You can inherit agricultural land on your father demise even if you are OCI
apply for mutation of property in your name
enclose father death certificate,legal heir certificate if sought by authorities
affidavit in support
Can Overseas Indian citizen, born in India but natuarilzed to USA, inherit property from late father in India, what is the process to register the property in the son's name
The property is classified as Manavari Agricutural land
You can inherit agricultural land on your father demise even if you are OCI
apply for mutation of property in your name
enclose father death certificate,legal heir certificate if sought by authorities
affidavit in support
1. A OCI Card Holder can inherit Agricultural property in India, eventhough he can't buy agricultural property in India.
2. The process to register the property in Son's name is to Submit an application with your father's death certificate and family tree/ legal heirship certificate, along with the requisite fee.
According to the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, an Overseas Indian citizen, who is a person of Indian origin (PIO) or an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI), can inherit any immovable property in India from anyone, including their relatives. The property can be residential, commercial, agricultural or a farmhouse. The NRI can inherit property in India even from another NRI, subject to certain conditions.
The process to register the property in the son’s name after inheriting it from the father may vary depending on the state and the type of property. However, some general steps are as follows:
- Yes, an overseas indian citizen can inherit property from his father legally , even an agriculture land.
- You can apply for mutation of that land in your name after submitting the death certificate of father and the copy of the ownership in the name of your deceased father.
The foreign citizen can very well inherit the properties left behind by his father or parents as one of the legal heirs.
He or she can apply for legal heirship certificate, collect the original title document, along with the copy of the death certificate and submit an application to the revenue department to transfer the revenue records to your name which will be sufficient to prove your title to the property.
Yes a foreign citizen can inherit the agricultural land also from his father or parents as his legitimate share in terms of one of the legal heirs/successors in interest.
Vide Master Circular on Acquisition and Transfer of Immovable Property in India by NRIs/PIOs/Foreign Nationals of Non-Indian Origin RBI/2015-16/79
Master Circular No. 4/2015-16. Under B (ii) (b) A PIO may acquire any immovable property in India by way of inheritance from a person resident in India or a person resident outside India who had acquired such property in accordance with the provisions of the foreign exchange law in force or FEMA regulations, at the time of acquisition of the property. There is no bar on acquisition of agricultural property by inheritance, the bar is only against purchase of such property by PIO/NIR/OCI.
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