Can I request a photocopy of a deed of inventory from the Tax Administration?
The Tax Administration stores the deed of estate inventory and its enclosures in an electronic format. When the deed is placed in electronic storage, the paper documents are destroyed.
Deeds of estate inventory are confidential. However, photocopies may be obtained for a justified reason. Photocopies may be subject to a charge. The Tax Administration’s price list on documents retrieved from the archive (in Finnish and Swedish)
How to submit a request for a photocopy
You are an inheritor or you are the person reporting the estate
- Log in to MyTax to request a copy of the deed of estate inventory
- After login, select Manage your tax matters.
- Select the Tax matters tab – Inheritance tax functions – Photocopy of the deed of estate inventory.
You represent a bank, law firm or a similar organisation
- Log in to MyTax to request a copy of the deed of estate inventory
- After login, go to Reporting and requesting information in a limited scope and click Report or request information in a limited scope.
- Click Copy of estate inventory deed link under Inheritance tax.
If you cannot use MyTax or the e-service
Complete Form 3627 to request a copy of the deed of estate inventory
Photocopies of deeds from before 1994
If the deed of estate inventory was drawn up before 1994, you should contact the District Court of the deceased person’s final municipality of domicile to ask for a photocopy. Contact information for District Courts in Finland: oikeus.fi
The Tax Administration keeps permanent records of deeds of inventory, including enclosures, drawn up in 1994 and later. For deeds drawn up before 1994, the archival period at the Tax Administration is 30 years.