Senegal - Apply for a Curatorship

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Procedure

Apply In-Person

1. To apply for a Curatorship, the concerned person should visit the public prosecutor office or to the civil status office where the death occurred to file the process.
2. Submit the request letter attached to the supporting (as mentioned below) to the verified by the prosecutor or the civil status officer and verbally provided any useful information that may be brought to your attention about the deceased, i.e. whether or not the deceased left sums of money, household effects or papers at the place of death, etc.
3. The Prosecutor or the civil status officer will then verify, if all the necessary information and documents have been provided and note down the information, if everything is in order the application file will then be forwarded to the competent court for evaluation and consideration.
4. The court will then conduct due diligence, the curator will then be appointed for the administration of estates and vacant property, the functions of ex officio curator are fulfilled within the jurisdiction of each departmental court by the receiver of the registration of taxes and estates.

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Required Documents

• A request addressed to the president of the county court
• A death certificate
• Applicant valid identification document

Office Locations & Contacts

National Civil Status Center (CNEC)
Ministry of Territorial Communities and Regional Planning, Government Spokesperson; (MCTAT)
Physical address: Dieuppeul Derklé Allées Khalifa Ababacar Sy – Dakar
Senegal
Telephone: (+221) 33 869 47 01
Fax number: (+221) 33 869 47 33
Ministry Contact link details: Link

Directorate of Civil Affairs and the Seal
Ministry of Justice (MJ)
Physical Address 58, rue Carnot - Annex Ministry of Justice
Postal Address: 4030-Dakar;
Senegal
Telephone: (+221) 33 823 59 57
Fax: (+221) 33 823 16 12

Ministry contact link details: Link

All Courts of instances list (formerly departmental) Ministry of Justice (MJ) contact link:Link

Eligibility

• The request is made by hoteliers and other reception and accommodation structures, or by directors of hospitals or health facilities.

Fees

• No fees associate with the service

Validity

The curator's mission will only end during the following circumstances;

• When he/she hand over the estate (this is given either to the heirs whose rights have been recognized or to the domain service)
• By the total liquidation of the assets of the succession
• By handing over to the beneficiaries the goods and values ​​that he has administered in their name

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Processing Time

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Instructions

Important notes

• The law stipulates that in the event of death in their structure, the managers of hotels, hostels and other reception and accommodation structures, as well as the managers of hospitals and other health facilities, must, under penalty of damages to those concerned, provide the registrar with all useful information that may be brought to their attention. They must declare to him at the same time whether or not the deceased left sums of money, household effects or papers at the place of death.
  

Required Information

• Full name of the applicant
• Contact details
• Residential address
• Personal Details of the deceased
• Identity card details
• Death certificate details
• Declaration by the applicant

Need for the Document

• Curatorship is the administration of property left vacant by a deceased person under certain conditions specified by law. It makes it possible to decide what to do with property, sums of money, household effects, papers and other belongings left by the deceased to his wife (s) and children.
• The role of the curator is to provisionally administer assets and values ​​on behalf of potential or virtual heirs. As soon as the curator becomes aware of a death and does not present himself as heir, universal legatee or executor, he is responsible for supervising and speeding up operations and case management.

Information which might help

• If appointed as a curator, you should begin the search for heirs and creditors with an advertisement in the Official Journal. This publicity, which must be made within 8 days of affixing the seals, invites the creditors of the succession to produce proof of their claims (debt securities), either to the curator or to the notary who draws up the inventory of goods.

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External Links

• Senegal Government website: Link
• Senegal Administrative procedures portal;Link

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