How To Retrieve The Lost Property Documents?

Mr. Mishra is a retired government employee. And after retirement, he wants to spend his whole life in the countryside in peace. But has a property in his name in the region he is living in. and now he wants to sell it, but when MR. Mishra was looking for his property’s papers to initiate the process of selling; he found that his property papers were missing, and he could not sell his property without the original papers. 

Mr. Mishra called and asked for help from his real estate consultant, Realty Dart, who was going to help Mr. Mishra Sell his property at a fantastic price. Realty Dart is an authorised real estate investment firm that has helped thousands of investors to invest in real estate and earn exceptional returns. Let’s help Mr. Mishra in retrieving his lost property papers.

Steps To Retrieve Lost Property Documents 

These steps will help you retrieve your lost property documents and will educate you on the ways you can recover them.

#1 Step: File FIR

The first step is to file an FIR at your nearest police station or online for lost property documents. You will need a copy of the FIR in the upcoming procedures. To file the FIR offline, you will need to go to your nearest police station and provide them with all the essential details, such as the date it was lost or stolen, where you lost it, and other information as they ask and try to put every relevant information in the FIR as it is the essential copy. 

How To File Online FIR For Lost Property Documents?

To file an online FIR, go to your state’s online FIR portal; suppose you are living in Delhi, then you will search online FIR Delhi. Please navigate to the lost-found section, and then there will be a page where you need to fill in all the details about the lost document and fill it. The process is straightforward, and you will not face any difficulties.

#2 Step: Advertisement In Newspapers

The second step consists of advertising in the two newspapers, one regional and one national. The newspaper advertisement should include every piece of information about the lost document, such as date, time, location, etc. 

Remember, if you mention that you lost your documents while travelling or if you are an NRI who lost their property documents while travelling in INDIA, then you have to provide your passport copy or something that proves that you were available at that time in that particular place. 

So always try to make it simple and avoid telling them that you lost your documents while travelling; say something simple as you lost it while cleaning or while moving home. Anything easy to prove for yourself.

#3 Step: Share Certificate

Suppose you are living in a housing society. Ask to the authoriity to provide share certificate. To reissue it, provide your society with the FIR and newspaper's advertisement copy. The society might ask for some fees, and you will get the share certificate.

#4 Step: Undertaking

In addition to providing the registrar's office with information about the property, lost documents, a copy of the FIR, and a copy of the newspaper notice, the owner must make an undertaking on stamp paper. The commitment needs to be notarized, registered, and attested.

#5 Step Request for Duplicate Sale Deed

To get duplicate copies of the sale deed, submit an application to the property registrar together with the required paperwork. The registrar's office must receive the following prescribed fee in order to obtain a duplicate:

       •  A duplicate of the FIR

       •  A duplicate of the notice in the newspaper

       •  A duplicate of the share certificates is provided.

       •  Notarized commitment

Submit and Send the application to the registry

Deliver the application and the undertaking to the office of the registrar where the property was initially registered. You will be able to obtain the duplicate selling deed upon payment of the costs.You will receive a duplicate copy of your property paperwork, which you need to keep secure, after a waiting period of 15 to 20 days. The above steps outline the procedures you must take to get duplicate property documents in the event of a loss or theft. The method remains largely the same, albeit there may be minor deviations due to local regulations.

Conclusion

If you follow the steps specified above, you will not face any issues in retrieving your property’s lost document. These steps may vary from one state to another state, but the core steps will be followed in each state and will help you in obtaining your property’s documents.