Free Shares Heirs: 6,000 Dinars With Two Documents
Free shares heirs do not file the online form for the 6,000-dinar payment; they collect the money at Postanska Stedionica Bank with an ID card and an inheritance decision granting the cash benefit.
Heirs of deceased holders of free-share rights from the Share Fund do not submit an online application for the one-time cash benefit of 6,000 dinars. Unlike other citizens, they claim the payment directly at the counter, with two documents.
The payout is not handled at post offices. An heir can withdraw the money only at a branch of Postanska Stedionica Bank, and only on the basis of:
- a valid ID card
- a final inheritance decision
The inheritance decision must include, among the inherited assets, both the right to the cash benefit and the right to transfer the free shares that the deceased rights holder acquired through registration. Without that detail, the bank counter will not pay out the benefit, no matter how long the share transfer has already been completed at the Central Securities Registry (CRHOV).
What If the Decision Only Mentions the Shares, Not the Money?
The reason lies in how the payout itself works. The 6,000-dinar benefit was deposited into the account of the person originally registered as the holder of the free-share rights, not automatically into the heir’s account. Transferring the shares at the CRHOV does not change that fact.
If the existing probate decision does not list the right to the cash benefit, the heir must first request a supplementary inheritance decision before going to the bank. This most often happens with people who already transferred the shares in the registry, but whose cash benefit was not yet part of the estate at that time.
Heirs’ rights are governed by the Law on the Right to Free Shares and the Cash Benefit Citizens Realize Through the Privatization Process: the heir of a deceased rights holder claims the benefit and the share transfer under the same conditions the deceased person would have.
Other Citizens Have Until September 21 to Apply
For citizens who are not heirs, and who are not in a category that receives the payment automatically, the online application through the Treasury Administration’s portal runs from September 7 to 21, 2026, at idp.trezor.gov.rs. The Ministry of Finance then checks eligibility against data from official records.
Without applying, the benefit automatically goes to beneficiaries of pension and disability insurance and to social assistance recipients, whose data is submitted by the Republic Pension and Disability Insurance Fund and the Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs. For people held in institutions for the enforcement of criminal sanctions, the money goes to the deposit account of the institution where they are held.
According to the Ministry of Finance’s announcements, the payout is planned for September and should be completed by September 25. Citizens who claim the benefit through the online application have one year to withdraw the money, while the separate rule for heirs mentions no such deadline, since the right is proven directly at the counter.
As of our earlier report, the Treasury Administration’s portal has received 877,525 applications from citizens who are not heirs. Application status can be checked under “Provera statusa prijave” (Check application status), and any complaint is filed through the “Prijava problema” (Report a problem) option, after which the relevant authorities send the Treasury Administration the additional data needed for verification.
Citizens who already have a current or dedicated account at Postanska Stedionica Bank will have the money transferred there. Those without an account get one opened automatically by the bank, so there is no need to file a separate request in advance. That rule, however, does not apply to heirs: they prove their right solely with an ID card and an inheritance decision, directly at the branch.
