Verify a patta or TSLR certificate from its QR code
Scan the QR on a patta, chitta, A-register or town survey extract and paste what it gives you. The register decrypts it back into the record it issued, so you can compare the paper in your hand line by line: location, survey number, holder, classification and extent.
Sign in with your phone to run it. You see the price and approve it before anything runs.
- The register's own record behind the paper, not a look-alike
- It says which check ran: a decrypted barcode, or only a parcel lookup
- Nothing returned is never called a forgery, and is never charged
1 creditper run, charged only when a record comes back
What we need
One thing at a time. Fill it in and press Run.
The answer
From the register, with its date and source.
Nothing run yet. The answer appears here with everything this mini adds:
- The register's own record behind the paper, not a look-alike
- It says which check ran: a decrypted barcode, or only a parcel lookup
- Nothing returned is never called a forgery, and is never charged
Certificate checks, briefly
TSLR is the Town Survey Land Register, the revenue record for land inside a Tamil Nadu town survey area, identified by town, ward, block and town survey number.
- The QR code
- Checks the paper
It carries an encrypted payload only the register can produce. If it decrypts, the paper came from the register.
- A reference number
- Checks the parcel
It is plain text anyone can type. Looking it up shows what the register holds for that parcel, not that the paper is genuine.
- No record back
- Not a forgery
A newer or re-keyed code series reads the same way. It means nothing was confirmed, and it is not charged.
How to verify a patta online
- 1
Scan the QR
Point any phone camera or scanner at the QR on the certificate and copy what it shows, the code or the link.
- 2
Paste and run
Paste it above. With no QR, type the reference number printed on the certificate instead.
- 3
Compare every line
Check the record that comes back against the paper. Any difference is worth settling at the taluk office.
When it helps with land
A patta from a seller
Confirm the certificate a seller hands you came out of the register before you rely on it.
An old extract
See whether what the register holds still matches a copy printed months ago.
A town extract
An urban reference number names the town, ward, block and survey, so the parcel can be looked up even without a QR.
A verified certificate shows the paper matches the register, not that the holder has clear title. Check the registered deeds in the encumbrance certificate before any money moves.
Questions people ask
How do I check whether a patta is genuine?
Scan the QR code printed on it and paste what the scanner gives you above. The code carries an encrypted payload only the land records portal can decode. If it decodes, the register returns its own copy of the entry, and you compare every line against the paper.
Nothing came back. Is my patta fake?
No, and we will not say that. The portal returns nothing for anything it cannot decrypt, which includes newer or re-keyed code series and a value copied incompletely. Confirm the certificate at the issuing taluk office.
What is the difference between the QR check and the reference check?
The QR carries an encrypted payload only the register can make, so decrypting it says the paper came from the register. A reference number is plain text: looking it up confirms what the register holds for that parcel, not that this paper is genuine. The answer says which check ran.
My online patta has a reference number and no QR. Can I still check it?
Yes, if it is an urban one. An urban reference looks like URB/02/01/004/001/0018/1017/114, and the groups after URB name the district, taluk, town, ward, block, survey number and subdivision.
My rural certificate reference returns nothing.
A rural reference number records the application, not the parcel, so it cannot be resolved to land. Use the code under the QR instead.
Is a patta proof that someone owns the land?
No. A patta is a revenue record of who holds the land. Ownership comes from the chain of registered deeds, which the encumbrance certificate lists.
How is the extent recorded on the certificate?
In hectares, ares and square metres. One hectare is 100 ares and one are is 100 square metres.