Share Recovery Agent in Surat
Surat’s diamond and textile families built wealth that went, in part, into Indian equities bought on paper. Those certificates are now a generation old, and many sit in folios nobody has touched.
We identify what the holding is worth today, prepare the documents, and deal with the registrar or the IEPF Authority. The first assessment is free.
Serving Surat, Gujarat · Surat district from our Gurugram officeReviewed 24 September 2026
Trade wealth, held quietly
The diamond trade and the textile industry gave Surat a business class with surplus to invest through the 1980s and 1990s. Shares were bought to hold, often in the names of several family members, and rarely reviewed afterwards.
Where the family has since moved within Surat, or a son or daughter has settled abroad, the folio stays behind with an address nobody collects post at. That is how dividends go unclaimed and, after seven years, how the shares reach the IEPF.
Gujarat documentation for Surat families
In Gujarat the legal heir certificate is the **Varsai certificate**, issued by the Mamlatdar. Applications are made through the Revenue section of the Digital Gujarat portal, in Gujarati or English, with a nominal fee; published guidance puts processing at up to about two months, so start it early if your holding needs one.
Often no such certificate is needed at all. SEBI’s simplified transmission route covers holdings up to ₹10 lakh per company in physical form and ₹30 lakh in demat, on a notarised indemnity bond and an affidavit-cum-NOC from the other legal heirs.
- The original certificates, or a dividend warrant, to identify the company and folio
- Form ISR-1 with PAN, address proof and bank details
- For a deceased holder: death certificate, Annexure-3 request form, indemnity bond and heirs’ NOCs
- A demat account in the claimant’s name — shares are no longer issued on paper
What we handle for clients in Surat
How a Surat claim actually runs
Five stages, the same wherever you are. Nothing here needs you to travel, and nothing is billed until the last one.
- 1
Free assessment
You send whatever you have — a certificate, a folio number, a name, sometimes only a company. We tell you what exists and what it is likely worth before you commit to anything.
- 2
Tracing and confirmation
We search the IEPF records and write to the registrar to confirm the holding, the corporate actions applied to it since, and who it currently stands in the name of.
- 3
Documents assembled
Death certificate, heirship evidence, indemnity bond, NOCs, KYC and the demat account details — prepared in the order the registrar and the company will want them.
- 4
Filing and follow-up
Form IEPF-5, the transmission request or the duplicate issue is filed, and we chase the company Nodal Officer and the Authority until the verification report moves.
- 5
Shares credited
The securities are credited directly to your own demat account. Our fee becomes payable at this point, and not before.
Zero advance fee — what Surat clients pay, and when
We charge no advance professional fee. Our fee is a percentage agreed with you before we start, payable only once the shares or dividends have reached your own demat or bank account. If nothing is recovered, you owe us no professional fee at all.
- Nothing to pay for the assessment, and nothing while the claim is running
- The percentage is fixed in writing before any work starts — it does not move later
- Statutory and third-party costs — stamp duty, notary, court fees, newspaper notices — are paid by you at actuals, with receipts
- Shares are credited to your account, never to ours; we never take custody of your securities
Anyone who asks you for money before a claim has been assessed is worth walking away from. Read the full fee policy.
Areas we cover around Surat
Claims are handled remotely across Gujarat, with documents collected by courier and identity verified over video. There is no need to travel to our office.
- Adajan
- Varachha
- Katargam
- Udhna
- Navsari
- Bardoli
- Bharuch
Questions from Surat
We have certificates but no idea what they are worth.
The registrar confirms the current holding for a folio, including everything added by bonus issues and splits. We do that check free of charge so you can decide with a number in front of you.
Some heirs are abroad. Does that stop us?
No. Heirs abroad sign their affidavit-cum-NOC where they live and have it apostilled or attested at an Indian mission; heirs in India simply notarise locally.
Can small holdings be worth pursuing?
Often, yes — decades of bonus issues and splits mean a small 1990s holding can be worth many times its original size. We tell you the value before you commit.
Do you charge upfront?
No. The assessment is free, there is no advance professional fee, and we charge an agreed percentage only after the shares are credited.