Registration Department Public Information Poster

What the guidance covers

The Tamil Nadu Registration Department public information poster is intended for people registering property documents or using related registration services. It explains online preparation and appointment booking through http://tnreginet.gov.in, documents to take to the Sub Registrar Office, payment methods, listed charges, and access to certificates and copies.

Property document registration

• Users may prepare documents through the Registration Department website, pay the required amount online, and reserve a registration date and time.
• Everyone signing the document, including witnesses, must provide photo identification.
• For a natham survey number, the patta and patta transfer A form must be filed.
• For a plot, the subdivision plan is required. For a first registration, the approved or regularised order must also be provided.
• A sale document valued at Rs. 10 lakh or more requires a PAN card or Form 60.
• The original previous document must be produced. If it is missing, a police certificate stating that it could not be found and a newspaper advertisement are required.
• If the property owner has died, the death certificate and legal heir certificate must be provided.
• Documents may be prepared by a licensed document writer, a registered advocate, or the person executing the document through the department website.

Documents are generally returned on the registration date. Documents involving unauthorised buildings, agricultural land below 10 cents in a village or 20 cents in a town, or a value below the guideline value are returned after examination.

Listed property charges

The poster lists stamp duty and registration charges including:

• Sale and gift, 7 percent stamp duty and 4 percent registration charge on market value.
• Exchange, 7 percent stamp duty and 4 percent registration charge on the higher valued property.
• Construction agreement, 1 percent stamp duty and 1 percent registration charge.
• Cancellation document, Rs. 50 stamp duty and Rs. 50 registration charge.
• Gift settlement to a family member, 1 percent for each charge, subject to the stated maximums of Rs. 25,000 and Rs. 4,000 respectively.

Certificates and other services

Encumbrance certificates from 1975 can be downloaded without charge. Digitally signed encumbrance certificates from 1 January 1975 can be requested online with payment and sent to the user login within three days. Earlier certificates must be requested at the Sub Registrar Office.

Digitally signed certified copies of documents registered after the relevant office was computerised can also be requested online. The poster additionally covers marriage registration, Christian marriage copies, birth and death certificates, non judicial stamp paper sales, document writer charges, and adjudication of powers of attorney received from abroad.