Service · INHERITANCE & ESTATES

Inherited Property in Ukraine

An inherited apartment, house, or land plot in Ukraine becomes yours on paper through the inheritance certificate and a registry update — both done while you live in Canada through your representative. From there the property can be kept, managed, or sold; each path is coordinated as one file from the certificate onward. LexRoota coordinates the notary, the registry, and the eventual sale mechanics; the notary and registry perform the regulated acts.

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This service is for you if…

You inherited an apartment or house in Ukraine and live in Canada
The certificate is issued and the title now needs registering in your name
Several heirs share one property and shares must settle
You want to keep the property managed or sell it — either from Canada

What LexRoota coordinates

Certificate-based registration of your ownership in the state registry

Share structure settled between heirs before any sale or disposal

Property management setup where you keep the asset

Full sale coordination where you sell, including buyer and notary handling

Proceeds routing within current NBU rules, with your Canadian bank's file ready

A record set covering you end to end: certificate, registration, sale act, payment proofs

Typical route

Inherited Property in Ukraine

Day 1–5

Title position

We confirm the certificate, the heirs' shares, and the current registry record for the property.

Assessment

Week 1–3

Registration

Your ownership registers against the certificate; any share issues between heirs settle in this window.

Ukraine

Week 3+

Keep or sell decision

The keep path sets up management; the sell path starts the listing, buyer side, and closing coordination.

Sale track

Closing and proceeds

The notary closes the sale, the registry updates, and proceeds move under the planned route with documents ready.

Signed

Documents typically required

Inheritance certificate for the property

Your passport and RNOKPP

POA for your representative

Property identifiers and existing title documents

Other heirs' positions and documents where shares divide

Utility and building account status for the handover

What the route depends on

Sole heir versus shared inheritance, which decides the share work
Keep versus sell, diverging right after registration
Property condition and occupancy, including any informal occupants
The proceeds route for a sale, fixed against current NBU rules

What can slow or block this

Shares never formalized, so a sale cannot start until each heir registers
Occupants in the property whose legal position complicates a sale
Utility debts and building arrears surfaced at the account audit
An heir unreachable abroad just as their signature becomes necessary

TIMING

Registration against an issued certificate typically takes 2–4 weeks; a subsequent sale follows the standard 4–8 week closing window, with proceeds routing documented in the same file.

FEES

Fixed coordination fees per stage — registration, management setup, or sale — quoted in writing; notary, state, and registry fees are listed separately.

WHO ELSE IS INVOLVED

Ukrainian notary and the state property registry · Your authorized representative · Realtor and buyer's side on the sell track · Ukrainian and Canadian banks for the proceeds route · Utility providers and building administration

Common questions

The certificate is issued. Am I already the legal owner?

Ownership arises with the inheritance, and the certificate plus registry registration make it opposable and sellable. Registration is the step banks, buyers, and authorities actually check, so we complete it promptly after the certificate issues.

Can I sell the property before registering my ownership?

The buyer's notary needs your registered title or the certificate-backed registration completed in the same chain. We sequence registration and sale so one follows the other without a dead interval.

My brother and I inherited one apartment in Kyiv. What are our options?

Sell and split proceeds, one buys the other's share, or keep it jointly and rent it out. Each structure runs through notarized acts; we map the tax and document consequences of each before you choose.

Someone is living in the inherited apartment. Does that block a sale?

It complicates rather than blocks. The occupant's legal basis — or its absence — is established first, and the realistic sequence and timeline get stated plainly before you commit to the sale track.