Section 26A Application for declarator of succession as heir in general or to specified landsF1
United Kingdom
On an application being made by any person having an interest, the Sheriff of Chancery may, if satisfied that—
such deceased person as may be specified in the application died before 10th September 1964 and that person either—
was domiciled in Scotland at the date of his death; or
was the owner of lands situated in Scotland to which the application relates; and
the applicant, or as the case may be such person as may be specified in the application, has succeeded as heir to that deceased, and is either—
heir in general; or
heir to such lands as may be specified in the application,
grant declarator that the applicant, or as the case may be such person as may be specified in the declarator, is the heir in general or heir to the lands so specified.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Ss. 26A-26C inserted (28.11.2004) by Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 5), ss. 68, 71, 77(2) (with ss. 58, 62, 75); S.S.I. 2003/456, art. 2