Distance is what the other side is counting on — that you will not fly down, will not chase it, and will let it slide another quarter. A formal legal notice, in your own name, posted from India by Registered Post A.D., says otherwise. You describe what happened from wherever you are; we do the part that needs someone standing in an Indian post office.
₹799 — serve-ready notice in your own name AND we post it by Registered Post A.D. from India. Or ₹299 for the kit alone if someone in India will post it for you — and you never have to set foot in an Indian post office.
Not because it costs more. Because the ₹299 kit ends with a step you would have to be in India to take.
We post it on Wednesday 2 September. Miss that date and we refund your ₹799 in full — guaranteed.
One or two sentences in your own words. We match them against what each document is for and point you at the right one — nothing is sent anywhere, and nothing is saved.
This is the same checklist we show once you've bought the notice. Nothing here is a test you can fail: it tells you what to gather, not whether you're allowed to act.
Missing one of these does not stop you sending anything. It does mean this is the first thing you will be asked for, so it is the first thing worth chasing.
The rental agreement
It sets the rent, the due date and who owes it. Almost every question about arrears is answered from it.
If you don't have it: An unregistered or expired agreement still helps. No paper at all? Add the messages where the rent was agreed.
A record of what was paid and what was not
The arrears table in your notice is built from this. An unproved figure is the easiest thing for a tenant to dispute.
If you don't have it: A bank statement showing which months came in, or even your own dated notebook, is a real record — add it.
Not strictly required, and the difference between a demand that gets taken seriously and one that gets ignored is usually somewhere in here.
The reminders you sent about the unpaid rent
They show the tenant knew and did nothing, which is the difference between a demand and a surprise.
If you don't have it: One dated WhatsApp message asking for the rent is enough to add here.
Useful context. Skip any of these you do not have — none of them is worth delaying over.
Proof the property is yours
Rarely disputed, but if the tenant does challenge your standing, this ends the argument immediately.
If you don't have it: A tax receipt, EB bill or sale deed in your name all work.
Missing something? Send it anyway. Most people in a genuine dispute have less on paper than they should. The list is here so you know what to chase, not so you're told to wait.
The law gives you a window, not a wall. Here is what it actually says — never a date, because only you know when this started, and never a verdict on your case, because that is a lawyer's judgment, not this page's.
Suit for arrears of rent must generally be filed within 3 years of each instalment falling due
Counted from: each month's rent falling due — separately for each month, so recent arrears can still be live even if the earliest are not
If you think you're already past it: The earliest months may be past the window while the recent ones are not — that is normal, not a reason to drop the claim. A written acknowledgement or a part-payment restarts the clock, and the forum that governs your tenancy may run its own timelines besides.
Limitation Act, 1963 — Schedule, Article 52 (arrears of rent)
Describe what happened
Tell us the facts in plain words — who owes what, and since when. You confirm every detail before anything is final.
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See the full serve-ready legal notice in your own name — the exact amount, the demand, and a firm deadline — before you pay.
We post it from India
Pay ₹799 and we send it by Registered Post A.D. from India and email you the tracking number — or take the serve-ready PDF alone for ₹299 and post it yourself.
We post it on Wednesday 2 September. Miss that date and we refund your ₹799 in full — guaranteed.
I live abroad. Do I need an Indian address to send a notice?
No. Your own address on the notice can be your address abroad — the field is free text and there is no Indian format to fit. And the acknowledgement card, which is the part people assume needs an Indian letterbox, never travels to you at all: on the ₹799 tier we are the sender of record, so the signed card comes back to us in India. We scan it and put it on your tracking link and in your inbox. You hold the proof; you do not have to hold an address to receive it.
Why do you recommend the ₹799 option to me and not the ₹299 one?
Because the ₹299 kit ends with an instruction you cannot carry out. It gives you a serve-ready notice and the serve, proof-of-service and evidence checklists — everything except the walk to the post office counter, which is yours to do. That is a twenty-minute errand for someone in Chennai and an impossibility for someone in Dubai. The ₹799 option is the same kit plus we do the posting from India. If a parent, a sibling or a friend in India is genuinely willing to post it for you, the ₹299 kit is still there and still a fine choice.
Can I send the notice myself, or does it have to come from a lawyer?
You can send it yourself. A legal notice is a formal written demand from you to the other side; nothing in the law requires an advocate's letterhead for it to count. It is addressed in your own name as the owner, and the fact that you are abroad changes nothing about your right to demand what you are owed. We are a document platform, not a law firm — for a genuinely complex matter, such as a disputed title or a property already in litigation, an advocate is the better call and we will say so.
My phone number is not Indian. Will the form take it?
Yes. Enter it with your country code — +971, +44, +1 and so on — and it is accepted the same as an Indian number. Nothing in the flow assumes you are dialling from India.
Which state's law applies — where I live, or where the property is?
Where the property is. A flat in Chennai is governed by Tamil Nadu's tenancy law and the courts that sit there, regardless of which country you are writing from. That is why the flow asks you for the property's state rather than your own location, and why the notice is written to the law of that state.
Do I need a power of attorney or a relative in India to act for me?
Not to send a notice. A power of attorney matters when somebody has to sign, appear, or take possession on your behalf — none of which a notice involves. This is a demand made in your own name, and you are the one making it. If the matter later goes to court and you would rather not travel, that is the point at which a power of attorney becomes worth arranging with an advocate.
What happens after the notice is posted?
You get the tracking number the day it goes, and the deadline you set starts running. Many recipients respond at exactly this point — the arrival of a formal, tracked demand is usually the first moment the matter stops being ignorable. If the deadline passes with nothing, you hold a dated demand and a signed acknowledgement card, which is the record any later step is built on. We will tell you plainly what the realistic options are at that stage; we do not pretend a notice is a court order.
How is this different from hiring a lawyer in India?
You get a serve-ready notice in your own name in minutes rather than after a week of phone calls across time zones, at a fraction of what a retainer costs, and the posting is handled for you. What you do not get is somebody who will appear for you in court, negotiate on your behalf, or advise on a disputed title — for those, a qualified advocate is the right person, and we will say so rather than sell you a document.
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