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REGISTERING THE DEATH OF A BRITISH CITIZEN OWNING LAND IN MONCHIQUE
My husband has passed away he owns land in Monchique, which he inherited from his mother. We engaged the services of a lawyer to transfer the title into his name, after 2yrs and £4,500 in fees this was not completed correctly due to an error on the Cadastre. Albeit my husband regularly paid the rates bill issued to him in his name by the Camara. A Portuguese colleague of mine said lawyers were not needed and that in my case I should take his death certificate to the Camara and they would transfer the ownership to myself.
I'm currently in a position whereby I cannot afford costly fee's or flights to Portugal without understanding what I can do on my own or the need for a lawyer.
My husband did not make a Portuguese will; he did make an English one which distributed his English assets but made no mention of the land in Portugal, our English lawyer for purposes of Inheritance Tax has declared it as mine as his spouse.
I would really appreciate it if anyone could advise me; or even provide an English speaking contact at Monchique Camara for people in situations such as mine. Many thanks for your time.
