The lawyer spoke about the new rules for informing heirs about debts

Russians will be informed about the testators' debt obligations. Heirs will be able to compare debts with the value of the property transferred to them and give it up. Lawyer Alexey Petropolsky announced this on Monday, November 24.

According to the expert, as a rule, heirs do not know that they are inheriting not only property or settlement accounts, but also within the framework of all obligations of the deceased. Sometimes it happens that the inheritance does not cover the debts that pass to them, he added.

"Now notaries will have access to credit bureaus and all judicial practice that goes into debt collection. They will inform people that in addition to property or current accounts, there are also obligations that need to be fulfilled. A person will be able to decide whether to inherit," Petropavlovsk explained in an interview with The Paragraph.

The lawyer said that in case of refusal of inheritance, it is necessary to write an appropriate statement. Then everything will go to the state along with the debts.

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On November 24, 2025, new rules for informing heirs about the debt obligations of testators will come into force in Russia, NSN reports.

On November 20, Alexander Kiselyov, managing partner of the PROV law firm, explained in an interview with Izvestia that notaries are now required to send a request to the Central Catalog of Credit Histories (CCCI) within three working days after the opening of the inheritance case to obtain data on the credit history bureau, where information about the testator is stored.

After receiving the information from the BCI, also within three working days, the notary must notify the heirs of the presence or absence of debts.

Previously, notaries applied to the CCCI to find out about the debts of the deceased, only at the request of the heirs. They were also able to obtain information about loan obligations directly from banks when they searched for accounts and deposits of the deceased within the framework of the inheritance case. 360.ru .

Earlier, on October 18, lawyer Alina Laktionova reminded that a person can be deprived of the right to inheritance, even if it is specified in the will. The reasons may be the inability of the testator to draw up the document, violation of the registration procedure, or forgery.

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