Share Recovery Agent in Kochi
Kerala has a higher proportion of shareholders living outside India than anywhere else in the country, and that shapes almost every claim we handle here. We recover old certificates, dormant folios and IEPF holdings for Kochi families at home and abroad.
Nobody needs to fly back. Documents are attested where you live, and the shares are credited to an Indian demat account in your own name.
Serving Kochi, Kerala · Ernakulam district from our Gurugram officeReviewed 25 September 2026
Gulf earnings, Indian folios, and heirs in three countries
From the 1970s onward, remittances from the Gulf were routinely put into Indian equity by families in Ernakulam and the districts around it. The investor was often working abroad while the folio carried a family address in Kerala, and dividends were collected by a parent or sibling. That arrangement worked for as long as the person collecting them was alive.
Kerala also has a long tradition of investment in local plantation, banking and manufacturing companies, and a regional exchange that has since ceased trading operations — so certificates here include both national blue chips and companies with a purely local market history.
The characteristic complication is geography. It is common for a Kerala family to have one heir in Kochi, one in the Gulf and one in Europe or North America, all of whom must sign. That is entirely workable, but the attestation requirements differ by country, and getting that wrong is the most frequent cause of a file being returned.
What Kerala families need to produce
In Kerala the legal heir certificate is issued by the Tahsildar, applied for online or at the Taluk office, with the Village Officer verifying the heirs. Kerala families abroad should note that documents executed outside India need apostille or consular attestation before a registrar will accept them.
In many cases no such certificate is needed. 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.
- Death certificate, SEBI’s transmission request form (Annexure-3) and the claimant’s KYC documents
- Notarised indemnity bond and affidavit-cum-NOC from the other legal heirs, attested abroad where an heir is overseas
- Apostille for documents executed in a Hague Convention country, consular attestation otherwise
- An NRO demat account where the claimant is non-resident, with a Client Master List under two months old
What we handle for clients in Kochi
How a Kochi 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 Kochi 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 Kochi
Claims are handled remotely across Kerala, with documents collected by courier and identity verified over video. There is no need to travel to our office.
- Ernakulam
- Kakkanad
- Aluva
- Tripunithura
- Thrissur
- Alappuzha
- Kottayam
Questions from Kochi
Do you have an office in Kochi?
No. We work from Gurugram and serve Kochi remotely. We do not claim branches we do not have.
One heir is in Dubai and one in London. How do they sign?
The UAE is not a Hague Convention country for this purpose, so documents signed in Dubai are attested through the Indian consulate. The UK is, so a London document is apostilled. Both are routine; they just take different routes and different amounts of time.
Can the recovered shares be sold and the money sent abroad?
Shares credited to an NRO account can be sold and the proceeds repatriated within the annual limit, subject to tax clearance. The mechanics are worth planning before the claim is filed rather than after.
Could I do this myself?
Yes, and for a single straightforward folio you probably should. The IEPF Authority’s records can be searched free and Form IEPF-5 can be filed by anyone. We charge for assembling the documentation, handling registrar and company verification and following it through — not for access to something that is public.
What will it cost, and when?
Nothing in advance. An agreed percentage of the recovered value is charged after the shares reach your demat account, and government or third-party costs — stamp duty, notary, court fees, newspaper notices — are paid by you at actuals.