8 Things To Know About Gift Deed

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What Is A Gift Deed?

A gift deed is a legally enforceable document in which the donor expresses his desire to give a property to a donee.

Gifted/Donated property

Registration

For a Gift deed to be legitimate, it must be registered with the sub-registrar after paying the necessary legal fee.

Register the deed for validity

Legal Age

The donor should be of legal age, or the deed could get rejected as a minor cannot transfer a property.

No minor can transfer a property

Free Will

The gift deed should be made of free will; any force or undue influence will make it invalid.

Free Will to gift the property

Gifted Property

A gift deed can be made only for an existing property, not something to be acquired in the future.

Pre-Existing and built property

Revocation Of Gift Deed

A gift deed can be revoked if it is made due to monetary considerations.

Expectation of monetary benefits

Unsound Mind

The donor should be of sound mind while making the deed for it to be legally binding, or it can be revoked.

Able to take their own decisions

Revoke By Mutual Agreement

The parties involved can decide if they want to rescind the deed through mutual agreement after a certain period.

Compiled By Himani Verma

Mutual decision of rescinding the deed

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