Will Safekeeping (Thailand)

We keep the signed original of your Thai will in safekeeping at the firm. Fixed fee 1,000 THB, paid once. There is no annual charge.

Why the original matters

• A will in the ordinary written form must be signed by the testator before two witnesses present at the same time (Civil and Commercial Code section 1656).
• If a will exists in a single original and it is intentionally destroyed, that destruction revokes it (section 1695). A lost or damaged original causes doubt and delay for your heirs.
• Rights under a will take effect from the death of the testator (section 1673). Your executor needs the original at that moment, not a copy.

What you send us

• The signed original will, by registered post or by hand at our Bangkok office
• Your name and passport or ID number
• The name and contact details of your executor, so we know whom to release it to

Timing and release

We confirm receipt in writing on the day the original reaches us. We release it to you at any time on request, and after your death to the executor named in the will, on proof of death.

Need the will itself checked first? See will review and safekeeping. To make a new will, see rédiger un testament en Thaïlande.