Charge two / Registration Act 1908
What the one per cent registration fee is
The registration fee is the second of the two charges on a land transfer, and it is a flat 1 per cent. It is what puts your purchase into the public record. Add it to the 4.9 per cent stamp duty and the real figure to plan for is 5.9 per cent.
The fee is charged under the Registration Act 1908 read with the Gujarat Registration Rules 1970. It is not part of stamp duty and it is not collected under the same law, but it falls on the same document and is worked out on the same value. This page also covers the four month deadline for presenting a deed, what has to be produced at the counter, and the extra fee if the registration happens at a home rather than at the office.
Fee 1 per centArticle 20(a) registration table18 articles listedLast verified: 4 August 2026
01A second charge on the same transfer
People often assume the registration fee is part of stamp duty. It is not. They are two different charges under two different laws, paid on the same day on the same document. Stamp duty is a tax on the deed. The registration fee is what the Registration department charges for entering that deed in the public record so that the world can see you own the land.
Because both are charged on the same value, the real number a buyer should plan for is 5.9 per cent, not 4.9. That is the single most useful sentence on this site.
The official table states no maximum for the 1 per cent on an immovable property conveyance. It does state a maximum of Rs. 10,000 for the 1 per cent on a conveyance of movable property under Article 20(aa), so the absence of a cap on Article 20(a) is the table's own distinction and not an omission here.
The fee is worked out on exactly the same number the stamp duty is worked out on. Here it is on one acre of farmland in Dholera village.
| Line item | Input | Rate | Amount Rs. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Valuation base | jantri 6,11,080 per acre x 1 acre | = | 6,11,080 |
| 02 | Article 20(a) fee rate | conveyance | 1% | applied below |
| 03 | Registration fee | 6,11,080 x 1 / 100 | = | 6,111 |
| Registration fee payable | = | 6,111 | ||
Source: https://garvi.gujarat.gov.in/DownLoad/HelpFile/gARVI_Hellp_for_Registration_Fee_calculation.pdf, pages 5-9 - official IGR help file for the registration fee calculator. Statutory basis: The Registration Act, 1908; Gujarat Registration Rules, 1970. Data class OFFICIAL. Date qualifier: Help file is undated; downloaded from garvi.gujarat.gov.in on 2026-08-04.
02The article table
Registration fee by article, transcribed from the department's own help file for its registration fee calculator.
| Article | Instrument | Fee | Charged on |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20(a) | Conveyance | 1% | consideration amount |
| 17 | Certificate of sale | 1% | consideration amount |
| 20(b) | Conveyance related to the Co-operative Societies Act | 1% | consideration amount |
| 20(c) | Conveyance related to NTC or a Board | 1% | consideration amount |
| 20(d) | Conveyance on amalgamation or reconstruction | 1% | consideration amount |
| 45(f) | Power of attorney for sale for consideration | 1% | consideration amount |
| 49(b) | Release in any other case | 1% | consideration amount |
| 52 | Settlement | 1% | consideration amount |
| 57 | Transfer of lease | 1% | consideration amount |
| 26 | Deed of exchange | 1% | market value |
| 28 | Gift | 1% | market value |
| 43 | Partition deed | 1% | market value |
| 20(aa) | Conveyance of movable property | 1% | consideration, capped at Rs. 10,000 |
| 30 | Lease, all time slabs | 1% | average lease amount |
| 5(ga) | Development agreement | Rs. 100 | fixed |
| 45 | Powers of attorney | Rs. 100 | fixed |
| 16 | Cancellation | Rs. 100 | fixed |
| Will | A will | Rs. 100 | fixed |
03Presenting the document
Registers the transfer and creates the public record of title. A document relating to immovable property must be presented at the Sub-Registrar office in whose jurisdiction (taluka / area) the property falls.
The window. The document may be presented within FOUR MONTHS from the date the document was executed. A copy of a court order or decree may be presented within FOUR MONTHS from the date it was passed. A will may be presented at any time, with no time limit.
What has to be produced
- Identification evidence for the parties (executant, claimant and the witnesses / identifiers)
- Input Sheet with party details and a short description of the document
- Form No. 1 with property particulars and valuation details
- PAN numbers of buyer and seller where the consideration or the market value exceeds Rs. 10 lakh; where a PAN is not available, Form 60
- Certified copy of the power of attorney where the transaction is done through a power of attorney
A document may be presented by the executant, a person claiming a right under it, their representative, or an agent authorised by a power of attorney. Registration at a private residence is available only to a sick person who produces a medical certificate, a person in jail, a person exempted by a court from attending public places, or a woman exempted by custom from attending public places. Documents not relating to immovable property may be presented at any Sub-Registrar office in the state.
04Registration at a private residence
Registration away from the office is available only to a sick person who produces a medical certificate, a person in jail, a person a court has exempted from attending public places, or a woman exempted by custom from attending public places. Where it applies, an additional fee is charged by place.
Additional fee where registration is carried out at a private residence rather than at the office.
| Place of registration | Additional fee Rs. |
|---|---|
| Ahmedabad | 200 |
| All district headquarters | 200 |
| All other places | 100 |
| In jail | 100 |
The source names Ahmedabad and all district headquarters at Rs. 200 and all other places at Rs. 100. It does not say which band a Sub-Registrar office serving the Dholera villages falls into, so no band is picked here.
05The fee on every published rate
The 1 per cent has been worked out alongside the duty on every published rate in every village, so the two charges always appear together on this site and always add to 5.9 per cent of the same value.
Read the stamp duty page for the first charge, or cost by village for the total in a particular place. The smaller charges that fall before you ever get to registration are on their own page.
The words on this page, in plain English
- Registration fee
- A separate 1 per cent charge for entering the deed in the public record, paid to the Registration department rather than as tax on the document.
- Conveyance
- The legal name for a sale deed, the document that moves ownership from the seller to the buyer.
- Consideration
- The price actually written into the deed.
- Sub-Registrar
- The local government office where the deed is presented, the duty is checked and the document is entered in the public record.
- Index-2, Anukramanika-2
- The one page summary the registration office creates for every registered deed. It names the parties, identifies the property and states the price, which makes it the only public record of what a plot actually sold for.