Gift deed
Register Your Will Drafting in Navi Mumbai
Known locally as Mrityupatra (मृत्युपत्र). Drafted, verified and registered by Maharashtra legal partners — fixed fee from ₹12,999 onwards*.
Serving Navi Mumbai and the surrounding belt: Mumbai, Thane, Panvel, Kalyan, Dombivli, Uran, Karjat, Khopoli, Pen and Alibaug.
The above charges do not include government fees, stamp duty, or any additional incidental / out-of-pocket expenses incurred at government offices.
Will Drafting scope & turnaround in Navi Mumbai
Under the Indian Succession Act, 1925. Most Navi Mumbai properties fall within NMMC (Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation) / CIDCO limits.
Until December 2025, probate was mandatory here for wills of Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs and Jains. Section 213 has since been omitted, so probate is now optional — but much guidance still online has not caught up. A will still attracts no stamp duty, and registration remains optional.
How a will drafting is registered in Navi Mumbai
- Establish exactly what the testator owns solely, jointly, and as coparcener — this determines what can validly be willed.
- Identify beneficiaries and confirm no intended witness is also a beneficiary.
- Draft the will with a clear asset schedule, residuary clause, executor appointment and express revocation of earlier wills.
- Execute the will in the presence of two witnesses who attest in the testator's presence.
- Where the testator is elderly or unwell, obtain a contemporaneous medical fitness certificate to pre-empt capacity challenges.
- Register the will at the Sub-Registrar Office — optional, but it materially strengthens the evidentiary position.
- Consider whether to apply for probate — no longer mandatory since the 2025 repeal, but still useful where the estate is large, beneficiaries are dispersed, or a challenge is anticipated.
Documents required in Navi Mumbai
- List of all immovable property with title deed references
- List of financial assets — bank accounts, deposits, securities, insurance
- Aadhaar and PAN of the testator and every beneficiary
- Identity details of two witnesses who are not beneficiaries
- Medical fitness certificate, where the testator is elderly or unwell
- Prior will, if any, that the new will is to revoke
- Death certificate and asset schedule, where probate is being applied for
Sub-Registrar Offices in Navi Mumbai
Thane 5 (Vashi)Thane 6 (Belapur)Thane 7 (Airoli)Panvel 1Panvel 2Panvel 3UranKarjatKhalapurPen
Local terms used in Navi Mumbai registration offices
Mutation entry in revenue records
Consent required for CIDCO-leased plots
Registration
What goes wrong — Maharashtra and Navi Mumbai specifics
Probate is no longer mandatory in Mumbai — this changed in December 2025
For decades, a will of a Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh or Jain made in Mumbai, or disposing of Mumbai immovable property, required probate before it could be acted on. Section 213 was omitted by the Repealing and Amending Act, 2025. Probate is now optional. Most guidance online, and a good deal of professional practice, has not yet caught up.
Co-operative society nomination is not inheritance
A society nomination determines who the society deals with, not who inherits. Mumbai families routinely assume a nomination overrides a will — it does not, and the nominee holds for the legal heirs.
A witness who is also a beneficiary can lose their bequest
Under the Indian Succession Act, a bequest to a person who attests the will is void, though the will itself survives. Families routinely use a son or daughter as witness and unintentionally invalidate that person's inheritance.
A will cannot dispose of what the testator does not solely own
Undivided coparcenary interest, jointly held property and property held with survivorship rights cannot always be willed freely. A will drafted without establishing the nature of ownership creates disputes rather than preventing them.
Registration is optional but evidentially valuable
A will need not be registered to be valid. But an unregistered will is far easier to challenge on grounds of forgery or undue influence, and registration creates a contemporaneous official record of execution.
The latest valid will governs — and revocation must be explicit
Multiple wills executed over the years without express revocation of earlier ones are a common source of litigation. Each new will should expressly revoke all prior wills and codicils.
CIDCO leasehold plots need CIDCO's transfer permission
A large share of Navi Mumbai property sits on CIDCO-allotted leasehold land. Gifting such property without CIDCO's transfer permission and NOC can leave the transfer ineffective against CIDCO, regardless of a validly registered deed. This is the single most important local check.
12.5% scheme and gaothan-expansion plots
Plots allotted under the 12.5% scheme to project-affected persons, and gaothan-expansion plots, carry transfer restrictions and conditions that survive a gift. These require examination of the original allotment terms before drafting.
Airport-influence corridor documentation
Property around Ulwe, Panvel and the airport-influence corridor has seen rapid, sometimes irregular, development. Approvals and land classification should be verified before transfer.
Will Drafting services across Navi Mumbai
Will Drafting FAQs — Navi Mumbai
Can I gift a CIDCO leasehold flat in Navi Mumbai?
Usually yes, but CIDCO's transfer permission and NOC are required. A registered gift deed alone is not sufficient where the underlying land is CIDCO leasehold — CIDCO's records must also be updated, or the donee's position remains weak. We establish the tenure before drafting because it changes the entire process.
What is the stamp duty on a family gift deed in Navi Mumbai?
Maharashtra's flat ₹200 rate applies to residential or agricultural property gifted to a close relative, with registration at 1% capped at ₹30,000. NMMC or CIDCO transfer charges are separate and additional. Indicative figures compiled July 2026 — confirm before executing.
Which Sub-Registrar Office covers Kharghar and Ulwe?
Kharghar and Ulwe fall under the Panvel Sub-Registrar offices, while Vashi, Belapur and Airoli are served by the corresponding Thane district offices. Jurisdiction follows the property location; we confirm and book the slot.
Does a 12.5% scheme plot have transfer restrictions?
Frequently yes. Plots allotted to project-affected persons under the 12.5% scheme carry conditions in the allotment letter that can restrict or condition transfer, including by gift. The original allotment terms need to be read before any transfer is planned.