Registration checklist
Documents required for a settlement deed in Tamil Nadu (செட்டில்மெண்ட்)
A settlement deed in Tamil Nadu is registered at a Sub-Registrar Office. Here is what to bring there, with the law each item comes from.
What to bring
Required only if it applies to you
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If: The settlement is made without payment
Two witnesses who attest the settlement deed
The person settling the property signs, and at least two witnesses attest it.
Transfer of Property Act s.123 -
If: The settlement is made without payment
The person receiving the settlement accepts it
They must accept it while the person settling it is alive and still able to give.
Transfer of Property Act s.122
Also needed, as for most deeds
Usually asked for; no law requires these
- Encumbrance certificate for the property TNREGINET FAQ Q.51 · Get it online (encumbrance certificate)
- Patta for the property TNREGINET FAQ Q.105 · Get it online (patta chitta)
- A copy of the previous deed TNREGINET FAQ Q.51
Required by law
- Everyone who signed the deed, or their agent Registration Act s.34
- Passport-size photograph of the person presenting the deed Registration Act s.32-AA (TN)
- If an agent presents the deed for someone who lives in India: Power of attorney authenticated by a Registrar or Sub-Registrar Registration Act s.33
Not needed for a settlement deed
- Chitta, adangal or the FMB sketch, if you do not readily have them. The officer cannot insist. TNREGINET FAQ Q.88
Which rate applies?
Gift settlement
- Stamp duty: 1% of market value, at most ₹40,000 IGR row 11(i)
- Registration fee: 1% of market value, at most ₹10,000 IGR row 11(i)
You can use the gift settlement concession only after confirming that you qualify for it.
A family relationship, or eligibility for a partition or release concession, is not enough on its own.
Non-family settlement deed
- Stamp duty: 7% of market value IGR row 11(ii)
- Registration fee: 2% of market value IGR row 11(ii)
Your fees use the higher of the agreed property price and guideline value for a non-family settlement.