Step 16 of 35 · record GJ-REG-01 · stage 4

Draft the sale deed with the particulars the Registration department requires

Gets the document into a form the Sub-Registrar will accept. Registration of a document that creates, extinguishes, transfers or limits a right in immovable property is COMPULSORY; an unregistered compulsorily-registrable document does not affect the immovable property and is not admissible as evidence. This step is owned by Parties may draft it themselves (model drafts are published at garvi.gujarat.gov.in) or have it drafted by a document.... No statutory fee is published for it. No timeline is stated in the source. Source type: OFFICIAL, value date Undated departmental citizen charter; captured 2026-08-04.

16GJ-REG-01

Record id: GJ-REG-01
Stage: 4. Sale deed and registration · Sale deed and registration
Step number: 16 of 35
Office or portal: Parties may draft it themselves (model drafts are published at garvi.gujarat.gov.in) or have it drafted by a document writer
Online or offline: Offline drafting; the model draft is downloaded online
Statutory basis: The Registration Act, 1908, sections 17 and 49; Gujarat Stamp Act, 1958
Prerequisites listed: 10
Source type: OFFICIAL

OFFICIAL No blog source used
Source: gARVI_FAQ.pdf page 1 (list of compulsorily registrable documents and the consequences of not registering) and page 2 (details to be given in the document)
Official page: https://garvi.gujarat.gov.in/ModelDraft.aspx
Value date: Undated departmental citizen charter; captured 2026-08-04
Local artefact: gARVI_FAQ.pdf pages 1-2 (sections IV and V); root.html (Garvi menu)

What this step achieves

The form named in the official source

Model draft ('Model draft' menu, ModelDraft.aspx) at garvi.gujarat.gov.in

Statutory fee

Not stated No official fee published in any source examined

Why this is empty. No statutory fee is stated for this step in any source examined for this register. The absence is recorded as a null in the dataset rather than filled with a figure from elsewhere.

Timeline stated in the source

Not stated No timeline stated in any source examined

Why this is empty. No timeline is stated for this step in any source examined for this register. Where a statute prescribes a period it is recorded; where it does not, this register leaves it null rather than quoting a turnaround time from a non-official source.

Prerequisite documents

Full names, addresses and mobile numbers of the parties
Details of the consideration
A description by which the property can be identified
Two photographs of the property being transferred
A statement of who occupies the property and who occupied it before
Signature of both parties on EVERY page of the document
Signatures of two witnesses at the end
Photograph and thumb impression of buyer and seller on documents transferring immovable property
Passport-size photograph and left thumb impression of the person presenting the document, on the document
Document prepared in a language current in the district (Gujarati, Hindi or English); otherwise a true translation and a true copy in a current language must be supplied

Notes recorded with this step

Documents listed as compulsorily registrable include: gift of immovable property; any non-testamentary document creating, extinguishing or transferring a right in immovable property; a lease of immovable property for more than one year or fixing an annual rent; a court order or decree creating, extinguishing, transferring or limiting a right in immovable property; a power of attorney handing over possession; a mortgage; a development agreement; a partnership deed where a partner brings in immovable property; and an adoption deed.

How we know

Every figure above is quoted from the source named in the record slip, with its value date. Nothing on this page has been converted, rounded, averaged or carried across from another state or another year. Where the source is silent, the page says so and links to the declared gap that records what was searched.

Citation: gARVI_FAQ.pdf page 1 (list of compulsorily registrable documents and the consequences of not registering) and page 2 (details to be given in the document)
Value date: Undated departmental citizen charter; captured 2026-08-04
Status: OFFICIAL. Blog source used: no. Last verified: 2026-08-04.