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Sub-registrar rejected my foreign POA

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

• Where is the document now? Rejected by the registrar/bank/court

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.

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).
• Stamp duty payment / adjudication in India
  Unstamped documents can be refused or impounded. Where: Sub-registrar / collector of stamps in your state.
• Passport/OCI copies of you and ID of the attorney holder; photos
  Required at execution and registration. Where: Your documents.
• The written rejection or objection
  Tells you what to fix. Where: Registrar, bank or court.

You may also need, depending on your answers

• A clear PoA draft naming the property/case and the exact powers — Vague, broad drafts are the main cause of misuse and rejection.
• Registration of the PoA (if it will be used to sell property) — Many registrars require it.
• Revocation deed executed abroad, and notices to the holder, sub-registrar, banks and buyers — Revocation must be communicated to be effective against others.
• Records of what the holder did (deeds, bank withdrawals, messages) — Supports civil and criminal action.

What the law says

Saboot will also ask

• What do you need?
• What is it for?
• Which country are you in?

Similar situations

• Give power of attorney from abroad to sell property
• Cancel a power of attorney I gave
• Attorney misused my power of attorney

Sources

• MADAD consular grievance portal (MEA)

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