Inheritance Law for Non-Muslims

Type

Law

Date of the text

23/06/1959

Official Gazette

published in 1959

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

130

What it provides

This law ratifies the Inheritance Law for non-Muslims, governing how a deceased person's estate passes to heirs by law or by will, including when inheritance opens, the place where the estate opens, heirs' eligibility and legal bars, and how death times are fixed when several persons die together.

What has changed this text

• Amended by Law No. 434/1995 of 15/05/1995, articles 34, 35, 36

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1959. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.