How to Check Property Details Online in India?
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How to Check Property Details Online in India?

Checking the property details can be a very tedious job. However, you should always ensure that the person from whom you buy or rent property is the rightful owner. Now, one can check property details online as well. Let us see how!

1)  How to check if property is legal or not online?

Every state in India has an Online Registration Information System. It is a government portal where all the information about property is available. One can check the status of the property by going on the official website of the State-specific Online Registration Information System. It is a government portal where all the information about the property is available. For example: Property Details of Maharashtra and Delhi can be found on “IGR Marahstra” (https://igrmaharashtra.gov.in/) and “Delhi Online Registration Information System” (“DORIS”) (https://doris.delhigovt.nic.in/) repectively.

Next step is to go to the E-search option available on the webpage. For example, in DORIS, it is the first option from the left. After clicking on E-Search, a new window will open where one can find different options to search the property's details. One can search and verify the correctness of the property details through “Name or Property Address”. If the owner and property details are genuine, one can say that it is a legal property. One will also have to verify various property documents to ensure the property complies with the laws of state/centre.

2)  How to check property ownership online in india?

Every state has a separate website for property detail. To check for the land ownership, one needs to visit the official website of the same. Land records of the concerned states will be available on their respective official website. For example, In order to check the land records of Maharashtra, one will have to visit https://bhulekh.mahabhumi.gov.in/. Though the contents are in Marathi, you will get an option to translate the web page to english on the upper right hand corner. For Delhi the official website is https://dlrc.delhigovt.nic.in/Index.aspx. Most important thing to note here is, the interface for every website will be different. For example: After going on the official website of Maharashtra one will see a Map. One can either put the details manually to search or click their respective district on the map which will then direct the user to the records of the particular district.

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3)  How to verify property documents?

Property Verification is perhaps the most important part while purchasing a property. Due Dilligence of documents is of utmost importance as it gives a clear idea about whether the property is legal or not. Whether the property title is clear helps us check whether the property has some loan which is due, etc.

Nowadays, various legal service providers can verify documents online. One can also visit property lawyers in the district court who can verify the documents for the clients.

Below-mentioned documents are required for verification

  1. Sale Deed

  2. Power of Attorney

  3. Property Title

  4. Agreement to sale

  5. Encumbrance Certificate, to ensure there is no mortgage or lien on the property.

  6. Any other document like Partition deed or Will depending upon the context.

4)  Legal and Technical Verification of Property: 

Legal and Technical Verification are a rather safer way to verify a property. Whenever a lender goes to the bank to take Property Loan. Banks (Housing Finance Bank or Non-Banking Financial Companies) will scrutinise the documents for the lender before approving a loan. The Legal Team of the Bank does the documentation in-house. This ensures that lenders are not getting involved in a dubious and fraud transaction and it also helps banks while giving out loans based on the genuineness of the documents.

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Technical Valuation team carries out Technical Verification of Property. Prior to granting a loan to a lender, the Valuation team physically examines the commercial capability of the property. They Physically examine the property, the condition of the property, value for which the property could be sold, the market rate and the area where the property is situated. This is done to ensure that the bank is able to recover the loan, by selling off the property in an open market, in case there is a default by the lender. For example: If the property is worth Rs. 50 Lakh in the open market, the Bank will be willing to give a loan to the lender for around Rs. 50 Lakhs only. Thus even though the lender fails to repay the loan, the Bank can sell off the property to recover the money. In such a case the Bank won’t fund 70-80 Lakhs for the same piece as it will be next to impossible for them to recover that money.

You should always before buying property check the title and other information regarding the property. With all states now having their own websites and facilities to check property details online, it is easier to assess the ownership of the property.