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What are the documents which required Compulsory / optional registration under the Registration Act, 1908

Bhuneshwari Devi Advocate Mar-29-2025

That under the Sec.17 and Sec.18 of the Registration Act,1908 below mentioned documents are required to be registred.In case of optional its always advisory to get the instrument/document to be registered to save any future miscommunications. A registered document has evidence value in the eyes of court of law.

Sl.No.	Documents	Registration Required
1	Gift of immovable property	Compulsory
2	Transfer of right, title or interest, whether vested or contingent, of an immovable property, wherein the value exceeds Rs.100/-.	Compulsory
3	Receipt or payment of any consideration on account of creation, declaration assignments, limitation or extinction of any such right, title or interest.	Compulsory
4	Lease of immovable property for any term exceeding one year or reserving a yearly rent.	Compulsory
5	Transfer or assignment of decree / order of a Court or any award if it creates, assigns, limit or extinguishes in present or future, any right, title or interest in an immovable property, wherein the value exceed Rs.100/-.	Compulsory
6	Composition Deed	Not applicable
7	Any instrument relating to shares in a Joint Stock Company, notwithstanding that the assets of such company consist in whole or in part of immovable property.	Not applicable
8	Any debenture issued by any such company and not creating, declaring, assigning, limiting or extinguishing any right, title or interest, to or in immovable property except in so far as it entitles the holder to the security afforded by a registered instrument whereby the company has mortgaged, conveyed or otherwise transferred the whole or part of its immovable property or any interest therein to trustees upon trust for the benefit of the holders or such debentures.	Not applicable
9	Any endorsement upon or transfer of any debenture issued by any such company.	Not applicable
10	Any document that does not create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish any right, title or interest of the value of one hundred rupees and upwards, to or in immovable property, but merely creates right to obtain another document which will, when executed, create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish any such right, title or interest.	Not applicable
11	Any decree or order of a Court except a decree or order expressed to be made on a compromise and comprising immovable property other than that which is the subject matter of the suit or proceeding.	Not applicable
12	Any grant of immovable property by the Government	Not applicable
13	Any Instrument of partition made by a Revenue office	Not applicable
14	Any order made under the Charitable Endowments Act 1890 vesting any property in a Treasurer of Charitable Endowments or divesting any such Treasurer of any property.	Not applicable
15	Any endowment on a mortgage deed acknowledging the payment of the whole or any part of the mortgage money and any other receipt for payment of money due under a mortgage when the receipt does not purport to extinguish the mortgage.	Not applicable
16	Any certificate of sale granted to the purchaser of any property sold by public auction by a Civil or Revenue Officer.	Not applicable
17	Authority to adopt a son and not conferred by a Will.	Compulsory
18	Instruments which create, assign, declare or limit any title or interest, wherein the value of the immovable property is less than Rs.100/-.	Optional
19	Lease of immovable property not exceeding one year.	Optional
20	Transfer or assignment of decree / order of a Court or any award if it creates, assigns, limit or extinguishes in present or future. any right, title or interest in an immovable property, wherein the value does not exceed Rs.100/-.	Optional
21	Wills	Optional

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