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Application to Register a Will

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  1. The testator
  2. Family and domicile
  3. The estate
  4. The bequests
  5. Witnesses and execution
  6. Registering the will

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The testator

For example: Harpreet Singh

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For example: 05 December 1948

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APPLICATION TO REGISTER A WILL

Application date / execution record: __________ at __________.

Applicant/Presenter: __________, connected to testator __________, __________. Presentation capacity: __________. Registration office: __________.

Will identified as: __________; pages __________. Identity evidence: __________. Supporting documents: __________.

TESTAMENTARY RECORD

Testator born __________, personal-law context __________, domicile __________, marital status __________. Children: __________. Dependants: __________.

Estate summary: __________; __________; __________; __________; liabilities __________. Prior wills: __________. Specific bequests: __________. Residue: __________, __________; substitutes __________. Minor status: __________. Expenses: __________.

Attesting witnesses in the will: __________, __________; __________, __________.

REQUEST

Please receive and process the original will for voluntary registration under the Registration Act, 1908.

LEGAL BASIS

Punjab: Section 18(e) of the Registration Act, 1908 makes registration of a will optional; section 27 permits a will to be presented at any time, and section 40 identifies the testator and, after death, specified representatives/persons claiming under the will as presenters. The jurisdictional Sub-Registrar receives the presentation. The Revenue Department's published table, checked on 6 September 2026, puts a Will at a registration fee of Rs 4,000, facilitation charges of Rs 500 and the Rs 200 pasting fee that applies to every document; the table bears no date, so confirm the figure at the counter. A refusal by the Sub-Registrar is addressed through sections 72 or 73 according to the statutory ground of refusal.

Chandigarh: Sections 18(e), 27 and 40 of the Registration Act apply in the same way, and the Sub-Registrar, UT Chandigarh receives the will. The Administration's published table, checked on 6 September 2026, puts a Will at a registration fee of Rs 200 plus a Rs 20 pasting fee. Refusal remedies follow sections 72/73 according to the statutory ground.

PERSONAL DATA NOTICE

This notice is given under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

The purpose of collecting personal data in this will-registration application is to identify the presenter and testator, identify the will and witnesses, and create the registration-office filing record.

The record will be held by __________ and may be shared with the presenter/testator, attesting witnesses, Sub-Registrar/Registrar and legal professional handling the registration.

If the matter does not proceed, the personal data will be retained for 90 days and then erased. If the matter proceeds, the record will be retained for the matter plus 12 months, except where a statute requires a longer named retention period.

A person named in this document may request correction or erasure where the purpose has ended, withdraw consent for future consent-based processing, or raise a grievance by writing to __________. The record-holder should acknowledge and reply within 30 days.

Data minimisation: this document does not collect a full Aadhaar number, an Aadhaar-card copy, a password or bank credentials.

Personal-data instruction: __________.

SIGNATURE

Applicant/Presenter: __________

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APPLICATION TO REGISTER A WILL

Application date / execution record: __________ at __________.

Applicant/Presenter: __________, connected to testator __________, __________. Presentation capacity: __________. Registration office: __________.

Will identified as: __________; pages __________. Identity evidence: __________. Supporting documents: __________.

TESTAMENTARY RECORD

Testator born __________, personal-law context __________, domicile __________, marital status __________. Children: __________. Dependants: __________.

Estate summary: __________; __________; __________; __________; liabilities __________. Prior wills: __________. Specific bequests: __________. Residue: __________, __________; substitutes __________. Minor status: __________. Expenses: __________.

Attesting witnesses in the will: __________, __________; __________, __________.

REQUEST

Please receive and process the original will for voluntary registration under the Registration Act, 1908.

LEGAL BASIS

Punjab: Section 18(e) of the Registration Act, 1908 makes registration of a will optional; section 27 permits a will to be presented at any time, and section 40 identifies the testator and, after death, specified representatives/persons claiming under the will as presenters. The jurisdictional Sub-Registrar receives the presentation. The Revenue Department's published table, checked on 6 September 2026, puts a Will at a registration fee of Rs 4,000, facilitation charges of Rs 500 and the Rs 200 pasting fee that applies to every document; the table bears no date, so confirm the figure at the counter. A refusal by the Sub-Registrar is addressed through sections 72 or 73 according to the statutory ground of refusal.

Chandigarh: Sections 18(e), 27 and 40 of the Registration Act apply in the same way, and the Sub-Registrar, UT Chandigarh receives the will. The Administration's published table, checked on 6 September 2026, puts a Will at a registration fee of Rs 200 plus a Rs 20 pasting fee. Refusal remedies follow sections 72/73 according to the statutory ground.

PERSONAL DATA NOTICE

This notice is given under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

The purpose of collecting personal data in this will-registration application is to identify the presenter and testator, identify the will and witnesses, and create the registration-office filing record.

The record will be held by __________ and may be shared with the presenter/testator, attesting witnesses, Sub-Registrar/Registrar and legal professional handling the registration.

If the matter does not proceed, the personal data will be retained for 90 days and then erased. If the matter proceeds, the record will be retained for the matter plus 12 months, except where a statute requires a longer named retention period.

A person named in this document may request correction or erasure where the purpose has ended, withdraw consent for future consent-based processing, or raise a grievance by writing to __________. The record-holder should acknowledge and reply within 30 days.

Data minimisation: this document does not collect a full Aadhaar number, an Aadhaar-card copy, a password or bank credentials.

Personal-data instruction: __________.

SIGNATURE

Applicant/Presenter: __________

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