Title Verification & Chain of Ownership

What this covers

Title verification is working out whether the person selling really owns what they are selling, and whether they can pass it to you free of other claims. We build the chain of ownership from the current seller back through each earlier owner, using the deeds and the successive records of rights, and we check that every link is registered and consistent.

The chain of ownership

A clean title is a chain with no broken links. We follow it back through the CS, SA, RS and city (BS) khatians, match each transfer deed to the record that follows it, and look for the gaps: a sale that was never registered, an heir who was left out, or the same land sold twice.

What we check against

We compare the seller’s documents with the official record: the khatian and porcha at the land office, the deed entries at the sub-registry, the mutation position, and current land development tax receipts. Documents that look perfect on their own often stop matching once you place them beside the record.

Documents we work from

• The seller’s chain of deeds (baya deeds), as far back as available
• Current khatian and porcha, and the mutation khatian
• The latest land development tax (khajna) receipt
• The mouza map and the seller’s National ID
• Any earlier agreement, power of attorney or heirship documents

How long it takes

A standard title check on a single plot or flat usually takes a few days to a couple of weeks, depending on how far back the chain goes and how quickly the land office and sub-registry produce records. Inherited or multiply-transferred land takes longer, and that extra time is exactly where the risk hides.