Enforcement Rules for the Act Governing Relations between Peoples of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area Article 59

A person of the Mainland Area who inherits the estate of a person of the Taiwan Area according to Article 66 of the Act shall claim the inheritance within three years from the date of the commencement of succession by submitting the following documents to the court of the place where the deceased was domiciled:1. A written application.2. A transcript of household registration removing the deceased upon death and an inheritance diagram.3. Verification of status as an entitled heir.The written application provided for in Subparagraph 1 of the preceding Paragraph shall specify the following items and be signed by the applicant:1. Name, gender, age, nationality, job, and domicile of the applicant; name and domicile of the service agent in the Taiwan Area for service of government documents, if any.2. Intent to accept the inheritance and the purpose and facts thereof.3. Evidence for verification or explanation.4. Attached documents and the number of such documents.5. District court.6. Year, month and day.The identification document under Subparagraph 3 of Paragraph 1 shall be verified by an institution set up or designated by the Executive Yuan or a private organization entrusted by the Executive Yuan. In case of several heirs in the same order of inheritance, each person shall additionally submit complete information relating to each person’s family ties. In case of approval of the application for inheritance pursuant to Paragraph 1, the court shall immediately notify the applicant, other heirs and the administrator; provided that such notification shall be exempt where it is not feasible.