Land name transfer after the owner's death (inheritance)
मृत्युपश्चात् नामसारी
Responsible office
Land Revenue Office (मालपोत कार्यालय), renamed Land Administration Office (भूमि प्रशासन कार्यालय) in 2083
मालपोत कार्यालय / भूमि प्रशासन कार्यालय
01 · Before you apply
Essential information
Legal basis
Land Revenue Act 2034 (as amended 2083); National Civil (Code) Act 2074 (inheritance); provincial Finance Acts 2083 (fees)
Fee information as of
FY 2083/84
Source updated
2083-03-32 BS (Lumbini and Madhesh Province Finance Acts 2083) for fees; documents from a 2020 secondary source
Data confidence
low
02 · Prepare
Documents you need
Bring original documents together with readable photocopies. Names, dates and record details should match across every document.
- Name-transfer application (नामसारी निवेदन)
- Deceased owner's land ownership certificate (जग्गाधनी प्रमाणपुर्जा)
- Citizenship certificate (नागरिकता) of the heir(s)
- Land/property-tax paid receipt (तिरो रसिद)
- Proof of relationship (नाता प्रमाणित) to the deceased
- Death registration certificate (मृत्यु दर्ता प्रमाणपत्र)
- Recommendation from the local level (ward/municipality)
- Public notice (सार्वजनिक सूचना) / community inquiry (सर्जमिन) papers where required — confirm at the office
03 · At the office
Step-by-step process
- 1
Register the death at the ward office and obtain the death registration certificate.
- 2
Get relationship verification (नाता प्रमाणित) and a recommendation from the ward/local level.
- 3
Pay the current year's land/property tax and keep the receipt.
- 4
Apply at the Land Revenue / Land Administration Office with the deceased's land ownership certificate, the heirs' citizenship and the papers above.
- 5
The office may issue a public notice or hold a community inquiry so other claimants can come forward — confirm locally.
- 6
Pay the name-transfer fee (by property value and relationship).
- 7
Receive the land ownership certificate in the heir's name.
04 · Cost
Fees and charges
Name transfer (नामसारी) — Bagmati, within 3 generations
Bagmati Finance Act 2083; name transfer after death follows these rules
Rs 3,500 (value up to Rs 50 lakh); Rs 5,000 (Rs 50 lakh–1.5 crore); Rs 7,000 (Rs 1.5–3 crore); Rs 10,000 (above Rs 3 crore)
Name transfer — Bagmati, outside 3 generations
Rs 7,000 / 10,000 / 15,000 / 20,000 for the same value bands
Name transfer — Lumbini, per file
Lumbini Finance Act 2083
Within 3 generations: Rs 2,500 (sub-metropolitan) / Rs 2,000 (municipality) / Rs 1,500 (rural municipality); beyond 3 generations: Rs 4,000 / 4,000 / 1,500
Name transfer — Madhesh
Madhesh Finance Act 2083 service fee; whether it is charged per plot or per application is not clear in the text, and the beyond-3-generations figures are partly garbled — confirm
Within 3 generations: Rs 1,500 (metropolitan) / Rs 1,200 (sub-metropolitan) / Rs 1,000 (municipality) / Rs 500 (rural municipality); beyond 3 generations: Rs 5,000 / 4,000 / 3,500 / 2,000
Other provinces (Koshi, Gandaki, Karnali, Sudurpashchim)
Not published in sources found — confirm at the office
05 · Digital options
Online services
06 · Read carefully
Important notes
- Land Revenue Offices were renamed Land Administration Offices (भूमि प्रशासन कार्यालय) by an ordinance in Baisakh 2083; both names are in use.
- From Shrawan 2083 the ministry planned to hand this service to about 35 pilot municipalities/rural municipalities (214 applied); check whether your local level now provides it.
- The document list comes from a 2020 secondary source (National Federation of the Deaf Nepal) that cites no authority; its English was machine-translated ('public information', 'surgeon' are read here as public notice and सर्जमिन). Confirm the current list at the office.
- Step order is indicative: no current citizen charter for this service could be retrieved (dolma.gov.np and district land-office sites block automated access) — confirm at the office.
07 · Where to go
Office information
Website
https://dolma.gov.np08 · Verification