The contract for the sale of a property is usually drafted by the advocate of the seller. A copy of the same is however handed over to the advocate of the purchaser. The seller’s advocate should have s copy of the draft handy so that in case the purchaser’s advocate wants to implement any changes, the same cal also be discussed over the phone. In order to draft the contract, the seller’s advocate would require all documents that shall clearly reveal the seller’s existing right title interest in the existing title to the property that is to be sold. In order to get such details, extensive search of the title deeds is required. In case of unregistered land, the deeds comprise of the conveyances and other documents of titles, that are known as assents dealing with earlier dispositions of the legal estate. However, for a registered land, ‘the deeds’ will act as a charge certificate if the property is already mortgaged or a land certificate if the property is not mortgaged and is free from all encumbrances. If the property is leasehold, then the original lease agreement will also be there with the deeds.
