================================================================ PROPERTY MUTATION CHECKLIST ================================================================ Property: ______________________ Date: ______________ WHEN MUTATION APPLIES --------------------- [ ] After buying property through a registered sale deed [ ] After inheriting property, on the strength of a will or succession record [ ] After receiving property under a registered gift deed [ ] After a partition between family members is registered [ ] After a name change that must be reflected in the revenue record [ ] After agricultural land is converted, where the record changes category DOCUMENTS USUALLY REQUIRED -------------------------- (The exact list is set by your state and municipal body. Confirm locally before filing.) [ ] Application in the prescribed form for your municipality or revenue office [ ] Copy of the registered sale deed, gift deed or partition deed [ ] Copy of the previous owner’s title document [ ] Latest property tax receipt, usually the one paid by the previous owner [ ] Encumbrance certificate for the period specified [ ] PAN and Aadhaar of the applicant [ ] Indemnity bond and affidavit, where your state requires them [ ] Death certificate and legal heir or succession certificate, for an inheritance [ ] Society NOC and share certificate, for a flat in a society [ ] Proof of the mutation fee paid FILING ------ [ ] Confirm which office handles it — municipal body, panchayat or revenue department [ ] Check whether your state accepts an online application, and file there if so [ ] Keep the acknowledgement or application number safely [ ] Note the objection period during which the change is open to challenge [ ] Respond to any notice within the time stated rather than waiting for a reminder [ ] Follow up if nothing is heard by the date the office indicates AFTER MUTATION IS RECORDED -------------------------- [ ] Obtain the updated khata, patta or record extract and check every detail on it [ ] Verify the area, boundaries and property identifier match the deed [ ] Confirm the next property tax demand is raised in your name [ ] Transfer the electricity connection into your name [ ] Transfer the water connection and any gas connection [ ] Update the society record and the share certificate [ ] Keep the mutation order with the title documents, not separately COMMON REASONS AN APPLICATION IS REJECTED ----------------------------------------- [ ] Name spelled differently on the deed and on the identity documents [ ] Property tax outstanding for an earlier period [ ] Area or boundaries in the deed inconsistent with the existing record [ ] Earlier transfer in the chain never mutated, so the register names someone two owners back [ ] Missing consent of a co-owner or of all the legal heirs [ ] Unauthorised construction on the plot that has not been regularised ================================================================ 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