1. See if the mutation is complete and their is no dispute pertaining to property and all legal heirs male and female is signing the deed than as such legal heir certificate for land is not required.

Legal heir certificate is necessary to check the real share holders of the said property. When the property is not devolved through will or other proper documents then the legal heir certificate is necessary

1) Legal heir certificate is not compulsory for land purchase

2)on father demise intestate property would devolve on his legal heirs 

3) for mutation of property in name of legal heirs you need death certificate of deceased father 

4) also advisable to obtain letters of administration from district court 

5) then only purchase the land from seller 

1. A "Legal Heir Certificate" is legally not applicable for transactions /dealings in "immovable properties".

2. ONLY a Probate Decree or a Succession Certificate or a Letter of Administration, issued by Court is legally acceptable for transactions /dealings in "immovable properties", under the provisions of Indian Succession Act and Hindu Succession Act.

Purpose of legal heir certificate is to ascertain who are owners of inheirted land so for secure sale and purchase of land , it is necessary 

Hi

There is actually no rule to state that legal heir certificate is compulsory for land purchase,

It is practice for bank's and buyers to insist on legal heir certificate only to ensure that they are dealing with the right persons who are legal heirs .

Technically in your case, from the time of your father's death  you have been in possession of land, and that partition happened amongst legal heirs in the year 2005 (15 years back) and as such you were in constructive possession for more than 51 years and as such the mere fact of you being in possession will make your title perfect.

Also, your registered partition deed, mutation of names for purpose of property tax, electricity etc is sufficient proof of ownership and possession 

So, the options are 

Option 1 ) Your indemnity in sale deed alone is sufficient to protect the buyer in case of any claims at a later date. 

Option 2) Approach the court (i.e you and other Legal heirs) and obtain a legal heir certificate. This will take 6 -9 months , but may be of assistance in case of high value property transactions.

Hope this information is useful. 

No, legal heire Certificate is not compulsory 

Legal certificate is not necessary if property is already divided. If you have any documents related to father and son school leaving certificate father's election card, or rationing card at that time. Any proof documents to shoe the relationship  between father and son exist which matches with the property card.

There is nothing like legal heir certificate which is statutory requirement in  any state. 

However there is proof of death required to get clear title of the legal heirs of the original owner. 

So the only option left is to make an affidavit affirmed before the First Class Magistrate regarding date of death and number of legal heirs. 

- As per law, no legal heir certificate is required for purchasing the land. 

- After the demise of father , if the property was divided in 2015 , then all the legal heirs of father is having his free right to sell the same to any one. 

- But, if there is no document for the said divide of the property done in 2015, then all the legal heirs should entered into a settlement deed/partition deed after mentioning the details of respective share . 

- Further on the ground of this settlement/partition deed , they can entered their respective portion in mutation record. 

- Then you can legally purchase their property without any trouble in future. 

If he was the owner then how could the property be divided without informing the authorities that he had died. The certificate is necessary in order to divide his share of the property.

Dear Ma'am/Sir

Legal heir certificate is not compulsory for purchasing land or any other property. The object of legal heir certificate is only to ascertain who are the rightful legal heirs. 

If there is no dispute on this issue and the current ownership is settled, then there is no requirement to obtain such certificate. 

Best wishes.

The legal heirship certificate issued by the revenue department would confirm the actual legal his so that the buyer cannot be fooled by the seller stating tht they are the only legal heirs leaving a few or one or two legal heirs.

The left out legal heirs would file a suit to cancel the sale deed since their share was sold fraudulently by the other shareholders.

If you are still in doubt yo may better go through the transfer of property act and also the succession laws for more clarity

Hindu Law and Indian Succession Act apply for the Succession Law and  certificates for Indian citizens while dealing with lands in India.

Legal heir certificate is not mandatory for the purchase of land.

Dear Sir,

As per the law of succession, the property goes to the legal heirs and the legal heir certificate may be required to prove that the present owner is the lawful owner by way of succession.  

It is not mandatory.

You can given public notice calling for objections if any, against purchase of the property.

You can insist the seller to obtain Letter of Administration.

Further, you can obtain an Indemnity from the seller to indemnify you in case of any third party claim.

LHC not required. 

1. Legal heir certificate is not mandatory for purchase of property but it is for purpose to show that owner are rightful owner of property as per legal heir certificate.

2. To make buyer sure that there will be no legal dispute or claim from family of seller.