Stage 4 of 8 · 4 steps
The sale deed and registering it
What does it cost to register a sale deed in Gujarat, and by when?
Four steps at the Sub-Registrar office: writing the deed so the office will accept it, paying stamp duty, paying the registration fee, and turning up to present the document. This is the only stage where the government publishes actual percentage rates, and the only one with a hard deadline, which is four months from the day the deed is signed.
The steps in this stage
- Step 16
Drafting the sale deed. Gets the document into a form the Sub-Registrar will accept. - Step 17
Stamp duty on the sale deed. Discharges the stamp duty liability on the transfer. - Step 18
Registration fee on the sale deed. Discharges the registration fee payable to the Registration department, separate from stamp duty. - Step 19
Presenting the deed for registration. Registers the transfer and creates the public record of title.
What this stage costs and how long it takes
A fee is published for 3 of these 4 steps and a timing for 1. The wording below is the government's own, shortened where it runs long; the full text sits on each step page.
| Step | What you are doing | What it costs | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16GJ-REG-01 | Drafting the sale deed | No fee published | No timing stated |
| 17GJ-REG-02 | Stamp duty on the sale deed | Article 20(a) Conveyance - Immovable Property: (a) AGRICULTURAL LAND - 4.9% of the consideration value or the market value, whichever is higher; (b)... | No timing stated |
| 18GJ-REG-03 | Registration fee on the sale deed | Article 20(a) Conveyance: 1% of the consideration amount. | No timing stated |
| 19GJ-REG-04 | Presenting the deed for registration | Stamp duty per GJ-REG-02 plus registration fee per GJ-REG-03. | The document may be presented within FOUR MONTHS from the date the document was executed. |
Who you are dealing with
These steps are handled by 1 office. Each one has a page of its own setting out what it does, what it charges and whether the work can be done online.
- The Sub-Registrar office and Garvi. The Sub-Registrar registers documents and keeps the registers of everything already registered, which makes this office both the place a title is...
What is missing in this stage
These are the declared gaps that touch the steps above, quoted from the register's own limitations list. They are printed rather than filled.
- Gap 13. Stamp duty rate composition: the official Garvi calculator help file states 4.9% for Article 20(a) conveyance but does NOT break it into basic duty plus surcharge, and states NO concession for women...
- Gap 14. Garvi stamp duty and registration fee help files carry NO publication or revision date.
- Gap 17. gARVI_FAQ.pdf carries no date of issue and names no circular number, so its fee figures (search, copy, Index-2, EC, private-residence registration) are recorded with the honest date qualifier...
- Gap 18. Registration department SLA / turnaround times for issuing a certified copy, Index-2, EC or a completed registration are NOT PUBLISHED in any source examined.
Before and after this stage
- Before this: Stage 3, Permission to stop farming the land
- After this: Stage 5, After you buy
- All 35 steps in one table