{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:824","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Duty to Declare Will","number":"824","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/824/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III - SUCCESSIONS","title":"TITLE II. LIQUIDATION OF SUCCESSIONS","chapter":"Chapter 3. - Final Determination of the Persons Entitled to the Succession","section":"Section 1. - Provisional Determination of Persons Entitled to Succeed","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"Whosoever has in his possession, finds or knows, in his capacity as a witness, of a will made by the deceased shall make a declaration regarding such will to the liquidator as soon as he comes to know of the death.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/824/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":227,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/227/?article=824&paragraph=p1#article-824-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"He shall make such declaration notwithstanding that the will seems to be affected by nullity.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/824/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":227,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/227/?article=824&paragraph=p2#article-824-p2"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}