Procedure for getting copy of the lost title deed
Pushpalatha H
(Querist) 25 October 2024
This query is : Resolved
Original title deed is lost. Original document is damaged beyond recognition in Registry office so certified copy cannot be granted by Registry office. How to get certified copy of the title deed? What is the procedure for getting the title deed?
T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate
(Expert) 25 October 2024
you can get a certified copy of a damaged registered document from the registrar's office.
Submit the application to the sub-registrar office, where the property was originally registered. Once the documents are verified, your application will be accepted. A duplicate copy of the property papers will be issued to you in a matter of 15-20 days.
kavksatyanarayana
(Expert) 25 October 2024
You can request the Sub Registrar to grant a copy of the original document by paying the necessary fees. If the Sub Registrar refuses to grant a copy of the document, you can complain against the Sub Registrar to the District Registrar concerned. You may get it online through the e-seva centre.
Pushpalatha H
(Querist) 27 October 2024
Original document is damaged beyond recognition in the Registry office so certified copy cannot be granted by Registry office. A certificate is received from the registrar office in this regard. Our original document is lost. How to get a duplicate copy of the document?
P. Venu
(Expert) 28 October 2024
Has the authority informed you in writing? And what is the purpose for which the document is required?
Pushpalatha H
(Querist) 29 October 2024
Original document is damaged beyond recognition in the Registry office so certified copy cannot be granted by Registry office. A certificate is received from the registrar office in this regard. Document is required for partition of the property as per registered will.
Pushpalatha H
(Querist) 01 November 2024
Original document is damaged beyond recognition in the Registry office so certified copy cannot be granted by Registry office. A certificate is received from the registrar office in this regard. Document is required for partition of the property as per registered will.
Isaac Gabriel
(Expert) 09 November 2024
Seek information under the Right to Information Act when the fact could be obtained by written reply.
Pushpalatha H
(Querist) 10 November 2024
Thanks for the reply. A certificate is received from the registrar office in this regard. Some one told that we have to advertise the matter in newspaper. We would like to know the procedure for the same.
Pushpalatha H
(Querist) 13 November 2024
Can I get loan against certified copy of title deed?
T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate
(Expert) 23 November 2024
The certificate issued by the sub registrar will be sufficient and the content available in the photocopy can be taken as base for further transactions in respect of this property
P. Venu
(Expert) 24 November 2024
Prior deed is not mandatory for registering a deed conveyance or partition. In this context,the Kerala High Court has held in Balachandran v. Others 2023:KER:38083 that
"4. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the learned Government Pleader and having regard to the law laid down by this court in Sumathi (supra), I am of the view that these writ petitions are liable to be allowed.
"The learned counsel for the petitioner is right in contending that it is open for persons to transfer possessory right. That is settled by judgment of this court in W.P(C) No.2871/2018 where in paragraph 2, this court held as follows;
“2. The possessory rights also can be conveyed. There is no bar impediment under law in transferring the possessory right of a person to another person. The possession is based on a lease or under a title, is not a matter of enquiry by the Sub Registrar. What all the rights the petitioner is having, alone can be conveyed to the transferee.
"I am of the view that the same principle can be applied in the facts of these cases as well. The persons executing the document can only transfer the right that they have and merely because they are purporting to transfer possessory rights and they are not been able to produce any prior documents cannot be a ground for the Sub Registrar to refuse registration. Therefore these writ petitions are allowed. The documents presented for registration in both these cases shall be registered subject to compliance of usual formalities without insisting for production of prior documents."
