The NRI's Guide to Protecting Property in India

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Living abroad with a home, plot or ancestral land in India?

Many NRIs and OCI holders carry a quiet worry: Is anyone occupying my property? Has a relative changed the records? Will the tenant ever leave? Are my papers good enough to sell? What happens when my parents pass away?

Written by an advocate of the Allahabad High Court, this plain-English guide explains how to protect property in India from a distance, and how to prevent the disputes that cost families years in court.

- Title versus possession, registered documents and the chain of title
- Building a document vault; revenue records and mutation
- Powers of attorney: how to grant them safely, and how to revoke them
- Letting property safely, tenancy laws and tenants who will not leave
- Encroachment, illegal occupation and why acting early matters
- Inheritance, wills and succession; buying as an NRI or OCI
- Selling, tax on sale and repatriating the money abroad
- An annual protection checklist

This book provides general legal information only. It is not legal advice and does not create an advocate-client relationship; consult a qualified advocate on your specific facts.

About the Author

Anurag Bhatt, LL.B., is an advocate practising at the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, with a practice spanning civil, property, taxation, service and writ matters. He writes plain-language guides to help ordinary people understand their legal rights, as well as books on Indian philosophy.

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