How to Check If a Will Was Registered in Israel

This article addresses how and where you can check if a will was registered in Israel at the offices of the Registrar of Inheritance Affairs.

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Our law office specialize in a variety of fields, including inheritance law in Israel. This article is one in a series addressing different aspects of Israeli inheritance law, based on the Hebrew instructions on the Ministry of Justice website under the Registrar of Inheritance Affairs. To read more, see our collection of articles on inheritance issues.

Check If a Will Was Registered in Israel

Clarification regarding whether a will was registered at the offices of the Registrar of Inheritance Affairs can only be done after the death of the testator. For the purpose of inquiry, you must provide the following by post or by fax to the appropriate district:

The death certificate in the name of the testator
An application specifying the applicant’s relationship to the deceased

We provide relevant information regarding the districts in an earlier post, and we link to the district pages in Hebrew with details regarding hours of operation and more. We list the fax numbers and addresses below:

Beer Sheva and the south. The fax number is 02-6462697, and the address is Registrar of Inheritance Affairs, Beer Sheva and the south, PO Box 965, Beer Sheva, 8410802.
Haifa and the north. The fax number is 02-6467564, and the address is Registrar of Inheritance Affairs, Haifa and the north, PO Box 847, Haifa, 3100801.
Jerusalem. The fax number is 02-6467611, and the address is Registrar of Inheritance Affairs, Jerusalem, PO Box 34176, Jerusalem, 9134101.
Tel Aviv and the center. The fax number is 02-6467548, and the address is Registrar of Inheritance Affairs, Tel Aviv and the center, PO Box 9040, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, 61090.
Nazareth. The fax number is 02-6467565. The address is Registrar of Inheritance Affairs, Nazareth, 3 HaMelacha, Lev Business Building, Nazareth Ilit. (They do not provide a more specific mailing address apart from their building of operations.)