Many of you would have had the traumatic experience of losing your valuable degree certificates or marklists of any University or College. You may be in urgent need of the same to appear for an interview or apply for any higher studies etc. You can apply to the particular University for issuing a duplicate certificate or marklist. This involves some procedure.

What Should You Do When Your Marklist or Certificate Is Lost

Once you understand that your marklist or certificate is lost you have to immediately follow these steps:

1. Go to the nearest police station and file a complaint mentioning the loss of the certificate and the details of the certificate. Get a copy of the FIR.
2. Report to the University.
3. Publish in the newspaper informing the loss of the marklist or certificate. This step is optional but some universities may ask for it.
4. Apply to the University to issue the duplicate marklist or certificate.

How to Apply for the Duplicate Certificate or Marklist

You have to follow these steps:

1. Prepare an affidavit for duplicate marklist mentioning all the important details like Your Registration number or USN, year of issue of marklist, name of University and the college you studied, name of the course you studied and the course duration.
2. Get the affidavit attested by a Notary.
3. Write a covering letter to the University informing of the loss of the particular marklist and request for a duplicate to be issued.

What Should be Included in the Affidavit

You have to include the following in the affidavit:

1. Your full name
2. Name of Institution
3. Period of course
4. Name of course
5. Name of marklist or certificate lost
6. Date of issue of the lost certificate
7. Registration number of the student
8. How you lost the certificate
9. When and where you lost it
10. Did you make any police complaint
11. Name of police station and Complaint number
12. Date of filing complaint

Create Your Own Affidavit

Once you have decided to apply for the duplicate marklist or certificate, you need the affidavit in the first instance. So making an affidavit should not be a time consuming process and this can be easily created on our website. All you need to do is go to LegalDesk.com and click on the affidavits column. You will get a list of affidavits and you can choose to make this particular affidavit from that list. Fill the form with all your details, download and print it, or get us do that for you and deliver to your address.