In general, the process of obtaining a Certificate of Legal Heir takes about 30 days from the department. And if you have unnecessary delays in obtaining this certificate, or if the relevant officers do not respond, you can contact the Revenue Division (ROD) officer/sub-collector for further procedures. If a person wishes to obtain a valid legal certificate of inheritance, they can contact the Tahsildar region/taluk if they live in a rural area. If the plaintiff resides in a city, he or she may apply to the corporation, municipal office or civil district court. There will be an investigation by the authority to determine the validity of the claim of ownership of the assets. After the investigation, the authority issues to the legal heir the names of all the legal heirs of the person who is no more. The process by which a person can obtain a certificate of inheritance is as follows: The following persons are considered legal heirs and may claim a legal certificate of inheritance under Indian law: The legal certificate of inheritance is an important legal document that determines the appropriate successor for ownership of an asset or property in the event of the sudden death of the registered owner. The legal certificate of inheritance is also called the deed of succession and highlights the rightful owners to whom the property must be transferred. The Tahsildar issues the legal deed of inheritance after conducting an appropriate investigation of the heirs concerned.
Before contacting the authorities, you must submit an application in a standard format and carefully fill in all the details of your application. The information you must provide in the application for a certificate of inheritance includes the names of all legal heirs, their addresses and their respective relationship to the deceased. Have copies of all the documents in the above list handy. All these documents must be certified by the legal heir to whom they belong. A legal certificate of inheritance is issued only to identify the heirs of the deceased, while a certificate of succession is issued to establish the validity and legality of the legal heirs and give them authority over the deceased`s property and title. This must be done shortly after receiving the death certificate from the municipal corporation. In order to obtain the legal certificate of inheritance, the person concerned must submit an application to the competent government body. It is very important to obtain this certificate because it is the main document required to assert the right to fees and property of the deceased. This law created rights to claim the securities or assets or property of the person who dies without inheritance. However, the usefulness of the act of succession is limited in the event of transfer of ownership, transactions with financial institutions or legal proceedings. In this case, the legal certificate of inheritance is not valid and the certificate of inheritance takes over the role. The service fee for issuing the Andhra Pradesh Legal Certificate of Inheritance requires a fee of Rs 35.
After completing the form, the applicant must submit it with the above documents. If payment is required, the applicant will receive an acknowledgement of receipt, which must be presented upon collection of the certificate. The legal certificate of heredity and the certificate of inheritance are fundamentally different from each other. The legal certificate of inheritance recognizes the actual living heirs of the deceased person and is issued by the tehsildar of the district concerned, while the certificate of inheritance is issued by the civil court to the identified legal heirs of the deceased. Anyone listed in the “Legal heirs of the deceased” section can apply for the deed, while only the legal heir can apply for the certificate of inheritance. A person who succeeds a person who died by will or by law is called a legal heir. A legal heir is any male or female person who has the right to take over the property of a deceased person in a will or under inheritance law.