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Property documents in Tamil Nadu

What the revenue and municipal records are called in Tamil Nadu, and the document checklist for each property type. Conditional items apply when their trigger is true: an inherited property adds the legal heir certificate, a mortgaged one adds the bank's release.

The Tamil Nadu vocabulary

Record of rights (rural land)
Patta + Chitta
Municipal ownership record
Urban Patta
Mutation (ownership change)
Patta transfer record
Agricultural land conversion
DTCP reclassification order
Survey map
FMB sketch
Cultivation record
Adangal

Buying a apartment in Tamil Nadu

Needed on every clean deal

  • Sale deed (current)

    Primary ownership document

  • Mother deed / title chain (30 yrs)

    Traces ownership history

  • Encumbrance certificate (EC)

    Registered mortgages, liens, transfers

  • Urban Patta

    Municipal ownership and tax standing

  • Patta transfer record

    Ownership transferred in government records

  • Approved building plan

    Sanctioned plan from local authority

  • Occupancy certificate (OC)

    Building fit for occupation

  • UDS / land share detail

    Undivided share in land

  • Property tax paid receipts

    Arrears block transfer

When the situation applies

  • Bank NOC / lien release

    If previously mortgaged · If the property was mortgaged

  • Power of Attorney

    If POA-executed · When someone signs for an owner

  • Legal heir / family tree certificate

    If inherited · For inherited property

  • Completion certificate (CC)

    If issued separately · Construction completed per plan

  • RERA registration certificate

    If RERA-covered project · Mandatory for covered projects

  • Society / association NOC

    If registered association · Association clearance for transfer

  • Allotment letter

    If under construction · Builder allocation of the unit

  • Agreement to sell / construction agreement

    If under construction · Under-construction contract set

Buying a villa / independent house in Tamil Nadu

Needed on every clean deal

  • Sale deed (current)

    Primary ownership document

  • Mother deed / title chain (30 yrs)

    Traces ownership history

  • Encumbrance certificate (EC)

    Registered mortgages, liens, transfers

  • Urban Patta

    Municipal ownership and tax standing

  • Patta transfer record

    Ownership transferred in government records

  • Approved building plan

    Sanctioned plan from local authority

  • FMB sketch

    Boundaries and extent

  • Property tax paid receipts

    Arrears block transfer

When the situation applies

  • Bank NOC / lien release

    If previously mortgaged · If the property was mortgaged

  • Power of Attorney

    If POA-executed · When someone signs for an owner

  • Legal heir / family tree certificate

    If inherited · For inherited property

  • Occupancy certificate (OC)

    Where OC is issued for houses · Building fit for occupation

  • DTCP reclassification order

    If converted from agricultural · Legal non-agricultural use

  • Court decree / partition deed

    If title via decree or partition · Title flowing from a decree or partition

Buying a residential plot in Tamil Nadu

Needed on every clean deal

  • Sale deed (current)

    Primary ownership document

  • Mother deed / title chain (30 yrs)

    Traces ownership history

  • Encumbrance certificate (EC)

    Registered mortgages, liens, transfers

  • Urban Patta

    Municipal ownership and tax standing

  • Patta transfer record

    Ownership transferred in government records

  • DTCP reclassification order

    Legal non-agricultural use

  • Layout / plotting approval

    Approved layout from the planning authority

  • FMB sketch

    Boundaries and extent

  • Property tax paid receipts

    Arrears block transfer

When the situation applies

  • Bank NOC / lien release

    If previously mortgaged · If the property was mortgaged

  • Power of Attorney

    If POA-executed · When someone signs for an owner

  • Legal heir / family tree certificate

    If inherited · For inherited property

  • Release certificate

    If layout was bank-mortgaged · Plot released from layout mortgage

Buying a agricultural land in Tamil Nadu

Needed on every clean deal

  • Patta + Chitta

    Revenue record of rights for the parcel

  • Patta transfer record

    Ownership transferred in government records

  • FMB sketch

    Boundaries and extent

  • Adangal

    Cultivation and possession evidence

  • Sale deed (current)

    Primary ownership document

  • Mother deed / title chain (30 yrs)

    Traces ownership history

  • Encumbrance certificate (EC)

    Registered mortgages, liens, transfers

When the situation applies

  • Pattadar passbook

    Where passbooks are issued · Owner's revenue passbook

  • Legal heir / family tree certificate

    If inherited · For inherited property

  • Court decree / partition deed

    If title via decree or partition · Title flowing from a decree or partition

  • Power of Attorney

    If POA-executed · When someone signs for an owner

  • DTCP reclassification order

    Only if sold as converted or convertible · Legal non-agricultural use

Buying a commercial in Tamil Nadu

Needed on every clean deal

  • Sale deed (current)

    Primary ownership document

  • Mother deed / title chain (30 yrs)

    Traces ownership history

  • Encumbrance certificate (EC)

    Registered mortgages, liens, transfers

  • Urban Patta

    Municipal ownership and tax standing

  • Patta transfer record

    Ownership transferred in government records

  • Approved building plan

    Sanctioned plan from local authority

  • Occupancy certificate (OC)

    Building fit for occupation

  • Fire NOC

    Commercial occupancy requirement

  • Property tax paid receipts

    Arrears block transfer

When the situation applies

  • Bank NOC / lien release

    If previously mortgaged · If the property was mortgaged

  • Power of Attorney

    If POA-executed · When someone signs for an owner

  • Legal heir / family tree certificate

    If inherited · For inherited property

Buying a industrial / warehouse in Tamil Nadu

Needed on every clean deal

  • Sale deed (current)

    Primary ownership document

  • Mother deed / title chain (30 yrs)

    Traces ownership history

  • Encumbrance certificate (EC)

    Registered mortgages, liens, transfers

  • Urban Patta

    Municipal ownership and tax standing

  • Patta transfer record

    Ownership transferred in government records

  • DTCP reclassification order

    Legal non-agricultural use

  • Approved building plan

    Sanctioned plan from local authority

  • FMB sketch

    Boundaries and extent

  • Property tax paid receipts

    Arrears block transfer

  • Fire NOC

    Commercial occupancy requirement

When the situation applies

  • Bank NOC / lien release

    If previously mortgaged · If the property was mortgaged

  • Power of Attorney

    If POA-executed · When someone signs for an owner

  • Legal heir / family tree certificate

    If inherited · For inherited property

  • Pollution board consent

    If manufacturing use · CFE/CFO for industrial use

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General reference, not legal advice. Verify requirements with the registrar's office or your lawyer for a specific transaction.