Updated on September 24, 2025 03:53:29 PM
All legal action can only be taken once notice has been served upon the entity or individual you wish to take to court. It is only this process that legalises bringing a matter to court. The intimation sent is known as a legal notice.
A legal notice is, therefore, a formal communication to a person or an entity, informing the other party of your intention to undertake legal proceedings against them.
This notice, when sent, conveys your intention before the legal proceedings and thus, makes the party aware of your grievance. Many times, a legal notice served will bring the other party on heels, and the problem can get resolved out of court too, with fruitful discussions on both sides.
And, if the other party is still not heeding to the grievance, one can always start the court proceedings after a particular interval, as stated by the law.
Although a legal notice can serve as a purpose of negotiations between the parties and save time, effort and money that are usually spent in court cases.
A legal notice is filed as per Section 80 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and is only filed in civil cases. A legal notice is an intimation and thus carries the following information:
A complete brief of the problems that the aggrieved party is facing, combined with what can be done to resolve the issue need to be clearly mentioned. The last past of the Legal notice should contain a detailed account of how relief can be obtained/problem solved if mutually agreed upon the grievance.
A perfectly crafted legal notice, can act as a mediator between the two parties and help solve the issue out of the court if both of them are willing to compromise on the issue.
A legal notice format must contain the following points:
A legal notice, although a simple document, requires precision and accuracy and use of definite language to ensure the message sent across is correct. A legal expert or an agent can help in putting forth the legal notice as per law and wording it as required for the particular issue.
Procedure:
Although the other party may or may not reply to legal notice, it is essential for a person on whom the legal notice is addressed to send a reply within the stipulated time. If not replied to notice, one may be at a disadvantage of not following the law, and thus, may give the other party undue advantage while appearing in the court.
A legal notice can be sent personally too. One can draft a legal notice, and authorize it before sending it to the other party. However, since wording, a legal notice is extremely important if the case reaches the court, and citing of law under which you have raised the claim is essential, having an expert in law to make the copies of the legal notice will work to your advantage.
The same applies to replying to a legal notice too, since here too, one may not know the appropriate law to be used, to revert to the claims demanded by the other party.
The legal notice format PDF is drafted in the below section where you can find the legal notice format for recovery of money.
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