Abstract: The subject of this work is the peculiarities associated with inheriting stock in a company. Within the framework of this research, author attempts to determine and examine the issues affecting citizens of the Russian Federation, who inherited stock in partnerships and organizations, artels, poorly and vaguely regulated in civil law that regulates this sphere of public relations. Special attention is also given to the point of transfer of stake in a company to the heirs through inheriting stock. Based on the conducted research, the author comes to a conclusion that one of the key peculiarities in exercising preemptive rights in inheritance is the option for the heir to receive a lump sum of money or property as the inheritance. The novelty of this research consists in the legal assessment of the peculiarities of exercising preemptive right by the heirs in business sphere. Realization of the following principles are reviewed: good faith, universal succession, freedom of choice of the heirs. The author underlines the need for modification of the legal framework that regulates inheritance, and transfer of various types of objects of commercial organizations. The legal ways of solution with regards to inheriting a relatively new commercial organization, such as economic partnership, are proposed.