Thursday, 25 September 2014

Tamilnadu Legal Heir Certificate Application Procedure

Legal Heir 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.

Eligibility:
Wife or Husband or Son or Daughter or Mother may apply for legal-heirship certificate in a family

Instructions:
>>   A legal heir certificate is issued by the government for those individuals whose parent/husband is dead without leaving a will.
>>   To establish relationship for claims relating to Insurance, pension, retirement benefits or service benefits of central and state government departments, Government undertakings etc.
>>   In legal succession cases to get succession certificate to establish the relationship
>>   To get employments for example compassionate appointments.
>>   Approach the District Thasildar office with the death certificate and produce the form.
>>   All required documents to be submit while lodging the application.
>>   It will take around a month to process all the necessary information and receive the certificate.

Required Information:
>>   Name of the applicant
>>   Father / Husband's Name
>>   Sex
>>   Name of the Deceased
>>   Death certificate Number
>>   Details of Family Members (Legal Heirs of the deceased)
>>   Purpose for which the certificate is required
>>   Ration card Number
>>   Relationship of the petitioner with the deceased
>>   Prescribed application form

Procedure:
The application to be made at Taluk office for issue of legal-heirship certificate should contain death certificate in original obtained from the competent authority and court fee stamp of Re.2/- affixed on the application. Based on the report of the Village Administrative Officer and Revenue Inspector and after due enquiry, this certificate is issued by the Tahsildar mentioning the names of all legal heirs of the deceased.

Required Documents:
>>   Death certificate of the deceased person.
>>   Affidavit.
>>   Service Book of the deceased employee.
>>   Copy of Ration Card.
>>   Copy of Voter ID Card.
>>   Copy of R.O.R. (if any stands in the name of the deceased person).

Fees:
Stamp of Rs. 3/-

Validity:
Legal-heirship certificate is valid for ever

Download Form :
http://cms.tn.gov.in/sites/default/files/forms/cert-legalheir_0.pdf

3 comments:

  1. Who issues legal heir certificate?

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  2. How much cost to get heir certificate?

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  3. My father & mother expired in Chennai. I need to get legal heir certificate. How to get the same? Kindly guide me.

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