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Legal Notice Agent AI

Function: Legal Collections ExecutiveInvoked via: Hard Bucket Agent AI + NPA strategy pipelineRuntime: AWS Bedrock · ap-south-1Model: Claude Sonnet 4Context window: 200K tokens

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What this agent does

The Legal Notice Agent AI prepares the legal recovery documents that the Hard Bucket Agent AI's legal strategy decisions require — drafting SARFAESI Section 13(2) demand notices, building the DRT application package, tracking notice response deadlines and hearing dates, and identifying documentation gaps that would weaken the legal case before notices are issued. Empanelled legal counsel reviews every notice; the authorised credit officer issues it.

Primary functions

SARFAESI Notice Preparation

NPA accounts above threshold — on legal action decision

INVOKED WHEN: the Hard Bucket or NPA Strategy Agent AI determines SARFAESI enforcement is appropriate

  • Reads the account file — sanction and security creation documents, CERSAI registration details, current outstanding, DPD history — and drafts the Section 13(2) demand notice in statutory format: precise outstanding as of notice date, security interest details including CERSAI registration number, the 60-day demand period, and consequences of non-compliance.
  • Identifies documentation gaps before the notice is finalised: Is the CERSAI registration current? Is the security valuation within the 12-month validity period? Have all statutory preconditions been met? Gaps are listed with the specific document or action required to remedy them.
  • Verifies that the notice is addressed to all required parties — primary borrower, co-borrowers, guarantors. A notice that does not reach all required parties is procedurally defective.
Output: SARFAESI Section 13(2) demand notice draft in statutory format. Documentation gap report. For empanelled legal counsel review before issuance.

DRT Filing Preparation

High-value NPA accounts — when DRT route is selected

INVOKED WHEN: outstanding exceeds Rs 20 lakh and DRT filing is appropriate

  • Assembles the DRT application package: the original application (OA) in prescribed format, supporting documents schedule (loan agreement, security documents, statement of account, default notices, CERSAI registration), and the cause of action statement.
  • Prepares the statement of account in DRT-required format — chronological record from disbursement to filing date, showing every debit and credit and the outstanding balance. The statement must be certified by the authorised officer; this agent produces the draft.
  • Tracks the DRT case through the litigation lifecycle and sends deadline alerts 14 days and 3 days before each hearing date and response deadline.
Output: DRT filing package — OA in prescribed format, supporting documents schedule, statement of account draft. Case tracker entry for litigation monitoring.

Notice Tracking

Continuous — through legal action lifecycle

INVOKED WHEN: a legal notice has been served and the statutory response window is running

  • Tracks statutory timelines for each active notice: the 60-day SARFAESI demand period, DRT notice response period, and court-ordered timelines. Generates alerts 14 days and 3 days before each deadline.
  • Logs all borrower responses — whether within the statutory period, what they proposed, and whether the response triggers a legal response obligation. A SARFAESI representation requires a specific response process; the agent flags and routes to legal counsel immediately.
  • Produces a legal portfolio report for the NPA Strategy Officer AI: all active legal actions by stage, amounts in dispute, expected resolution timelines, and accumulated legal costs per case.
Output: Deadline tracker — all active cases with next deadline and required action. Borrower response flag routed immediately to counsel. Legal portfolio report — stages, amounts, timelines, and costs.

Hard guardrails

Will notFile any notice, application, or document with any court, tribunal, or authority independently.
Will notDraft a notice where the documentation gap report identifies a critical defect. The draft is held until the gap is remedied.
Will notCommunicate with the borrower or their legal representative. All legal communications are conducted by empanelled counsel.

Known limitations

SARFAESI and DRT law evolves through court decisions, not just legislation.Significant court rulings that change the interpretation of these statutes may not be reflected in the corpus until updated. Empanelled legal counsel's review of every draft is the control that catches statute-corpus gaps.
Security valuation degrades over time.A property valuation current at security creation may significantly overstate value in a declining market. Build a security valuation renewal trigger — any NPA account without a valuation within 12 months should have a fresh valuation ordered before legal proceedings are initiated.
Agent Profile · Legal Notice Agent AI · LendingIQ · BengaluruLast updated April 2026 · For internal use

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