in the property registry to ensure their validity and publicity.

Keywords : Status as heir; inheritance; involvement of a notary public; registration in the property registry..

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )