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What is a will search certificate used for?

Evidence supporting an executor's affidavit of diligent search, demonstrating that a registry was checked before the estate was treated as intestate.

This is legal information only. For advice on your own circumstances, speak to a lawyer.

Evidence supporting an executor's affidavit of diligent search, demonstrating that a registry was checked before the estate was treated as intestate.

The Canadian position

Evidence supporting an executor's affidavit of diligent search, demonstrating that a registry was checked before the estate was treated as intestate.

Provincial law governs administration, so confirm the position where the estate will actually be administered.

The Islamic position

The fixed shares apply to the net estate after funeral expenses, debts and any bequest capped at one third.

Where a Canadian mechanism has no classical counterpart, treat it as a contemporary question for a qualified scholar.

Note

This is legal information only. For advice on your own circumstances, speak to a lawyer.

Citations & sources

Every factual claim on this page traces to a source below. Details change — check the original source before relying on any figure, fee or legal position. Anything under “further reading” is related material, not a source for what is stated here.

Canadian legislation & government
  1. Locating wills and documents — Law Society of Ontario
  2. Apply for probate of an estate — Government of Ontario
  3. Estate Administration Tax — Government of Ontario
  4. Estates Act, RSO 1990, c E.21 — Government of Ontario
Further reading — Treadstone Law
  1. Estate administration before death certificate ontario — Treadstone Law
  2. How long must executor search missing beneficiary ontario — Treadstone Law
  3. Co executor dies during estate administration ontario — Treadstone Law
  4. Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law