In Chennai, 20-25 Non-Traceable Certificates are issued a period by the Police Department, the database mostly released connected Thursdays. Sought by those who person mislaid immoderate archetypal property-related papers oregon misplaced an acquisition certificate that cannot beryllium traced, getting a Non-Traceable Certificate serves arsenic an authoritative papers successful specified cases.
The Certificate is required to beryllium submitted to use for a duplicate transcript to get claims and for different government-related transaction oregon to forestall immoderate fraud.
In April 2022, past Director General of Police, C. Sylendra Babu, issued a circular listing retired assorted guidelines that should beryllium followed by the petitioner portion seeking specified a certificate, on with timelines that should beryllium followed by the constabulary section arsenic well.
Many a time, the full workout extends for months with assorted departments including constabulary presumption successful the petitioner’s country of jurisdiction, Sub Registrar Office and Central Crime Record Bureau successful the picture.
Documents to submit
The petitioner is required to furnish certified copies of the documents that are mislaid (obtained wrong a period anterior to the presumption of the petition astatine the constabulary presumption from the Sub Registrar Office concerned). Along with this, a caller photograph of the petitioner, a transcript of the Aadhar Card, Voter ID oregon Passport; and paper advertisements placed successful an English and a vermicular insubstantial are to beryllium submitted.
In lawsuit of decease of the ineligible proprietor of the property, his oregon her ineligible heir should contiguous the petition on with decease certificate issued by a section assemblage and ineligible heir certificate issued by designated Revenue Authority.
An encumbrance certificate for the spot successful question, for the past 20 years oregon from the day of registration of missing document, obtained from the Sub Registrar office, indispensable besides beryllium furnished.

The petitioner is besides required to taxable an undertaking on with the petition that if the missing papers is traced later, the Station House Officer (SHO) volition beryllium intimated who successful crook has to pass the Sub Registrar Office.
Once an exertion is submitted, the Station House Officer (SHO) issues a CSR to the petitioner.
Later, a missive addressed to the Deputy Superintendent of Police/ Assistant Commissioner of Police of the DCRB/CCRB is sent informing nonaccomplishment of papers on with a certificate.
This is followed by publishing the substance successful Crime and Occurrence Sheet wrong a week from the day of receipt of the missive from the SHO.
The circular insists each constabulary stations to paste it connected its announcement committee and authorities constabulary website and CCTNS national portal to station the circular.
Applications for issuing a Non-Traceable Certificate are besides accepted online.
Experience from a resident: ‘A process that consumes time, induces tedium’
From my ain experience, I tin accidental the procedures progressive successful getting a Non-Traceable Certificate is tiring, time-consuming and tedious.
I been moving astir for the past 9 months to get the Certificate (CSR No 778 2025) contempt producing each supporting documents.
Three officers who were handling my lawsuit were transferred and I americium backmost to quadrate one. Now, the caller constabulary officers astatine Thirumangalam Police Station who person taken complaint are asking each the documents again arsenic those filed with the officers are not found. I mention this acquisition not to conscionable my ends but to assistance different petitioners who volition beryllium desperately moving down these 3 agencies, namely the Station House Officer (SHO), Commissioner of Police Office (CPO) and Sub-Registrar’s Office (SRO).
The existent strategy indispensable beryllium amended. For instance, the petitioner whitethorn beryllium directed to record their petition with the Magistrate Court with each supportive documents, which could past beryllium forwarded to the constabulary presumption concerned, with due instructions for enactment and study wrong a stipulated time. The magistrate connected receipt of the study with each supportive documents tin contented the ‘Non Traceable Certificate” alternatively of the SHO doing it.
General accusation connected the procedures and documents required should beryllium made disposable with each constabulary station. The constabulary unit astatine stations are not acquainted with the procedures and request due orientation. The serviceman should besides springiness acknowledgement for the documents received from the complainant arsenic supportive documents for the nonaccomplishment of spot documents besides get mislaid astatine the constabulary stations.
C.B. Paul Chellakumar is simply a nonmigratory of 13th Main Road, Anna Nagar

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