Accuracy over completeness. A fee, rule or form ships as “verified” only when at least two independent published sources agree on it. Official sources come first — the Indian Succession Act, 1925 itself, State Court Fees Acts, and state portals. Where sources disagree, the item is shown as unresolved or left out entirely, with the reason written down here.
These items appear in one published source we checked, but we could not confirm them against a second independent source (or the sources conflict). We would rather have a smaller tool that is right than a complete one with a single wrong number.
| Item | Why it is not in the tool |
|---|---|
| Court fee — Gujarat | No Gujarat-specific court-fee schedule or % found in the sources checked. Generic guides repeat 'about 3%' for all states — template text, not the Gujarat statute. |
| Court fee — Kerala | No Kerala-specific succession-certificate court-fee schedule or % found in the sources checked. |
| Court fee — Rajasthan | No Rajasthan-specific court-fee schedule or % found (one forum query asking for the Udaipur % is unanswered). |
| Court fee — Bihar | No Bihar-specific court-fee schedule or % found in the sources checked. |
| Court fee — Punjab | No Punjab-specific court-fee % found. One forum answer notes Punjab & Haryana succession petitions go before the Court of Civil Judge (Senior Division) — a forum point, not a fee. |
| Legal-heir certificate — other states (UP, Rajasthan, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh) | No verified state-by-state issuing-status table found. Generic guides claim 'most states' offer e-District applications, but no second source confirms which of these states actually issue a legal-heir certificate, or the issuing authority. We do not publish a full 28-state table. |
| High Court as an alternative issuing court for succession certificates | Only one guide says District Court or High Court have concurrent jurisdiction; no second source confirms it generally (the Bombay High Court original side is a Mumbai-specific testamentary route). |
| Court fee — Telangana / Andhra Pradesh exact slabs | Only one source describes the slab structure ('2% on the lowest slab rising to ~5%'), with no Act schedule text. The estimator uses the commonly cited ~3% effective rate with the ₹3 lakh cap, labelled single-source. |
One guide says 2% with slabs capped ~₹50,000–1,00,000; two others say 'usually about 3%' with a cap of ₹1,00,000. No Karnataka Court Fees Act schedule text was found in the sources checked.
No single figure is published for Karnataka — check the District Court or the State Court Fees Act schedule.
LawTendo gives two different tables in one article (fixed ₹100/250/500 then 3% above ₹50,000; and a separate 2%/3%/4%/5% slab table). RightToInformation.wiki says 3% capped at ₹3,00,000. SupremeToday identifies the provision (Sch.I Art.7, TN Court Fees and Suits Valuation Act 1955) but gives no figures.
No slab table is published for Tamil Nadu — check the District Court or the Act schedule.
One guide claims a ₹3,00,000 cap, but the Court Fees Act (Delhi Amendment) Sch.I Art.12 text found contains no cap.
The estimator uses 2.5% with no cap.
Guides say 3–6 months (several), 4–7 months (Assetly), 5–7 months in West Bengal, and 6–12 months (EzyLegal NRI guide).
The site publishes the range 'commonly 3–7 months' with the caveat that court workload and objections extend it.
Most guides say 15–30 days; IndiaFilings/Housing.com describe a 30-day objection period plus 15 days to issue (about 45 days in total).
Both figures are shown on the Kerala page.
15 working days under the Telangana Right to Services Act per one guide; 7–14 working days per another.
No timeline is shown for Telangana.