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How to Get Legal Heir Certificate in Kerala?

Name of the Organization : Kerala Government (kerala.gov.in)
Type of Facility : How to Get Legal Heir Certificate Kerala?
Location : Thiruvananthapuram

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Website : http://kerala.gov.in/

Legal Hiership Certificate :
If the head or a member of the family expires, the next direct legal heir of the deceased such as the wife or husband or son or daughter or mother may apply for legal-heirship certificate on application for the purpose of transferring Electricity connection, House Tax, Telephone connection/patta transfer, Bank Account, etc. If the person who died is a Government servant, legal heir certificate is issued for sanction of family pension, and for getting appointment on compassionate grounds.

How To Apply?
No specific application form is available. For Certificate for claiming upto Rs. 5,000/- from any bank etc.., the application is to be submitted to the concerned Tahsildar. For that, an application in white paper with Court Fee Stamp worth Rs. 5/- has to be submitted before Tahsildar.

Where as for Certificates claiming more than Rs. 5,000/- from any bank etc.. Succession certificate from a Civil Court have to be acquired

Whom to apply?

For Certificate for claiming upto Rs. 5,000/- from any bank etc.., the application is to be submitted to the concerned Tahsildar. Where as for Certificates claiming more than Rs. 5,000/- from any bank etc.. Succession certificate from a Civil Court have to be acquired.

Documents required :
Death Certificate
NOC from the legal heirs affidavit from two neighbours

Download Form Here :   https://www.indianjobtalks.in/uploads/11730-form6c%281%29.pdf

Approval Authority-Tahsildar
Enquiry- Village officer

Approval Procedure :
If the objection is received within the statutory period of 30 days, a detailed further enquiry will be conducted and evidence taken ascertains the actual Legal Heirs.

Special Conditions :
No, the certificate can be used for any other purposes by the Legal Heirs of the deceased to show the actual heirs of the deceased

Application Status : https://www.edistrict.kerala.gov.in/

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  1. Whether all the legal heirs should sign in the application requesting for legal heir certificate? Kindly advice.

  2. My wife died due to cancer on 14/07/2016. She was a teacher in aided school. Wwe have three children 19yrs, 16yrs,15yrs old and are studying. Have any possibility to get here job for my children. What can I do?

  3. Chris Linto, Thrissur East

    My husband died following Heart attack 2 months ago. I am left with 2 minor sons of 2 and 5 years of age. I have applied for a Legal Heirship Certificate from Tehsildar of Thrissur Takuk and awaiting for the Kerala Gazette notification. Other than my two minor children and me, will there be any other claimant to inherit the property owned by my late husband as per Christian Succession Act? We are Christians by birth and by faith and our marriage was solemnized in the church.

  4. I need to know that my step-mother died on 30-3-16. I looked after my parents for more than 25-years. My father was a government employee. I am single and eligible for postal family pension? How can I get the hire certificate?

  5. I have applied for legal hairship certificate from Marc eighteen. When will I get certificate?

  6. I am in a need of gazette publication copy of legal hire end certificate.

  7. I have applied for heir certificate in April 2015. When did I get and what are the formalities?

  8. My sister’s (Hindu)husband get expired. She has two minor children and husbands mother (not dependent). Whether mothers name will be included in the certificate?

  9. Deceased lady is about 35 years old having her husband and 2 kids,it was sudden death. Can her mother get heir ship certificate?

  10. Suresh . Calicut,

    My only one son expired on the 25th December 2014, He married a Muslim girl. He have one son aged only 7 months. Now his wife gone to her house permanently with child. Now My son’s provident fund, gratuity, and KGLIC and bank balance and pension all how this will be distributed? More over there is only one sister living at her husband’s house.

  11. My father expired on 13/06/2012. Now we need to transfer his ownership of his property to my mother and also his son name.

  12. I would like to get a copy of legal heir ship certificate (kadakampally )
    What should I do?

  13. How to make the legal heir application ?

  14. My mother passed away in 2007, & a request for a Heirship Cert was made at the local village office. Due to work related issues with the legal heirs, we have made a followup on this. There is some land which is in my mothers name in Kerala.
    Kindly advise the procedure in obtaining the same now after 6 years.

  15. My husband expired on 24 th August 2004 in Trichur-Kerala. I had one son, at that time he was seven years old. So I left from Trichur and now living at Chennai. Now I want legal heir certificate.
    How to apply? Please answer me.

    1. Adv.Iqbal Chalapram

      Please apply at Trichur Tahsildar with the death certificate,copy of your last ration card at Trichur and two affidavits of the locality and who has knowledge of death. The application should bear a 5 /- rupee stamp. The form for the request will be available in the local book stall.

  16. My father as left unknown for the past 14 years. Now we need to transfer his ownership of his property to my mother and also his daughters and his son name.

  17. How to get a hireship certificate?

    1. Hoow to get a legalheirship certificate

  18. Our father had died without leaving a will, and he has 6 daughters and a son. Now my 2 sisters and recently my brother also expired. We, four daughters are alive and other siblings have children. We have a house in Kerala,Trivandrum.
    We need legal heir certificates now.
    What we should do now?
    Village office or Tashildar office to be approached?
    What the deceased persons children should do now?
    Kindly help

    1. Very complicated case, At least make a will for yourself. For the members died also need to make legal hire certificate and his children are to be above the age of 18.

  19. My grand mother had willed the property she owned in two of her daughters favor prior to her death. Unfortunately one of the beneficiary also died later. Now we are planning to sell this property for which legal heir certificate is to be obtained. I understand that 50% of the property willed in favor of the deceased has to be shared by all immediate relatives. Just want to know as to how we should proceed to obtain the heir certificate.?

  20. I am having land in Calicut. I want to sell it now. I gave all the documents to second party. But there is no legal heir certificate. What else I have to do getting the same?
    Sabeer

    1. How to get a legal heirship certificate? Who is the concerned authority?

  21. I have purchased a land 5yrs back, now I am planning to sale the same and I have given all the copies of.land to the buyer. They went to the advocate for verifying the documents, and the advocate asked to get the death certificate and legal heir certificate. According to that I have taken a copy of death certificate from municipal office. I buy the land from a real estate broker. They said the land has hand overed 3-4 times and last it came to.me, I am the 5th owner for the said land, 1st the land belongs Muslim religion brother. Is the certificate necessary? How to apply and get the certificate?

    1. V C S Nair

      I have a similar problem like yours. If you have already solved the problem, will you please advise as to how you have solved it?

  22. I apply for the certificate in 2012 but until card not received. What should I do?

  23. I have applied for the the legal heir certificate on 10th of Feb 2014. When can I expect the certificate?
    They say that once the name appears in Gazzete and it takes 2 months. Where to look for or how to subscribe for gazzete so that I don’t miss the information. When is the Gazzete published? Is there any online source of Gazzete ? If yes than please provide the link and also exact page where to look at.

    Thanks in advance
    Rajesh.

  24. ampalathara raveendran

    My wife expired in Oct 2006 was holding 3 shares of Grasim industries. At present market value is around Rs 8000. How to claim the certificate. She has 2 daughters above 18 years.

    1. How To Apply?
      No specific application form is available. For Certificate for claiming upto Rs. 5,000/- from any bank etc.., the application is to be submitted to the concerned Tahsildar. For that, an application in white paper with Court Fee Stamp worth Rs. 5/- has to be submitted before Tahsildar.

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