Saad (Manager) 23 December 2012

Ownership of joint property

Dear Experts,

I am planning to purchase an resale apartment in Bangalore Karnataka. The current owner of the flat had purchased this flat alomst an year ago and got the property registered on his and his wife's name at that time.

Now the wife has expired.

Can you please advice if in such case of a joint property where the wife is desceased, can the husband sell the property when the registration and ownership exists on the name of both husband and wife.

Also please advice, in this scenario, what are the other legal documents I should look into and ask the owner to provide, to ensure that the property is correct and does not has any legal hassels, before purchasing

Many Thanks,

Saad

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Gauranga Bhattacharya (Officer ( Retired )) 23 December 2012

With the expiry of the coowner (here the wife) the property belongs to the husband solely. Hence, he can sale the property after complying with all the legal formalities, i.e. due recording of death of his wife and deletion of her name in the Registry Office of the concerned Govt.