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In case there are grounds prescribed by law, a compulsory enforcement officer has the right to levy execution upon the salary of a debtor and the fees equalled thereto, the funded and voluntary funded pensions of the debtor, the scholarship of the debtor and remunerations received through the use of objects of intellectual property, as well as the state pensions of the debtor, but upon a certain percentage of them, not the whole amount. In particular:

–      up to 75% may be deducted from the salary and fees equalled thereto, funded pensions and voluntary funded pensions, a scholarship and remunerations received through the use of objects of intellectual property, if they are levied in execution with the view to paying alimony or compensating for damage caused to health, damage caused by loss of breadwinner or damage caused by crime;

–      up to 50% may be deducted from incomes specified for the purpose of meeting other requirements;

–      up to 30% may be deducted from the state pensions of a debtor.

When imposing an attachment on the bank accounts of a debtor, the compulsory enforcement officer does not have information on whether the debtor receives salary or other incomes on those accounts or not. Thus, if attachment has been imposed on the salary or other incomes of a citizen in full, in order to fully or partially eliminate the attachment imposed thereon, it is necessary to submit to the compulsory enforcement officer a statement of information from the workplace (or other income payer) stating also the amount of salary (income), the bank through which the salary (income) is received and the account number (account number of employer or other income payer) from which the salary or other income is transferred.

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A citizen may find the addresses and telephone numbers of Yerevan city and marz divisions of the Judicial Acts Compulsory Enforcement Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia in the “Addresses and Telephone Numbers” section of the Service or receive information by calling the Hotline of the Service at
060-570-435.

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State registration of marriage is exercised by:

• the territorial body of the Civil Status Acts Registration Agency (if a relevant statement of information of a place of residence is available) in the place of registration of either one of those entering into a marriage, or
• the chamber for solemn registration of a marriage or birth under the system of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia (address: 3 Zakyan Street, 3rd building, Kentron Administrative District, city of Yerevan, Tel.: +374-10-520230).

Registration of marriage of the citizens residing without permanent registration is exercised by the body of the Civil Status Acts Registration Agency in the place of temporary residence of a citizen entering into a marriage. In such case, a citizen must submit a statement of information from the place of temporary residence issued by competent bodies.

If an application on marriage is submitted by a serviceman willing to get married, as per the place of service, the place of accommodation of a relevant military unit or an institution is considered as the place of residence of the serviceman. A serviceman submits a statement of information from the place of military service.

State registration of death is exercised on the day of submission of an application to a body of the Civil Status Acts Registration Agency.

A statement of information on family status is granted to the citizens of the Republic of Armenia permanently residing in the Republic of Armenia, foreign citizens and stateless persons to register marriage outside the territory of the Republic of Armenia.

A person willing to register a marriage (hereinafter referred to as “the claimant for a statement of information”), or his or her parent, or a person authorised by him or her may appeal to receive a statement of information.

The statement of information is in force for a term of 6 months following the date of issuance.

State registration of adoption is exercised on the day of submission of an application to a body of the Civil Status Acts Registration Agency.

All penitentiary institutions grant lengthy visits, while short visits are granted and conducted on working days from 10:00 to 17:00. At least one short visit per month, for up to four hours, is granted to close relatives or others. At least one lengthy visit is granted every two months — for up to three days — with the right to stay together and for meeting close relatives only. A lengthy visit is also granted for meeting the person not married to the convict but having a common child with the convict.

At least three short visits and one lengthy visit per year are granted to persons sentenced to imprisonment for a certain period or to life imprisonment for having committed a particularly grave crime. This restriction is eliminated, if the convict has actually served the punishment — the term set for granting release on parole, according to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia.

A necessary condition for granting a visit to a detained person or convict is the consent of the detained person or convict and the identification document, attached to the application, of the person having requested the visit, and for a lengthy visit — also proof of the right to reside with him or her in the past, as well as the existence of documents attesting to the blood relationship or kinship of the detained person or convict with the child.

Maximum three adults and five minors are allowed to pay a visit at the same time with a detained person. A convict serving his or her sentence in a closed, semi-closed or semi-open institution may be allowed to pay a visit at the same time with not more than three adults in case of a short visit, and in case of a lengthy visit — with not more than two adults, who may be accompanied by minor siblings, children and grandchildren of the convict.

We inform that, starting from 11 March 2016, the process of transmitting parcels, deliveries and packages to detained persons and convicts on-line will be launched as prescribed by the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia and within the scope of systemic reforms taking place within the Penitentiary Service.

From this point forth, interested persons may carry out the act of transferring deliveries without visiting penitentiary institutions by visiting the official website of the Penitentiary Service at www.ced.am.

You can receive necessary information about the method of making an on-line order by visiting the website (www.ced.am).

We also inform that the on-line order service will be initially provided only for detained persons and convicts being kept within the “Armavir” Penitentiary Institution.

A detained person may receive up to seventy kilograms of deliveries in the course of one month. Detained persons may receive deliveries as a whole or in parts, according to the established amount.

The parcels, deliveries and packages addressed to a detained person or convict are accepted from the close relatives of the detained person or convict, and in case of being addressed by other persons — they are only accepted in case of written consent of the detained person or convict.

Deliveries are accepted according to the sequence of visits of visitors.

The person bringing a delivery completes and signs the standard application form in two copies. The two copies of the application form and the identification document of the person bringing the delivery are submitted to the relevant officer of an institution. The administration of an institution records the deliveries.

Parcels, deliveries and packages are opened, and the ingredients thereof are examined by the officer of the institution in the presence of the person who has brought them. During examination, the types and quantity of the objects and foodstuffs existing in the parcel, delivery or package are compared with the types and quantity specified in the application form.

A detained person and convict are allowed to maintain correspondence at their expense, without restriction on letters sent and received.

Correspondence is carried out through the administration of an institution and is subject to external examination, without examining the contents of the correspondence, in order to rule out the transfer of prohibited objects or substances. Letters received for convicts, while they are absent, are forwarded to their new place. The letters in the name of a detained person or convict are received and the letter of a detained person or convict is sent to the addressee by the administration of a remind facility or correctional institution not later than within 3 working days from the day of receiving or submitting the letter for sending.

The detained person or convict may, at his or her expense, use a telephone installed within a remand facility or in the premises of a correctional institution, respectively. A detained person is given the opportunity to use telephone communication in case of absence of an attachment from a body implementing criminal proceedings.

Telephone communication is organised through telephone junction boxes with cards; the detained person or convict may obtain the cards for those boxes from the kiosk or store of the remand facility or correctional institution or receive them as deliveries or in a parcel.

In the interests of examination, telephone conversations of detained persons may be prohibited upon the decision of the body implementing criminal proceedings.

The duration of use of telephone communication may not exceed 15 minutes in each case.

Using telephone communication is not permitted at night hours.

Convicts, with the exception of those convicted for particularly dangerous repeat offences or particularly grave crimes, may be granted short term leaves in exceptional personal situations (such as the death or serious life-threatening disease of close relatives, or a natural disaster that has caused considerable material damage upon the convict or his or her family) or for purposes of social rehabilitation.

Short leaves are granted for up to seven days, excluding the time required for leaving and returning, which may not exceed three days.

A convict serving punishment at an open correctional institution may be granted, for the purpose of social rehabilitation, a short leave for up to one month, excluding the time required for leaving and returning, which may not exceed three days.

A convict serving punishment at an open correctional institution may be granted short term leave for not more than six times in the course of the year, and a convict serving punishment at a semi-open, semi-closed or closed correctional institution — not more than twice in the course of the year.

A convict who is negatively characterised may be granted a short term leave only if he or she is accompanied by a representative or representatives of a correctional institution.

A request for granting short term leave due to personal emergencies is reviewed within one day, and for the purposes of social rehabilitation, the request is reviewed within a three-day period.

Detained persons, except for persons accused of particularly grave crimes, may be granted short leaves in case of death or serious life-threatening disease of close relatives, natural disaster that caused considerable material damage to the detainee or his or her family. Short leaves are granted upon the decision of the body implementing criminal proceedings.

A person who avoids returning to the correctional institution within the prescribed time period shall be subject to criminal liability.

Yes, a citizen has the right, at his or her discretion, to bequeath any property to any person, to determine the portion of the heirs in the succession in any manner, to deprive the heirs by law of succession, to revoke, amend, or supplement the composed will. Moreover, he or she is not obliged to inform anybody on making, amending or revoking a will.

This right of the citizen is restricted only by the rules on compulsory portion of a succession. A compulsory portion is considered as the right of an heir to inherit, regardless of the content of the will, at least half of the portion which would have been allotted to him or her in case of succession by law. At the time of opening the succession, minor children, as well as children, the spouse, and parents of a testator who have been declared as disabled or having no active legal capacity as prescribed by law or have attained the age of 60, have the right to compulsory portion.

Yes, acceptance of succession through a representative is possible, if the power of accepting it is specifically provided for in the power of attorney.

The same also refers to renunciation from succession through a representative. Renunciation from succession through a representative is possible, if such a power is specifically provided for in the power of attorney.

The course of six months following the day of opening of succession is set as the term for acceptance of succession under Article 1227 of the Civil Code of the Republic of Armenia. If the right of succession arises for other persons in case the heir renounces the succession, they may accept the succession within the remaining term, and if it is less than three months, they may accept it within three months.

The term of a power of attorney may not exceed three years. If no term is indicated in the power of attorney, it remains in force within a period of one year from the day of issuance.

A power of attorney certified under notarial procedure is abolished or power of attorney is rejected under notarial procedure.

In case of gift contract, property is transferred to the donee from the moment of certification of gift contract and registration of the right of ownership by the authorised body, and in case of will — from the moment of formulation of succession and registration of the right of ownership by the authorised body following death of the testator, that is, the heir.

An identification document and a document certifying payment of state fee are required for record-registration of an individual entrepreneur.

The sample forms required for state registration are available at e-register.am.

State registration is carried out within 2 working days, except when the person uses a sample form, in which case state registration is carried out immediately.

No state fee is levied for commercial organisations, and the state fee set for state record-registration of an individual entrepreneur is AMD 3000.

An insured right to movable property is fully registered through registration at registration.am. The state fee set for registration of insured right is AMD 2000.