{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The S.A. LegalWills Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.legalwills.co.za\/blog","author_name":"Tim Hewson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.legalwills.co.za\/blog\/author\/timhewson\/","title":"Customer question on the day: How to register a Will?","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Hwx9LDFn6K\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalwills.co.za\/blog\/2025\/05\/04\/register-a-will\/\">Registering Your Last Will and Testament in South Africa<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legalwills.co.za\/blog\/2025\/05\/04\/register-a-will\/embed\/#?secret=Hwx9LDFn6K\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Registering Your Last Will and Testament in South Africa&#8221; &#8212; The S.A. LegalWills Blog\" data-secret=\"Hwx9LDFn6K\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.legalwills.co.za\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"Once you have written your Will, and signed it in the presence of two witnesses, you are done. There is no process to register a Will in Canada while you are alive (BC allows you to register the location of your Will only). Once you have died, the Will is filed with the courts by the Executor named in the Will.","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.legalwills.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Slide1.jpg"}