Non-resident inheritance in the Valencia region
You are inheriting assets in Valencia, Alicante or Castellón and you live outside Spain. We handle the whole inheritance remotely, with no need to travel: each heir’s NIE, the power of attorney you sign in your own country, form 650 with the Spanish Tax Agency applying the Valencian reliefs, the notary, the banks and the Land Registry. It is handled by a lawyer registered with the Valencia Bar, in Spanish or English.
Inheriting in Spain from another country.
When you live abroad, an inheritance fills up with deadlines, taxes and formalities that all seem to need you there in person.
Six months that do not wait for apostilles
Inheritance Tax is due six months after the death. Gathering foreign certificates, apostilles and sworn translations takes weeks, and it is the most common cause of delay.
Paying too much out of ignorance
As a non-resident you file form 650 with the national Tax Agency, but you are entitled to apply the Valencian reliefs if the deceased lived in the Valencia region, or lived outside Spain and the greatest value of their assets is here. Anyone who does not know this pays far more.
Procedures that seem to require travel
Notaries, banks and the Land Registry ask for signatures and original documents. With a well-prepared power of attorney, none of this requires you to come to Spain.
First, find out where the deceased lived.
That decides which rules apply and where the tax is filed. These are the most common cases.
The deceased lived in the Valencia region and you live abroad
What happens
The Valencian rules apply, with the 99% relief for children, spouses and parents, even if there are assets in other regions. As a non-resident heir you file form 650 with the national Tax Agency (National Tax Management Office), not the Valencian one.
The deceased lived outside Spain and had assets here
What happens
For the tax, the rules of the region holding the greatest value of the Spanish assets apply. As to who inherits, the law of their habitual residence governs, unless their will chose the law of their nationality (EU Regulation 650/2012).
You live outside the European Union
What happens
UK, US, Switzerland or any other country: you can still apply the regional rules, but you must appoint a representative in Spain before the tax deadline (article 18.4 of the Inheritance Tax Regulation).
You cannot or do not want to travel to Spain
What happens
You sign a power of attorney before a notary in your country, with an apostille and sworn translation where needed, and with it we sign the acceptance, deal with the banks and the Land Registry on your behalf.
The estate was opened in another EU country
What happens
The European Certificate of Succession proves here who the heirs are, and documents issued under that framework need no legalisation.
You want to sell the inherited property
What happens
First it is registered in your name. When you sell, the buyer withholds 3% of the price (form 211) and you declare the gain on form 210, at 19%.
Five steps, without leaving home.
One specialist handles your case from start to finish and keeps you posted at every step, in English or Spanish.
Remote consultation
By video call we review the inheritance, the deadlines and the documents from your country. You leave with a written plan.
Power of attorney and NIE
We explain how to sign the power of attorney before a notary in your country, with a Hague apostille and sworn translation where needed, and we obtain the NIE for each heir.
Documents and inventory
We obtain the death, last wills and insurance certificates, the will or declaration of heirs, and we value the assets located in Spain.
Form 650 under Valencian rules
We file the Inheritance Tax return with the national Tax Agency applying the reductions and reliefs of the Valencia region, and we review double taxation with your country.
Transfer, registration and sale
We sign the acceptance on your behalf under the power of attorney, register the property and, if you decide to sell, handle the sale and the 3 % withholding made by the buyer.
Everything a remote inheritance requires.
- Apostilled and translated power of attorney
- NIE for the heirs
- Representation before the notary, banks and Land Registry
- One point of contact, in English or Spanish
- Form 650 with the national Tax Agency
- Valencian rules under EU Court of Justice case C-127/12
- Municipal capital gains tax (plusvalía)
- Review of double taxation
- Land Registry entry of the property
- Change of bank account holders
- Sale of the inherited property
- 3 % withholding (form 211) if you sell
How long it takes from abroad.
Inheritance Tax must be settled within 6 months of the death, extendable by another 6 if requested within the first 5. With foreign documents it is best to start in the first month. The rest depends on the assets and the heirs, and we give you a written timetable.
It is free and held by video call. We go through the inheritance, the deadlines that are running and the documents from your country.
Non-resident inheritance in Valencia.
If your question is not here, we answer it in the first consultation, free of charge.
Form 650 is filed with the national Tax Agency (National Tax Management Office), not with the regional government. We file it for you.
Yes. If the deceased lived in the Valencia region, the Valencian rules apply, wherever the assets are. If the deceased did not live in Spain, the rules of the region holding the greatest value of the Spanish assets apply. This is set by the second additional provision of Law 29/1987, which followed EU Court of Justice case C-127/12 and since 2021 covers residents of any country, including outside the EU.
No. With a power of attorney granted in your country of residence, apostilled and translated where required, we handle the whole inheritance on your behalf.
Six months from the death, extendable by another six if requested within the first five. With foreign documents, it is best to start as soon as possible to avoid surcharges.
Each heir needs an NIE (or a Spanish tax number) to settle the tax and sign. If you live outside the European Union, for example in the UK, the US or Switzerland, you must also appoint a representative in Spain before the tax deadline (article 18.4 of the Inheritance Tax Regulation). If you live in the EU, it is not compulsory. We take care of both.
If you sell as a non-resident, the buyer withholds 3% of the price and pays it to the tax office within a month on form 211. You declare the gain on form 210, at 19%, and the withholding is deducted. The gain is worked out from the value you declared when inheriting. Before you sell we tell you how much you will keep. More in selling an inherited home in Valencia.
The same as if they lived here, when the Valencian rules apply: children, spouses and parents get a 99% relief. A son inheriting €200,000 pays about €125. Brothers, sisters, nephews and nieces by blood get 25% for deaths from 1 June 2026. See the calculation in what inheriting in Valencia costs.
As a rule, the law of the country where they were habitually resident when they died (article 21 of EU Regulation 650/2012). If their will chose the law of their nationality, that law applies (article 22). This covers deaths from 17 August 2015. Spanish tax is still due on the assets located here.
It is a document proving who the heirs are in another EU country (articles 62 onwards of Regulation 650/2012). It is not compulsory, but if the estate was opened in another Member State it makes the steps here much easier, and documents issued under that framework need no legalisation (article 74).
Yes. Since 2021 the regional rules apply to non-residents of any country, not only the EU. The difference is that, living outside the EU, you must appoint a representative in Spain for the tax. We take care of it.
It is handled by Laura Expósito Prosper, a lawyer registered with the Valencia Bar (ICAV) under number 15,022, entirely remotely, in Spanish or English. The first consultation is free and by video call.
ReviewReviewed by Laura Expósito Prosper, lawyer specialising in succession law · ICAV member no. 15.022Updated October 2026
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