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Give power of attorney from abroad to sell property

What usually matters in this situation, and the papers to keep ready before you meet an advocate or free legal aid (call 15100).

Your situation

• What do you need? Give someone a PoA
• What is it for? Selling property

Where you stand

• Next step A power of attorney signed abroad usually needs embassy attestation or an apostille, then stamping in India within the set time.

Do these now

• A clear PoA draft naming the property/case and the exact powers
  Vague, broad drafts are the main cause of misuse and rejection. Where: Your advocate in India.

Papers to gather

• Execution proof: consular attestation, or notarisation + apostille certificate
  Registrars and courts check this first. Where: Documents signed abroad for use in India are usually executed before an Indian embassy/consulate, or before a local notary and then apostilled (for Hague Apostille countries).
• Registration of the PoA (if it will be used to sell property)
  Many registrars require it. Where: Sub-registrar office.
• Passport/OCI copies of you and ID of the attorney holder; photos
  Required at execution and registration. Where: Your documents.

You may also need, depending on your answers

• Stamp duty payment / adjudication in India — Unstamped documents can be refused or impounded.
• The written rejection or objection — Tells you what to fix.

What the law says

Saboot will also ask

• Which country are you in?
• Where is the document now?

Similar situations

• Cancel a power of attorney I gave
• Attorney misused my power of attorney
• Sub-registrar rejected my foreign POA

Sources

• MADAD consular grievance portal (MEA)

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