Ancestral Indian Share Recovery from Dallas and Texas
The Dallas–Fort Worth Indian community has grown quickly, and with it the number of families holding ancestral Indian shares they cannot easily act on from Texas.
We trace those holdings, value them, and handle the transmission or IEPF claim end to end from our Gurugram office. The first assessment is free.
Claims from Dallas, Texas, handled from our Gurugram office · Reviewed 21 September 2026
Ancestral holdings, two generations removed
Much of what we are asked to recover from Texas is genuinely ancestral: shares bought by a grandparent, inherited by a parent who never completed the transmission, and now claimed by a third generation living in Plano or Irving. Each skipped step adds a death certificate and a set of heirs to the file.
These chains are common and they are solvable, but the order matters. The heirs of the person who died last are the ones who claim, and every intermediate transmission has to be evidenced before a registrar will act.
Texas notarisation and apostille
The United States has been party to the 1961 Hague Apostille Convention since 1981, and India joined in 2005. That makes authentication straightforward: a document you sign in the US is notarised locally and then apostilled, and no Indian consulate attestation is needed on top.
Apostilles on notarised documents are issued by the Secretary of State of the state where the notarisation took place, so a New Jersey notarisation is apostilled in Trenton and a California one in Sacramento. Federal documents go to the US Department of State. Send the original apostilled document to India; registrars want originals, not scans.
Texas documents are notarised by a Texas notary and apostilled by the Texas Secretary of State. The Consulate General of India in Houston serves Texas; for apostilled share documents you will not normally need it, though its jurisdiction page is worth checking if you need consular services.
What you will need
- Affidavit-cum-NOC and indemnity bond, signed before a US notary and apostilled by that state
- Passport, OCI card if you hold one, and PAN — the name should read the same on all three
- Proof of your US address for KYC
- A demat account in India, usually linked to an NRO account, opened before the claim is filed
Where the shares land, and moving money out
Recovered shares are credited to an Indian demat account. Shares inherited or bought while you were resident in India are generally held on a non-repatriable basis, which in practice means an NRO-linked account; your bank will confirm what applies to you.
From NRO balances, NRIs can remit up to USD 1 million per financial year, with Form 15CA and a chartered accountant’s certificate in Form 15CB. Separately, US persons have their own reporting to think about — FBAR on foreign financial accounts and Form 8938 thresholds — so speak to a cross-border tax adviser before you sell anything.
What we handle
Questions from Dallas
The shares were my grandfather’s and my father has also died. Can we still claim?
Yes. It becomes a two-stage transmission: the shares pass through your father’s estate to his heirs. Both deaths must be evidenced, and the heirs at each stage identified.
Some heirs are in India and some in Texas. Does that slow things down?
Only the authentication. Heirs in India notarise locally; heirs in Texas notarise and apostille. Starting the US side first is usually what keeps the file moving.
Do we need an Indian lawyer?
Only if the case needs a court — typically a succession certificate for holdings above SEBI’s thresholds where there is no will. Most family holdings fall below that and need no court at all.
What if the company no longer exists under that name?
It has most likely been renamed or merged. We trace the successor company and its registrar and tell you what the old certificate now represents.
How are you paid?
A pre-agreed percentage of the value, after the shares are credited. No advance professional fee, and the assessment is free.