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Surviving Member Certificate Application

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Price: Free
Stamp duty: Punjab/Chandigarh: no stamp duty — requests an administrative family-status record, transferring no property.
Registration: Punjab/Chandigarh: not registrable (section 17, Registration Act 1908) and not a Part X succession certificate.
Witnesses: Punjab and Chandigarh: No independent witness attestation is required for the application; the applicant signs the request.

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Also called

survivor certificate request
surviving family member certificate

When you need it

Use this one when the office asking for it — typically a pension authority, bank or society — specifically wants a list of the deceased's surviving family members rather than a general heirship certificate; use the Application for a Legal Heir Certificate (Warisan Certificate) or Heirship Certificate Application instead for that more general certificate. A government certificate listing a deceased person's surviving family members, for a pension, bank, society or property purpose — NOT a Part X Indian Succession Act succession certificate, and shouldn't be labelled as one.

Name the issuing authority and purpose, list surviving/predeceased close family, and attach relationship records. It assists administration but doesn't decide a contested will or ownership dispute. No single statute fixes one Punjab/Chandigarh office, fee or appeal route — Chandigarh sector property uses its Estate Office file, Punjab its own succession route. Not a substitute for probate or a succession certificate for debts/securities.

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What follows is written for Punjab and Chandigarh. It states the position there rather than describing how it varies, so the amounts below are the ones that apply — worth confirming at the sub-registrar’s office, because rates change. If the property is anywhere else in India, none of this is yours.

Stamp duty

Punjab/Chandigarh: no stamp duty — requests an administrative family-status record, transferring no property.

Registration

Punjab/Chandigarh: not registrable (section 17, Registration Act 1908) and not a Part X succession certificate.

Notarisation

Punjab/Chandigarh: the application itself isn't notarised; any authority-required supporting affidavit follows its own formality rules.

Witnesses

Punjab and Chandigarh: No independent witness attestation is required for the application; the applicant signs the request.

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SURVIVING MEMBER CERTIFICATE APPLICATION

Deceased place-of-death record: Chandigarh.

Applicant: Aarav Singh, Sector 35, Chandigarh, relationship Spouse. Deceased: Harpreet Singh, died 1 April 2026 at Chandigarh, certificate DTH/2026/118, last residence House 118, Sector 21, Chandigarh. Jurisdiction: Punjab.

Authority: X, X. Purpose: Government service or pension record.

FAMILY RECORD

Surviving members: X. Predeceased close family: X. Family tree: Spouse Naina Singh; son Aarav Singh; daughter Meera Singh.. Other claimants: Naina Singh and Meera Singh, Chandigarh.. Minor status: All known heirs are adults.

Relationship evidence: Birth/marriage/death civil records. Testamentary status: Deceased left a will identified below. Will Will dated 01 January 2024. Property: House 118, Sector 21, Chandigarh.. Movables: Bank deposits and securities.. Liabilities: Final medical bills; no secured loan.. Documents: Death certificate, title deed, family records and identity/address proofs..

REQUEST

Issue the surviving-member certificate for the stated administrative purpose without treating it as a judicial grant over disputed estate rights.

APPLICANT CONTACT

Relationship/capacity: Spouse. Phone: +91 XXXXX XXXXX Email: aarav@example.com

LEGAL BASIS

Punjab: A single universal statutory route for every surviving-member certificate was not confirmed from the sources used. The authority named for the stated departmental purpose receives and decides the application; the precise Punjab section, fee, timeline and appeal route must come from that service.

Chandigarh: A single universal UT statutory route for every surviving-member certificate was not confirmed. The named departmental authority receives the application; for Chandigarh sector property, the Estate Office succession/transmission file remains separate under the 1952 Act and 2007 Rules.

PERSONAL DATA NOTICE

This notice is given under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

The purpose of collecting personal data in this Surviving Member Certificate Application is to identify the deceased, applicant, heirs or nominees, establish the property/estate record and support the stated succession or transmission process.

The record will be held by Kagaznama and may be shared with the applicant, other heirs/claimants, competent court, revenue/estate/development authority, society, bank or professional directly involved in the stated succession process.

If the matter does not proceed, the personal data will be retained for 90 days and then erased. If the matter proceeds, the record will be retained for the matter plus 12 months, except where a statute requires a longer named retention period.

A person named in this document may request correction or erasure where the purpose has ended, withdraw consent for future consent-based processing, or raise a grievance by writing to privacy@example.com. The record-holder should acknowledge and reply within 30 days.

Questions about this document

Does the Surviving Member Certificate Application need stamp paper or stamp duty in Punjab and Chandigarh?

Punjab/Chandigarh: no stamp duty — requests an administrative family-status record, transferring no property.

See the full position on stamp duty, registration and witnesses

Does the Surviving Member Certificate Application need registration in Punjab and Chandigarh?

Punjab/Chandigarh: not registrable (section 17, Registration Act 1908) and not a Part X succession certificate.

See the full position on stamp duty, registration and witnesses

What does the Surviving Member Certificate Application cost on Kagaznama?

Free.

Documents are free. Only kits are paid.

Does the Surviving Member Certificate Application need witnesses?

Punjab and Chandigarh: No independent witness attestation is required for the application; the applicant signs the request.

See the full position on stamp duty, registration and witnesses

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