MEPCO Name Change — Transfer a Connection to Your Name
Bought a house or plot, or inherited one, and the electricity bill still carries the previous owner's name? That name can be transferred — here is what to check first, which documents to gather, and how the office process runs.
Transfer, or just a spelling correction?
Two different requests are often confused. A name change or transfer is needed when ownership has changed: you bought a house or plot, or a property came to you through inheritance, and the connection should now legally stand in the new owner's name. This is a formal transfer, with ownership documents, because the person responsible for the connection is changing.
A spelling correction is different: the same person owns the connection throughout, but their name was printed wrongly on the bill — a misspelt name, a missing part, or an old error carried forward. The office may treat a typo fix of this kind more simply than a full transfer. Phrase it clearly when you visit: explain whether the owner is changing, or only the spelling is wrong, so the office applies the right procedure from the start.
Before you apply — check the dues
This is the step people skip, and later regret. Outstanding dues stay attached to the connection, not to the person. If the previous owner left unpaid bills or arrears on the connection, those amounts travel with it into your name unless they are cleared or separately settled.
So, before buying a property and before applying for the transfer, check the latest bill for that connection and confirm whether it has actually been paid — our guide to checking if a bill is paid or not helps, and you can view the current bill through the checker on our homepage. Never buy a property with unpaid MEPCO dues hanging on its connection without settling, in writing, who pays them. A small check now is far easier than arguing about someone else's arrears later.
Where to apply
Apply at the sub-division (SDO) office for that connection — the local MEPCO office covering the property's area. The application forms are available there, and the staff will confirm the exact document list for your type of case, because a purchase, an inheritance and a shared-ownership transfer do not always need identical papers. There is no need for an agent; this is a counter process you can do yourself, and you should collect a stamped receiving for the application you submit.
Documents usually required
- The application form for change of name / transfer of connection, filled in and signed.
- CNIC of the new owner in whose name the connection will stand.
- Proof of ownership — for a purchase, the registered sale deed / registry or allotment letter; for inheritance, the death certificate and family registration or legal heir documents, as the office directs.
- The latest paid bill for the connection.
- A copy of the previous owner's CNIC, where available.
- An affidavit or NOC in disputed or shared ownership cases, where the office asks for one.
The office may ask for additional documents in your case — inheritance and jointly owned properties in particular can need more paperwork. Ask for the complete list at your first visit so the second visit can be the submission itself.
The process
- Submit the application and documents at the sub-division office, and take a stamped receiving or diary number.
- Office verification. The office verifies the ownership papers and the connection record, and in some cases makes a site visit to the premises.
- Pay any charges the office issues. If a transfer fee or a security-deposit difference applies in your case, the office will issue it through an official demand notice — pay only that, through the official channel, and keep the receipt.
- Name updated. The connection record is changed to the new owner's name.
- New name on the bill. The new name usually starts appearing on the following bills, typically within one or two billing cycles.
What does not change
A name change is narrower than many people expect, and that is good news. Your reference number and consumer ID stay the same, so your payment history, apps and online bill checking continue exactly as before — you do not get a new connection.
The tariff category also stays the same unless you separately apply for a change of category, for example from domestic to commercial. And the sanctioned load is unchanged by a transfer; increasing or decreasing load is its own separate request. If you need any of those changes, raise them as distinct applications so each one is recorded properly, rather than assuming the name transfer covered them.