Land & Property Records

Registration Bill 2025: What the Draft Would Change for Property Buyers

The Registration Bill 2025 is still a draft. Property is registered under the 1908 Act, and stamp duty is still set by your state.

Jamabandi Nakal and Fard: Getting a Certified Copy

An online jamabandi nakal is for information; banks, courts and registries need a certified or digitally signed copy, which costs…

Assam Land Records: Dag, Patta and Jamabandi Explained

Assam land records identify a plot by dag number and a holding by patta number; periodic patta is heritable and transferable,…

Bihar Jamabandi Correction: Fixing Errors Through Parimarjan Plus

Fix a wrong name, khata, khesra or area in your Bihar jamabandi on Parimarjan Plus; the circle officer verifies within 15 to 75…

Land Survey and Demarcation: How to Get Your Plot Measured

Apply to the tehsil or land records office; a government surveyor measures your plot against the village map, with neighbours…

Buying Agricultural Land in India: Who Can Buy and State Limits

Who can buy agricultural land depends on the state; NRIs and OCIs cannot buy farm land anywhere in India but can inherit it.

Gujarat 7/12 and 8A: Reading NA Land Records

In Gujarat the 7/12 covers one survey number, the 8A lists a holder's whole khata, and an NA entry records Section 65 permission…

Property Card: The Urban Land Record and How It Differs From 7/12

A property card is the City Survey Office's record of rights for urban land in Maharashtra and Gujarat, the city counterpart of…

Land Conversion: Changing Agricultural Land to Non-Agricultural Use

To build on farmland you need its use converted under your state's land revenue law. Maharashtra and Karnataka now run this…

Title Search Report: How Buyers Verify Land Ownership

A title search report is a lawyer's check of a property's ownership chain and charges, usually over 12 to 30 years, from…

Land Acquisition Act 2013: Compensation, Consent and Rehabilitation

Under the 2013 land acquisition law you get market value times a factor of 1 to 2, a 100% solatium, 12% a year interest, and…

Tamil Nadu Patta: Types, Transfer Process and Fees

A patta is Tamil Nadu's revenue record of land ownership. After a sale or inheritance, apply for patta transfer on Tamil Nilam;…

Karnataka e-Khata: Why It Is Needed and How to Apply

An e-Khata is Karnataka's digital property record. You need it to register a sale; apply on e-Aasthi in towns or e-Swathu in…

Mutation of Land (Dakhil Kharij): Process, Documents and Fees

Dakhil kharij (mutation) puts land in the new owner's name in revenue records. In Bihar it is free, online only, and decided in…

Land Pooling: How It Works and What Landowners Get Back

In land pooling you give land to an authority voluntarily and get back a smaller developed plot, instead of the cash paid under…