What do you do if you lose your property documents?

What do you do if you lose your property documents?

The first step is to visit the nearest police station and file a first information report (FIR). The FIR needs to mention that the papers are lost. A copy of the FIR should be taken by the owner and preserved for future reference.

Is it safe to give copy of land title?

Technically, no. But practically, possibly yes. You cannot complete the transfer of ownership of a property via sale, using only a photocopy of the Certificate of Title. But unfortunately, that doesn’t stop unscrupulous scammers.

Can a property be sold with photocopy?

It is advisable not to give photocopies of the property documents (such as sale deed) to outsiders such as brokers. Your brother can show the copies or the originals of the documents to the brokers, if they so insist for their satisfaction about you being the owner of the property.

Is it safe to give a Xerox copy of your land title to interested buyers?

It’s alright to give a photocopy of the sale deed to a potential buyer. In fact, without sharing that, he/she cannot make an informed decision, so they need it. Sale deed is required for Legal due diligence on the property so as to avoid any future litigation with the property.

Is sale agreement valid after sale deed?

A sale deed is drafted on the actual sale/transfer of the property. However, the deed is drawn only after all the contractual terms of the sale agreement have been explicitly settled. Moreover, it is mandatory to register a sale deed at the registrar’s office under the Registration Act, 1908.

Can a Xerox copy be admitted by court?

As held by the Apex Court in the case of Bitot Das (supra), unless the foundation for producing the secondary evidence is laid, the xerox copy is not admissible in evidence. Section 65 of the Evidence Act deals merely with the foundation that has to be laid for reception of secondary evidence.

What documents are not admissible as evidence?

It held that the secondary data found in CD’s, DVD’s, and Pendrive are not admissible in the Court proceedings without a proper authentic certificate according to Section 65B(4) of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.

Are photocopies admissible as evidence?

No. Section 61 of the Evidence Act prescribes that the contents of a document may be proved either by primary evidence or by secondary evidence. So, the photocopy to be admissible as evidence has to be a certified copy. No reliance can be expected on a document which is otherwise inadmissible in a Court and.

Under what circumstances secondary evidence is admissible?

Section 63 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 defines secondary evidence. Secondary evidence is other than original documents such as certified copies, Photocopy, counterparts of the documents etc. Secondary Evidence is admissible in the absences of the Primary Evidence.