Heirs’ Property
Heirs' property is a legal term that describes what happens when a property has passed to
family members by inheritance but has not gone through probate to determine who legally
owns the property. This is often referred to as passing away intestate. When a property
owner dies, and the title to the property does not already reflect the new owners through
estate planning or is not quickly changed through probate in court, it creates what is called a
cloudy title.