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Unmarried Status Affidavit

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Stamp duty: A general affidavit, chargeable under Article 4 (Affidavit) of Schedule 1-A of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 as applicable to Punjab, and under the corresponding entry of that Schedule as applicable to the Union Territory of Chandigarh.
Registration: Not compulsorily registrable.
Witnesses: Not compulsory for the affidavit itself; a notary's or oath commissioner's attestation is what gives it evidentiary standing, not a lay witness's signature.

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Also called

Affidavit of Unmarried Status
Single Status Affidavit
Affidavit of Marital Status
Bachelor Affidavit
Spinster Affidavit
Non-Marriage Affidavit
No Marriage Certificate Affidavit
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When you need it

The sworn affidavit that you are not married — on stamp paper and notarised, the other one a Marriage Registration Application may ask for, and equally the paper a passport, job or admission file wants on its own. A sworn statement of your present marital status where some authority needs it on record — most often alongside a marriage registration application, a passport or visa application, a government job, admission or scholarship form, or an adoption proceeding.

It covers three situations: never married at all; married and since divorced, without remarrying; or married and since widowed, without remarrying. This affidavit does not itself register a marriage, dissolve one, or prove a death — it is your own sworn statement, made on the strength of the decree or certificate it refers to, not a substitute for that decree or certificate. Attach a copy of the divorce decree or the death certificate where the receiving authority asks for one. Not for a joint declaration by both parties to an intended marriage under the Special Marriage Act, 1954 — that notice-of-intended-marriage procedure needs its own separate declaration in the form that Act prescribes, sworn by each party about age, status and the absence of a prohibited relationship, and is a different document from this one.

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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

A general affidavit, chargeable under Article 4 (Affidavit) of Schedule 1-A of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 as applicable to Punjab, and under the corresponding entry of that Schedule as applicable to the Union Territory of Chandigarh. The commonly charged value for a general affidavit under that Article is a small fixed sum, typically Rs 10, printed on non-judicial stamp paper or produced as an e-stamp certificate through the Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited. Confirm the current value with the stamp vendor or on the e-stamping portal before buying it — Article 4 values are revised by state notification from time to time and are not always reflected promptly online.

Registration

Not compulsorily registrable. An affidavit of this kind does not create, limit or extinguish any interest in immovable property, so section 17 of the Registration Act, 1908 does not reach it. It is simply handed or submitted to whichever authority has asked for it — the Marriage Registrar, a passport office, an employer, an embassy — and kept on that authority's own file.

Notarisation

Must be sworn or affirmed before a Notary Public appointed under the Notaries Act, 1952, or before an Oath Commissioner appointed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court for the courts at the place of execution. Sign in the attesting officer's presence, not before — an affidavit signed beforehand and merely presented for stamping is not properly sworn and can be rejected by the authority it is submitted to.

Witnesses

Not compulsory for the affidavit itself; a notary's or oath commissioner's attestation is what gives it evidentiary standing, not a lay witness's signature. The authority receiving it may separately ask for identifying witnesses, an apostille or consular attestation — a foreign embassy in particular often does — and that is a requirement of the receiving authority, not something this affidavit format fixes for you.

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AFFIDAVIT OF UNMARRIED STATUS

I, Priya Mehta, son/daughter of Ramesh Mehta, aged about 29 years, Software Engineer, resident of House No. 1421, Sector 40-B, Chandigarh 160036, Aadhaar/PAN X, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under:

1. That I am the deponent above named and am competent to swear this affidavit.

2. That I have never been married to any person, and I am presently unmarried.

3. That I am under no legal impediment to marry under the personal law applicable to me, and that no marriage of mine subsists as on the date of this affidavit other than as stated in paragraph 2 above.

4. That this affidavit is sworn for submission with an application to register my marriage

5. That I undertake to inform the authority to whom this affidavit is submitted, without delay, if my marital status changes after the date of this affidavit.

6. That the contents of this affidavit are true and correct to my knowledge, no part of it is false, and nothing material has been concealed therefrom.

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VERIFICATION

Verified at Chandigarh on 1 April 2026 that the contents of paragraphs 1 to 6 above are true and correct to my knowledge, that no part of it is false and that nothing material has been concealed therefrom.

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Questions about this document

Does the Unmarried Status Affidavit need stamp paper or stamp duty in Punjab and Chandigarh?

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Does the Unmarried Status Affidavit need registration in Punjab and Chandigarh?

Not compulsorily registrable.

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What does the Unmarried Status Affidavit cost on Kagaznama?

Free.

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Does the Unmarried Status Affidavit need witnesses?

Not compulsory for the affidavit itself; a notary's or oath commissioner's attestation is what gives it evidentiary standing, not a lay witness's signature.

See the full position on stamp duty, registration and witnesses

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