Detailed description
If you want to ensure that your death disposition (e.g. your will) is found and opened in the event of inheritance, you can place it in special official custody. This also protects your death decree from forgery or loss.
If your disposition upon death is certified by a notary (notarial deed), this person will arrange for special official storage.
In the case of privately written (handwritten) wills, you can personally hand them over to the local court for special official custody.
Notaries and depository courts register death dispositions electronically in the Central Will Register. The Central Will Register contains custody information on wills, inheritance contracts and other documents relevant to succession. In the event of death, the responsible probate court and the custodian are automatically informed of the death and the registration. Probate courts can also check the will register to see whether a disposition is in official custody upon death. (Only if the death is announced here)
The contents of dispositions upon death are not shown in the will register, but are kept locked at the local court.
You do not have to do anything special to register in the will register. The depositaries are legally obliged to register. However, this does not apply to privately written wills that are not kept officially. These cannot be recorded in the Central Register of Wills.