After a sale, inheritance, gift or will, the property card still shows the old owner's name until a separate transfer is filed at the City Survey office. Registering the deed alone does not change it.
વેચાણ, વારસાઈ, બક્ષિસ કે વસિયત પછી પણ મિલકત કાર્ડમાં જૂના માલિકનું નામ જ રહે છે — સિટી સર્વેમાં અલગ અરજી કરવી પડે. માત્ર દસ્તાવેજ કરાવવાથી નામ બદલાતું નથી.
Registration is not the same as record entry
This is the single most common misunderstanding we see. You register a sale deed at the Sub-Registrar, the deal feels complete, and everyone goes home. But the property card at the City Survey office still shows the old owner's name — because changing it is a separate application, at a different office, that has to be filed, notified and verified before the entry is made.
Inheritance transfers are where families get stuck. When an owner dies, the property does not automatically move to the heirs on the record. Someone has to file for it, with a death certificate and an heirship affidavit — the પેઢીનામું — that names all the legal heirs.
દસ્તાવેજ રજિસ્ટર કરવો અને મિલકત કાર્ડમાં નામ બદલવું — આ બે અલગ પ્રક્રિયા છે. ઘણા લોકો દસ્તાવેજ કરાવીને માની લે છે કે કામ પૂરું, પણ સિટી સર્વે કચેરીમાં નામ ફેર માટે અલગ અરજી કરવી પડે છે. જ્યાં સુધી એ ના થાય, મિલકત કાર્ડમાં જૂના માલિકનું નામ જ રહે છે.
Why is the name transferred? Papers by route
The papers the City Survey office asks for depend entirely on how the property changed hands.
| Transfer Route | Papers the City Survey Office Will Ask For |
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| Sale (વેચાણ) | Registered sale deed, index copy, old property card, buyer's identity and address proof |
| Inheritance (વારસાઈ) | Death certificate, heirship affidavit (પેઢીનામું), consent or no-objection of the remaining heirs, old property card |
| Gift (બક્ષિસ) | Registered gift deed, index copy, proof of relationship where claimed, old property card |
| Will (વસિયત) | The will, death certificate, probate where required, heirship papers, old property card |
If a sale just closed, do the transfer now. Every year you wait, a document gets harder to find and a consenting party gets harder to reach.
Multi-generation Varsai (Grandfather -> Father -> Heirs)
If a grandfather's name is still on the card and both he and the father have since died, that is two transfers in order — first to the father's heirs, then to the current generation — each with its own death certificate and consents. Slow, but finishable, and far cheaper to do now than during a rushed sale.
What we handle for your name transfer
Sale Deed Mutation
વેચાણ પછી નામ ફેરEntering the buyer's name on the City Survey property card after registration.
Varsai / Inheritance Entry
વારસાઈ નોંધEntering legal heirs' names after the death of a parent or grandparent.
Release / Relinquishment
હક કમીRemoving or releasing a co-owner's or sibling's share with proper consent.
Gift Deed Mutation
બક્ષિસ નોંધUpdating the property card after a registered family gift deed.
Documents we will ask for
Send clear photos of what you have on WhatsApp (+91 97247 20077) — we will verify them before you make a trip.
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Current Property CardWe can pull a fresh copy if you don't have it
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Registered Sale / Gift Deed & Index-2For sale or gift transfers
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Death Certificate & Pedhinamu (Heirship Affidavit)For inheritance / varsai transfers
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Aadhaar Card & Photos of Applicants / HeirsIdentity and address verification
How the file moves · પ્રક્રિયા
We pull the property card first to see exactly whose name is on it and what is noted.
Depending on the route — sale, inheritance, gift or will — we prepare the deed, affidavits and consents.
The application is filed at the City Survey office and passes its mandatory notice period.
Once cleared, the new owner's name is entered. We get you the updated certified property card.
Common questions · વારંવાર પૂછાતા પ્રશ્નો
Because registration and record entry are two different processes at two different offices. The card changes only after a separate name-transfer application to the City Survey office clears its notice period.
દસ્તાવેજ અને કાર્ડમાં નામ ફેર — બે અલગ પ્રક્રિયા છે. અલગ અરજી કરવી પડે.
With the death certificate, an heirship affidavit (પેઢીનામું) naming all heirs, and the consent of the remaining heirs, filed at the City Survey office.
મરણ પ્રમાણપત્ર અને પેઢીનામા સાથે, બધા વારસદારોની સંમતિથી અરજી કરવી પડે.
A straightforward transfer needs the heirs' consent. Where there is genuine disagreement it can become a legal matter rather than a records one — we will tell you honestly when a file has crossed into it.
બધા સંમત ના હોય તો તે કાનૂની બાબત બની શકે — અમે સાચી સ્થિતિ જણાવીશું.
It depends on the route and the notice period. A clean sale-based transfer is faster than an inheritance with several heirs across cities. We give a realistic range after seeing the papers.
પ્રક્રિયા અને વારસદારો પ્રમાણે સમય બદલાય — દસ્તાવેજ જોયા પછી જણાવીશું.
Often yes for a sale — that plus the index copy and the buyer's ID is usually the core of it. For inheritance and gift, more papers are needed. Send what you have and we will list the gaps.
વેચાણ માટે જૂનું કાર્ડ અને નવો દસ્તાવેજ ઘણીવાર પૂરતા — બાકી અમે જણાવીશું.