Succession certificate
javed ahmed
(Querist) 02 October 2011
This query is : Resolved
HOW TO GET SUCCESSION CERTIFICATE?IN WHICH COURT TO APPLY AND THE DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED?
REGARDS,
JAVED
Raj Kumar Makkad
(Expert) 02 October 2011
Civil Judge (SD) wherein any of property in question exists. Detail of all properties left by deceased (if possible with title deeds/documents), death certificate of deceased is required to be filed in the petition.
prabhakar singh
(Expert) 02 October 2011
you need to apply it under Indian succession
Act section 372,before the CIVIL JUDGE of the DISTRICT,where the deceased was ordinarily residing before his death with following information:
372. Application for certificate.- (1) Application for such a certificate shall be made to the District Judge by a petition signed and verified by or on behalf of the applicant in the manner prescribed by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, (5 of 1908.) for the signing and verification of a plaint by or on behalf of a plaintiff, and setting forth the following particulars, namely:--
(a) the time of the death of the deceased;
(b) the ordinary residence of the deceased at the time of his death and, if such residence was not within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Judge to whom the application is made, then the property of the deceased within those limits;
(c) the family or other near relatives of the deceased and their respective residences;
(d) the right in which the petitioner claims;
(e) the absence of any impediment under section 370 or under any other provision of this Act or any other enactment, to the grant of the certificate or to the validity thereof if it were granted; and
(f) the debts and securities in respect of which the certificate is applied for.
(2) If the petition contains any averment which the person verifying it knows or believes to be false, or does not believe to be true, that person shall be deemed to have committed an offence under section 198 of the Indian Penal Code. (45 of 1860.)
(3) Application for such a certificate may be made in respect of any debt or debts due to the deceased creditor or in respect of portions thereof.
YOU NEED TO FILE DEATH CERTIFICATE AND AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION.
Sailesh Kumar Shah
(Expert) 03 October 2011
I fully agree with detailed procedure of Shri Prabhakar Singh. He has no left room to say further.
