• Xerox of sale deed

I have lost xerox of my flat Sale deed at Jaipur, where as I live in a different State, I am worried that xerox could be misused for forgery, and is any transaction possible ?
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17 Answers

No it cannot be used. A certified copy of the sale deed can be procured if you dont have a copy. Otherwise photo copy means nothing.

Rahul Mishra
Advocate, Lucknow
14088 Answers
65 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Nothing is possible on the basis of xerox. Still file a lost report 

Rahul Jatain
Advocate, Rohtak
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4.8 on 5.0

Dear Sir,

You are not required to worry at all because nothing can be done like fraud etc. with the original sale deed also because all the transactions of properties are registered with Registrar. Nothing which is not registered will be accepted by any legal authority.  

Ganesh Singh
Advocate, New Delhi
6757 Answers
16 Consultations

4.5 on 5.0

No, on photo copy nobody can make false transaction because its mentioned on your name and other party may contact you.

Ganesh Kadam
Advocate, Pune
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255 Consultations

4.9 on 5.0

Don't worry much as on this basis of photocopy no forgery can happen. 

Even if forgery is done, since you have the original copy with you the same can be easily countered. 

Devajyoti Barman
Advocate, Kolkata
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488 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Have to file missing report in Jaipur or public notice in local daily or both to avoid any liability arise in future due to misuse. If property dose not belong to Jaipur - low threat.

And harm would have if documents were original.

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
22630 Answers
31 Consultations

4.4 on 5.0

It would not be misused for forgery 

 

any sale deed is required to be stamped and registered. It bears  your photograph 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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7527 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Since a sale deed is a registered document and to make any transactions one has to follow a prescribed procedure.  Therefore, do not worry, a photo copy of the same cannot be used for any transaction. 

Agam Sharma
Advocate, New Delhi
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6 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Hi

Please note that under transfer of property act and indian contract act,  Only registered written contracts , duly signed by you and  stamped under Registration act are admissible as evidence.

In law, even  if someone has your original sale deed with them and the same is unaccompanied by any  other written contract such as sale/gift/mortgage deed, the person cannot claim any ownership, interest or title based on him holding the original sale deed

Please note that sale deeds are not negotiable instruments in law and as such mere possession of original sale deed does not confer ownership. 

Also Xerox copies are not admissible as evidences in any courts.

So, you do not need to worry. 

Hope this information is useful. 

Rajgopalan Sripathi
Advocate, Hyderabad
2173 Answers
394 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

- Xerox of any document having no value in the eye of law, specially in the absence of original deed. 

- However, there is possibility that it can be used for getting certified copy of the sale deed , which can be used for all the purposes , even in court. 

- If the xerox was not crossed , then you should lodge a missing complaint before the police , and kept with a receiving copy of the same. 

Mohammed Shahzad
Advocate, Delhi
13211 Answers
198 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

If you are worried about the loss of the photocopy of the property registration document, then you can issue a public notice in a local newspaper stating that you have lost the said document in transit and requesting the finder to return it to your address mentioned in the notice.

You may also add that anyone trying to misuse the photocopy of the registration document may be doing at his own risk and consequence and act done s=by such miscreants shall not be binding you.

This public notice will prevent  the apprehended  misuse.

 

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
84892 Answers
2190 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

No on xerox no transaction is done. Any party who does transaction does it on original papers

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
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179 Consultations

4.1 on 5.0

You need not worry.

Xerox of  your Sale Deed cannot be misused for forgery.

There is no possible of having any transaction using the same.

Still if you apprehend, you may lodge a formal complaint with local police and retain copy of acknowledgement with you for further use.

S Srinivasa Prasad
Advocate, Hyderabad
2876 Answers
9 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

A. Don't worry, Xerox paper cannot be misused for either claiming ownership or mortgage the property. I hope you are having original copy with you.

B.T. Ravi
Advocate, Bangalore
943 Answers
96 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

No, Need to worry, Xerox copies have no value in the eyes of Law. original is with you, file a complaint before the Police online regarding the loss of your xerox documents, and sit tight. don't worry.

Nadeem Qureshi
Advocate, New Delhi
6307 Answers
302 Consultations

4.9 on 5.0

You need not worry. Losing a copy is not such a danger. It won't harm your rights and titles.

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
19299 Answers
32 Consultations

4.7 on 5.0

1. Immediately file a complaint in the jurisdictional police station for the loss of sale deed.

2. Also publish a caution notice for general public in a national and regional daily to state the loss of sale deed and caution the general public to not to enter into any transaction with anyone other than you in respect of the property.

3. Thereafter, obtain a certified copy from the office of sub-registrar.

Ashish Davessar
Advocate, Jaipur
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972 Consultations

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