Father expired and want to get legal heir certificate for bank purpose

630 votes

Hello Sir /Madam, For the purpose of Legal heir [L.R.] Certificate you should file a petition in the concerned civil court.... And the court after verifying the authenticity of the documents submitted by you, shall provide you the LR Certificate.

LawRato LawRato

522 votes

Legal heir certificate can be obtained from district tahsildar office of your area and the procedure is, The person who is applying for legal heir certificate has to approach the district tahsildar office with the death certificate of the deceased and have to produce a form and also he/she have to make an application and the person has to fill up an application form and make sure that all the information provided by the person is correct and complete and it is also required that the person lodging the application should have all the required information and necessary documents required in the process and it is also required to affix a court fee stamp (INR 2) on the application form and SC/ST are exempted from this fee. It is issued to build a relationship for claims related to pension, insurance, administrative/service advantages, retirement benefits of the state and central government offices, government works etc. and to get occupation like compassionate appointments.

Advocate Rekha Kumari LawRato

858 votes

Procedure for obtaining a Legal Heir Certificate Eligibility Husband/wife or son/daughter or mother of the deceased person can apply for legal heir certificate. Instructions Obtaining a legal heir certificate is very easy and not much of a trouble, it is issued by district tahsildar office for the person whose parent/husband/wife died intestate, it is issued to build a relationship for claims related to pension, insurance, administrative/service advantages, retirement benefits of the state and central government offices, government works etc. and to get occupation like compassionate appointments. The person who is applying for legal heir certificate has to approach the district tahsildar office with the death certificate of the deceased and have to produce a form and also he/she have to make an application and the person has to fill up an application form and make sure that all the information provided by the person is correct and complete and it is also required that the person lodging the application should have all the required information and necessary documents required in the process and it is also required to affix a court fee stamp (INR 2) on the application form and SC/ST are exempted from this fee. What documents to attach along with the application Name of the deceased Death certificate original Service certificate issued by the head of the department/office in case of serving employee Ration card and Aadhar card Pensioner payment slip issued by the office of accountant general in case of pensioner Family members names and relationship Applicant’s signature Date of application Residential address An affidavit worth Rs 20 on a stamp paper After filling the form and with all the necessary details and documents the form has to be submitted to Taluk’s Tahsildar. The person can obtain the legal heir from the Taluk/Tahsildar or district civil court of his/her area. After the submission, an inquiry will take place for the verification by the local revenue officers as well as village administrative officials. Generally, a statement by the administrative/gov employee who is known to the dead person and his/her family will be registered in the application form. After the verification, the officials will submit their report in the prescribed form. After the due inquiry, based on the report presented by the revenue officer and village administrative officials the certificate will be issued by the competent authority in which names of all the legal heirs will be mentioned. If the certificate is not issued within a reasonable period then the person concerned can remind the tahsildar and in a case of not getting any response the person can contact the concerned RDO/sub-collector.

Advocate Hemadri VSSRR Chandrakanth LawRato