Family Member Certificate

Also: Legal Heir Certificate

MEANING

The Tahsildar's certificate listing the members of a deceased person's family — the everyday heirship paper for pensions, jobs and succession mutations.

Applied for through MeeSeva and issued after village-level enquiry. Strictly it certifies family composition, not title — contested successions belong in civil court. "Legal heir certificate" is the loose name used across counters for the same document.