Legal Notice for Partition of Property

What this is

Send a legal notice to your co-owners, brothers, sisters or other family members demanding partition of jointly held or inherited property and separate possession of your share, an account of the rent and income, and an assurance that the property will not be sold or mortgaged until it is divided. It is for co-owners and legal heirs of ancestral, inherited or jointly purchased property. Our panel advocate drafts, reviews and signs the notice on letterhead and it is sent to each co-owner by email and WhatsApp, with tracked speed post if you choose it.

What you get

A legal notice drafted and signed by our panel advocate on letterhead, setting out the property, how it came to be jointly owned, your share and its legal basis, the demand for partition by metes and bounds or by sale and division of proceeds, an account of income, and a call not to alienate the property, within a fixed time. Sent to each co-owner by email and WhatsApp. Optional tracked speed post (+₹79) adds the dispatch receipt, tracking ID and delivery acknowledgement for each addressee. Includes a short note on the partition suit, family settlement and mediation options, the court and the fee that would apply, and the twelve-year time limit.

How it works

1. 1Upload the property papersTitle deed, mutation or khata, property tax receipts, and the death certificate and family tree if the property was inherited. We read them and pre-fill the property and family details for you to confirm.
2. 2Tell us about the family and the propertyWho owned it originally, how it passed, who the co-owners are, who is in possession, and the share you claim.
3. 3Answer the advocate's questionsWhether any partition, settlement or will already exists, whether anyone has denied your share, who collects the income, and whether any co-owner has sold or mortgaged a part.
4. 4PayPay the fee. Tracked speed post is optional.
5. 5Advocate drafts and signsOur panel advocate works out the shares under the applicable law, drafts the notice and signs it on letterhead.
6. 6Notice is sentThe notice goes to each co-owner by email and WhatsApp, and by speed post if chosen. You receive your copy and the next-steps note.

What to have ready

• Property documentsTitle deed of the original owner, mutation or khata, property tax or revenue records. Carries the description and the recorded owner.
• Death certificate of the original owner (if you have it)If the property was inherited.
• Legal heir certificate, succession certificate or family tree (if you have it)Any document showing the heirs.
• Will, gift deed, earlier partition or settlement (if you have it)If any exists.
• Rent agreements and income records (if you have it)If the property earns income.
• Messages, letters or earlier notices with co-owners (if you have it)Any refusal, admission or proposal.
• Encumbrance certificate or records of any sale or mortgage (if you have it)If any co-owner has dealt with the property.

What this is based on

• Hindu Succession Act 1956 (1956)
• Limitation Act 1963 (1963)
• Partition Act 1893 (1893)
• Transfer of Property Act 1882 (1882)