{"id":6556,"date":"2026-09-05T19:07:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/glossary\/estate\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T19:24:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:24:50","slug":"estate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/estate\/","title":{"rendered":"Succession (Moradok) : Ce qui est transmis au d\u00e9c\u00e8s selon le droit tha\u00eflandais"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Le <strong>domaine<\/strong> (\u0e21\u0e23\u0e14\u0e01, <em>moradok<\/em>; the whole mass of assets and liabilities is the \u0e01\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e21\u0e23\u0e14\u0e01, <em>kong moradok<\/em>) is everything a person leaves at death that can pass to others: property of every kind, together with rights, duties and liabilities, except those that by law or by their nature end with the person (Section 1600 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/thai-civil-and-commercial-code\/\">Code civil et commercial<\/a>). On death the estate devolves at once on the heirs (Section 1599), but nobody can deal with it until a court appoints an estate administrator. For a foreigner the estate in Thailand is usually a condominium, bank accounts, a vehicle and perhaps company shares.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table des mati\u00e8res<\/h2><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#what-the-code-puts-in-the-estate\">Ce que le Code int\u00e8gre dans la succession<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#what-falls-outside-the-estate\">Ce qui ne fait pas partie de la succession<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#how-an-estate-in-thailand-is-administered\">Comment une succession est administr\u00e9e en Tha\u00eflande<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#frequently-asked-questions\">Foire aux questions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-the-code-puts-in-the-estate\">Ce que le Code int\u00e8gre dans la succession<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p><strong>Assets and debts together.<\/strong> The estate includes land and buildings, condominium units, bank balances, vehicles, shares, money owed to the deceased and rights under contracts, but also loans, unpaid tax, guarantees and any court judgment against the deceased. Heirs take the debts along with the assets, though an heir is never liable beyond the value of what they receive (Section 1601). Creditors are paid before anyone inherits, which is why the administrator&#8217;s first job is an inventory.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p><strong>Marital property first.<\/strong> Where the deceased was married, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/marital-property\/\">sans sommeil<\/a> is divided as on divorce before the estate is calculated: the surviving spouse keeps their half outright and only the deceased&#8217;s half enters the estate, together with the deceased&#8217;s personal property (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/personal-property\/\">p\u00e9ch\u00e9 suan tua<\/a>). Only then are the shares of the spouse and the other heirs worked out.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-falls-outside-the-estate\">Ce qui ne fait pas partie de la succession<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Some things end with the person. A usufruct granted for life is extinguished on the death of the usufructuary and does not pass to heirs, a point that catches foreigners who hold Thai land through a usufruct. A lease is generally treated as personal to the tenant and ends with them unless the contract provides otherwise. Rights that are purely personal, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/parental-powers\/\">pouvoir parental<\/a> ou un <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/right-of-habitation\/\">droit d&#039;habitation<\/a>, are not inherited. Life insurance paid to a named beneficiary goes to that beneficiary directly rather than through the estate.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>A pension from abroad, a foreign bank account or a house in the home country are part of the deceased&#8217;s worldwide estate but are handled under the law and procedure of the place where they sit; a Thai court order over Thai assets does not reach them, and a foreign probate order does not reach Thai assets. Foreigners with property in two countries commonly keep a Thai will for the Thai estate and a home will for the rest, drafted so that neither revokes the other; the guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/thai-will-and-foreign-will\/\">a Thai will and a will at home<\/a> explains how.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-an-estate-in-thailand-is-administered\">Comment une succession est administr\u00e9e en Tha\u00eflande<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Banks, the Land Office and the Department of Business Development release nothing on the strength of a will or a death certificate alone. An heir or interested person petitions the provincial court for the appointment of an estate administrator (Section 1713); an uncontested petition takes about 3 to 6 months. The administrator then collects the assets, pays debts and taxes, and distributes to the heirs under the will or, without one, in the statutory order of Section 1629. A foreign heir who receives land needs ministerial permission under Section 93 of the Land Code or must sell within a year; a condominium passes if the building&#8217;s 49% foreign quota allows.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Tax is rarely an issue: inheritance tax under the Inheritance Tax Act B.E. 2558 applies only to the part of an inheritance above 100 million baht per recipient, at 5% for descendants and ascendants and 10% for others, and a spouse is exempt. The practical risks are elsewhere: an estate nobody applies to administer, a condominium accumulating common-area arrears, or a claim brought after the one-year limitation period in Section 1754 has run.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"frequently-asked-questions\">Foire aux questions<\/h2>\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list\">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Qu'est-ce qui est inclus dans une succession selon le droit tha\u00eflandais ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Under Section 1600 the estate is all property of the deceased plus their rights, duties and liabilities, except those that are purely personal. Debts are included, but an heir is liable only up to the value of what they inherit. Marital property is divided first, so only the deceased&#8217;s half of the sin somros enters the estate.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-2\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Un \u00e9tranger peut-il h\u00e9riter d'une succession en Tha\u00eflande ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Oui, que ce soit en tant qu'h\u00e9ritier l\u00e9gal ou en vertu d'un testament. Les comptes bancaires, les v\u00e9hicules, les actions et les unit\u00e9s de copropri\u00e9t\u00e9 (dans la limite du quota \u00e9tranger) sont transmis normalement. La terre fait exception : un h\u00e9ritier \u00e9tranger doit obtenir l'autorisation du ministre de l'Int\u00e9rieur en vertu de l'article 93 du Code foncier, ou doit vendre le terrain dans un d\u00e9lai d'un an et en conserver le produit.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-3\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Combien de temps faut-il pour r\u00e9gler une succession en Tha\u00eflande\u00a0?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>La nomination judiciaire d'un administrateur prend environ 3 \u00e0 6 mois si elle n'est pas contest\u00e9e, plus un mois pour le certificat attestant l'absence de recours. Le recouvrement et le transfert des actifs prennent ensuite quelques mois de plus. Les successions reposant sur un testament \u00e9tranger qui doit \u00eatre traduit et l\u00e9galis\u00e9 prennent g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement un an ou plus.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Voir aussi\u00a0: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/estate-administrator\/\">administrateur de succession<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/probate\/\">succession<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/statutory-heir\/\">h\u00e9ritier l\u00e9gal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/inheritance-tax\/\">Imp\u00f4t sur les successions<\/a>, et les guides sur <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/thailand-inheritance-guide-for-foreigners\/\">inheritance law in Thailand for foreigners<\/a> ET <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/probate-in-thailand-estate-administration\/\">administration des successions et des biens<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The estate (\u0e21\u0e23\u0e14\u0e01, moradok; the whole mass of assets and liabilities is the \u0e01\u0e2d\u0e07\u0e21\u0e23\u0e14\u0e01, kong moradok) is everything a person [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":214,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"estate thai law","rank_math_title":"Estate (Moradok) under Thai Law: What Passes | ThaiLawOnline","rank_math_description":"Estate under Thai law: all a person owns, is owed and owes at death, passing to heirs under Section 1600. 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