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Why the date of possession matters so much
Possession is a fact with legal consequences, and the date it passed decides several things at once: when liability for property tax, society charges and utilities shifts; when risk of damage moves; when a limitation period may begin to run; and — importantly for an agreement to sell — whether section 17(1A) of the Registration Act, 1908 is engaged, because delivery of possession is an ingredient of section 53A of the Transfer of Property Act.
A possession letter that records only a date has done half the job. Record the condition of the property, the meter readings, the keys handed over, the fixtures and fittings included, and any outstanding work. A short inventory with photographs attached is worth more than several paragraphs of general words, and it is what settles the argument six months later.
Where possession letters are used
- A builder handing over a unit to a buyer
- A seller handing over on completion, or earlier under an agreement to sell
- A landlord and tenant at the start and end of a tenancy
- A contractor handing back a site
- Family members recording a division of occupation
What it does not do
A possession letter is not a conveyance and does not transfer ownership. Where a builder gives possession long before the sale deed is executed, that gap is a real exposure for the buyer and should be dealt with in the underlying agreement, not papered over with a handover note. Sale deed →
We do not publish duty figures on this website. The Gujarat Stamp Act, 1958 was amended in 2025 and several articles were restructured; a rate printed on a web page goes stale and costs somebody money. As a Government authorised e-Stamping centre we confirm the duty currently prescribed for your specific document and issue the e-stamp against it, at face value. The notarial fee is separate and capped by law — ₹35 to attest execution, ₹35 to administer an oath or take an affidavit, under Rule 10(1) of the Notaries Rules, 1956. The full fee table →
Drafted here, in Gujarati or English
Drafted by an advocate of 35+ years rather than filled into a downloaded template, e-stamped at a Government authorised centre, and notarised in the same visit. If the parties read Gujarati, the document is drafted in Gujarati — not translated out of an English form, because legal Gujarati has its own settled vocabulary and a literal translation frequently means something looser.
What to bring
- The underlying agreement or sale deed
- Photo ID for both parties
- Meter readings and details of keys and fittings being handed over
- Photographs of the property's condition at handover