Property Registration

Property registration is a mandatory step in property transfer in India. There are several benefits of property registration. The benefits are mentioned below in detail.

• 1) Property registration provides a guarantee of the genuineness and authentication of the property.
• 2) It offers the opportunity to afford publicity to transactions.
• 3) Property registration prevents fraudulent activities, conservation of evidence, and transfer of the owner’s title.
• 4) It helps in maintaining a complete track of the public records of the property.
• 5) Property registration offers the facility to determine whether a property has been sold already.
• 6) It offers security to the title deeds. In case the original property deeds get lost, property registration proves the authentication of the title.

The following documents are required for registering property.

• 1) Aadhaar card/Voter card/PAN card/ Passport/Driving License or other identity proof of the parties.
• 2) Assessment slip containing the market value and charge-ability of stamp duty and registration fees. Stamp duty is a percentage of the transaction value. The percentage of stamp duty is imposed by the State Government during the registration of any property.
• 3) PAN card or duty filled form 60 are required to be submitted along with identity proof and address proof of the parties.
• 4) Principal documents are required to be submitted when the present document is supplementary to the principal documents.
• 5) Particulars of the stamp duty and registration fee payment are to be submitted.
• 6) In case, the riot is being transferred from a Scheduled Tribe person to a non-Schedule Tribe person, permission needs to be obtained from a competent authority.

The market value of the land during a property transaction in West Bengal can be calculated by the applicant by following the steps mentioned below.

• 1) The market value of land can be viewed by visiting the market value page of the West Bengal revenue department.
• 2) Next, you have to enter the relevant details of the land on the market value page and click on the option of "Display Market Value".
• 3) The market value of the land will be displayed on the screen.

The following steps will provide detailed information about the property registration process in West Bengal.

• 1) First, you have to visit the official website of the West Bengal Government.
• 2) The next step is e-Requisition form filling. In this step, the application has to fill up the e-form for calculating the market value of the land. The stamp duty and the registration fees have to be paid for the purpose.
• 3) The e-assessment slip and the mutation fee are generated in this step.
• 4) In this step, the applicant needs to pay the stamp duty and the registration fees by entering the query number and the query year.
• 5) Next, the applicant has to click the "Check query status" option.
• 6) Next, the applicant has to enter the query number and the query year and then click on the "submit" button.
• 7) In the next step, the kiosk at the Registrar office generates the token.
• 8) In the eighth step, the deed is required to be presented. The applicant is required to present the Deed of the property at the registration offices. The e-Assessment slip, the proof of payment, and the token for the queue are also required to be presented at the office.
• 9) The system calculates the total number of pages in the deed and it registers the Scribe's details in this step. It also determines the number of impressed stamp paper.
• 10) The serial of the Deed is generated by the system.
• 11) In the next step, the payment verification is done. The e-payment procedure is completed in this step along with capturing the photograph, fingerprint and signature of the applicant.
• 12) This step is for Deed approval. The Deed is scanned for verification and approved by the concerned registration authority with a digital signature.
• 13) In the final step, the applicant receives the registered Deed of the property. The deed can be downloaded online from the website.