Welcome to Reinhard Mayer Probate Research

As a professional probate research agency wo do manage, in the majority of the cases and by using all available means, to find heirs and to avert the law of succession of the State (treasury inheritance law) in their favor.

To this end we not only offer our extensive know-how and long years of experience, we also have at our disposal many auxiliary means such as specialist literature and our own files as well as access to external data bases. We conduct our research not only by way of correspondence but also personally and locally through our employees in archives and offices.

To guarantee the successful conclusion to a testamentary matter we also procure the necessary documents of civil status and assist the heirs – in cooperation with notaries and specialist solicitors – with the application for the certificate of inheritance and the final settlement after the issuance of the certificate of inheritance.

For curators of the estate our service is free of charge. When we locate heirs we arrange for a contingency fee in the form of a percentage share of the estate. The contingency fee only is due in the case that assets are payable to the heirs and it covers all services rendered.

Up to the time when the assets are due to be paid out to the heirs we advance all arising expenses.

We are a member of the registered Association of German Heir Locators (Verband Deutscher Erbenermittler VDEE e.V.)

About Us …

Our agency has been active in the area of probate research at home and abroad since 1985. In 1988 the primary focus on “genealogical research” was almost exclusively changed to probate research.

We started out in Moosburg (county of Freising)

In 1993 we moved to Trostberg (county of Traunstein) into a bigger office, which was enlarged again in 2005.

We search for the legal heirs of valuable estates at home and abroad
In general we are commissioned by curators who were appointed by the court

We work for:

  • Administrators of the Estate
  • Probate Courts
  • Heirs
  • Executors of Estates
  • Attorneys and Notaries

Our services are called upon whenever…

  • there is no Testament or Last Will
  • the search for relatives is especially difficult
  • the Administrator or Probate Court´s research is unsuccessful

Our special areas of research:

  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Czech Republic
  • Poland
  • Austria
  • USA
  • Canada
  • Australia
  • United Kingdom

Management

Mayer Reinhard

Dipl.-Verwaltungswirt (FH)

Tel.: +49 (0)8621-64878-11
Mail: info@erben-mayer.de

Mayer Richard

Verwaltungsfachwirt

Tel.: +49 (0)8621-64878-13
Mail: r.mayer@erben-mayer.de

Gill Claudia

nee. Mayer

Tel.: +49 (0)8621-64878-12
Mail: c.gill@erben-mayer.de

Media reports

Trostberger Tagblatt

Newspaper article of the Year 2000

FOCUS – Magazin

Article from February 2002

Münchner Merkur

Article from 5. September 2015