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Documents to check before you buy, Ahilyanagar
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This is a checklist, not legal advice. Before you pay a token amount, have a lawyer do a title search.
Ownership and title
- 7/12 extract (Satbara)The land record that shows the owner, the kind of land and any loan or dispute noted on it; get the digital copy from Mahabhumi (bhulekh.mahabhumi.gov.in).For: every property type; every area type.
- Property cardIn areas under city survey this record stands in for the 7/12, so ask the seller which one applies and check it on Mahabhumi or at the city survey office.For: New flat in a building, Resale flat, Plot, Row house or bungalow; Municipal corporation, Municipal council or nagar panchayat.
- 8A extractThe holder's account that lists the survey numbers held in one name in a village; get it from Mahabhumi.For: Plot, Row house or bungalow, Agricultural land; every area type.
- Mutation entries (Ferfar / 6-D)The entries that record each change of owner, so read them in order to see how the land reached the seller; they are on Mahabhumi.For: every property type; every area type.
- Encumbrance and loan checkA check that no loan, mortgage or dispute sits on the property, which your lawyer's search and the other-rights entries on the 7/12 should show; if the seller has a loan, ask the lender to confirm in writing that it is closed.For: every property type; every area type.
- Index II and a 30-year title searchIndex II is the registry's record of each registered deal, and a lawyer reads it for about 30 years back; the search is done at the sub-registrar office.For: every property type; every area type.
This is a checklist, not legal advice. Before you pay a token amount, have a lawyer do a title search.
Land use and approvals
- NA order or NA permissionNA (non-agricultural) means the land is allowed to be used for building, not farming, so ask for the proof; under the 2025 Land Revenue Code amendment, as reported, a separate NA permission is no longer needed where the development plan allows the use, so confirm the final rules with the Tahsildar office.For: New flat in a building, Plot, Row house or bungalow, Agricultural land; every area type.
- Approved layoutThe sanctioned plan of the plots, roads and open space; ask the seller for the sanctioned copy and check your plot number is in it.For: New flat in a building, Plot, Row house or bungalow; every area type.
- Gunthewari regularisation papersWhere a small plot was regularised, ask for the regularisation order or the application receipt, and ask whether the plot falls under a reservation or a road.For: Plot, Row house or bungalow; every area type.
This is a checklist, not legal advice. Before you pay a token amount, have a lawyer do a title search.
Building
- Sanctioned building planThe approved drawing the building must follow; ask the seller or builder for the sanctioned copy and compare it with what stands.For: New flat in a building, Resale flat, Row house or bungalow; every area type.
- Commencement certificateThe permission to start construction; the builder should show it for a new building.For: New flat in a building, Row house or bungalow; every area type.
- Occupancy or completion certificateThe paper that says the building was finished as sanctioned and can be lived in; ask the seller or builder for it.For: New flat in a building, Resale flat, Row house or bungalow; every area type.
- MahaRERA registration numberA new project must be registered, so take the number from the builder's advertisement or agreement and verify it at maharera.maharashtra.gov.in.For: New flat in a building; every area type.
This is a checklist, not legal advice. Before you pay a token amount, have a lawyer do a title search.
Society and dues
- Society share certificateProof that the seller is a member of the society and holds the flat's shares; ask the seller for a copy.For: Resale flat; every area type.
- Society NOCThe society's written no-objection to the sale; ask the seller to get it from the society office.For: Resale flat; every area type.
- No-dues letterThe society's letter that maintenance and other charges are paid up to date; ask the seller to get it from the society office.For: Resale flat; every area type.
- Property tax receiptsReceipts for the tax paid to the corporation, council or gram panchayat, so you know nothing is owed; ask the seller for the latest ones.For: Resale flat, Plot, Row house or bungalow; every area type.
- Utility billsThe latest electricity and water bills, which show the meter name and that no dues are pending; ask the seller for them.For: Resale flat, Row house or bungalow; every area type.
- Gram panchayat assessment extract (Namuna 8)The panchayat's own record of the house or plot and who it is assessed to; ask for it at the gram panchayat office.For: Resale flat, Plot, Row house or bungalow; Gram panchayat.
This is a checklist, not legal advice. Before you pay a token amount, have a lawyer do a title search.
Registration
- Registered agreement for saleThe agreement signed and registered between buyer and seller; read it against the papers above before you sign.For: every property type; every area type.
- Chain of previous sale deedsThe earlier registered deeds from each past owner, which show an unbroken line to the seller; ask the seller for the copies and let your lawyer read them.For: every property type; every area type.
This is a checklist, not legal advice. Before you pay a token amount, have a lawyer do a title search.
This is a checklist, not legal advice. Before you pay a token amount, have a lawyer do a title search.
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See also the buyer's handbook and the stamp duty calculator.
This is a checklist, not legal advice. Before you pay a token amount, have a lawyer do a title search.