Will
KISHORE KUMAR JOSHI
(Querist) 05 May 2014
This query is : Resolved
CAN A UNREGISTERED WILL BE PREPARED IN A PLAIN PAPER OR IS IT NECESSARY TO PREPARE IT IN A NON JUDICIAL STAMP PAPER ?
KISHORE KUMAR JOSHI
Sankaranarayanan
(Expert) 05 May 2014
CAN A UNREGISTERED WILL BE PREPARED IN PLAIN PAPER ANS :YES IT IS VALUED
BUT TWO WITNESS IS MUST
prabhakar singh
(Expert) 05 May 2014
A will does not require payment of stamp duty is a general law.
So all wills can be prepared on any kind of paper and registration to those wills would be allowed BUT WITH ONE EXCEPTION THAT IF IT IS A WILL ABOUT ANY AGRICULTURAL LAND SITUATED IN UTTAR PRADESH THEN IT CAN BE PREPARED ON ANY PLAIN PAPER BUT MUST BE GOT REGISTERED IN FAVOR OF ONLY THOSE RELATIVES IN FAVOUR OF WHOM U.P.Z.Act ALLOWES IT TO BE TESTATED AND REGISTERED AS OF NECESSITY OF LAW!
Please do not mind this qualified answer.
Rajendra K Goyal
(Expert) 06 May 2014
Will on plain paper is valid, registration is optional.