Property documents in Maharashtra
What the revenue and municipal records are called in Maharashtra, 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 Maharashtra vocabulary
- Record of rights (rural land)
- 7/12 Extract (Satbara) + 8A
- Municipal ownership record
- Property Card
- Mutation (ownership change)
- Ferfar (mutation entry)
- Agricultural land conversion
- NA Order
- Survey map
- City survey sheet / village map
- Cultivation record
- Girdawari columns of 7/12
Buying a apartment in Maharashtra
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
Property Card
Municipal ownership and tax standing
Ferfar (mutation entry)
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 Maharashtra
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
Property Card
Municipal ownership and tax standing
Ferfar (mutation entry)
Ownership transferred in government records
Approved building plan
Sanctioned plan from local authority
City survey sheet / village map
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
NA 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 Maharashtra
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
Property Card
Municipal ownership and tax standing
Ferfar (mutation entry)
Ownership transferred in government records
NA Order
Legal non-agricultural use
Layout / plotting approval
Approved layout from the planning authority
City survey sheet / village map
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 Maharashtra
Needed on every clean deal
7/12 Extract (Satbara) + 8A
Revenue record of rights for the parcel
Ferfar (mutation entry)
Ownership transferred in government records
City survey sheet / village map
Boundaries and extent
Girdawari columns of 7/12
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
NA Order
Only if sold as converted or convertible · Legal non-agricultural use
Buying a commercial in Maharashtra
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
Property Card
Municipal ownership and tax standing
Ferfar (mutation entry)
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 Maharashtra
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
Property Card
Municipal ownership and tax standing
Ferfar (mutation entry)
Ownership transferred in government records
NA Order
Legal non-agricultural use
Approved building plan
Sanctioned plan from local authority
City survey sheet / village map
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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