================================================================ DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO SELL PROPERTY ================================================================ Property: ______________________ Date: ______________ TITLE AND OWNERSHIP ------------------- [ ] Original sale deed or conveyance deed in your name, registered [ ] Chain of earlier deeds showing how title reached you [ ] Mother deed, where the buyer’s lawyer traces title further back [ ] Gift deed, partition deed, will or succession certificate, where ownership came that way [ ] Encumbrance certificate for the period a buyer’s bank will ask for [ ] Release or no-dues letter from your lender, if a loan was ever registered against it [ ] Original documents currently with a bank identified, and the release process started REVENUE AND TAX RECORD ---------------------- [ ] Khata, patta, 7/12 extract or the equivalent record in your state, in your name [ ] Mutation record showing the transfer to you was recorded [ ] Latest property tax receipt, and receipts for earlier years if asked [ ] Water and electricity bills paid up to date, in the name of the owner [ ] Land conversion order, where agricultural land was converted for residential use APPROVALS FOR THE BUILDING -------------------------- [ ] Approved building plan and layout sanction [ ] Commencement certificate [ ] Occupancy certificate, and completion certificate where issued [ ] Approved plan for anything added later, or a record of the regularisation if applicable [ ] RERA registration details, where the project is registered and still within its period SOCIETY OR APARTMENT ASSOCIATION -------------------------------- [ ] Share certificate for a co-operative society flat [ ] No-dues certificate covering maintenance, corpus and any special levy [ ] Society NOC for the transfer, and its stated fee [ ] Copy of the society’s bye-laws where a buyer asks for them [ ] Minutes or a letter confirming there is no pending litigation involving the flat [ ] Parking allotment letter for the bay being sold with the flat IDENTITY AND STATUS OF THE SELLER --------------------------------- [ ] PAN and Aadhaar for every person named on the title [ ] Recent photographs as the sub-registrar requires [ ] Marriage certificate or name-change record, where the name on the deed differs from current papers [ ] Death certificate and succession or legal heir record, where a co-owner has died [ ] Power of attorney, properly executed, where a co-owner will not attend in person [ ] For an NRI seller: passport, visa, overseas address proof and the tax clearance the buyer’s bank will ask about FOR THE TRANSACTION ITSELF -------------------------- [ ] Agreement to sell, once terms are settled, with the payment schedule stated [ ] Receipt for the token or advance, naming the property and the parties [ ] Draft sale deed, prepared and read by both sides before the appointment [ ] Clarity in writing on who bears stamp duty, registration and society transfer charges [ ] A handover list of what stays with the property — fittings, fixtures, keys, parking tags ================================================================ NOTE ================================================================ This template is a general starting point, not legal or tax advice. Stamp duty, registration charges, tax thresholds and notice periods are set by each state and change from year to year, so no rate or limit is stated here. Confirm the current position with the sub-registrar for the property, your state revenue portal or a qualified professional before you sign, pay or serve anything. Template from My Property Pages — https://mypropertypages.com/documents