AP stamps and registration deed details for land, property 2025: Documents, process explained

If you are buying any immovable property including flat, land or building in Andhra Pradesh, you need to pay stamp duty on the transaction and register AP stamps and registration deed details with the AP land registration and property department.

Under section 17 of the Indian Registration Act 1908, AP stamps and registration deed details of every immovable property sold should be registered in the Registrar’s office within six months of deed execution.  IGRS AP deed details help in preserving the ownership title and also act as proof if the property documents are lost.

When a property is being registered and you get IGRS AP deed details, in addition to stamp duty and registration charges, transfer duty is also levied, according to the Andhra Pradesh Gram Panchayats Act, 1964 and the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965. The buyer and the seller must go to the SRO office where the property is located and proceed with the AP stamps and registration process. Also, present should be two witnesses for the AP stamps and registration of deed details.

See also: All about Andhra Pradesh IGRS EC 

Andhra Pradesh revises property registration rates from February 1, 2025

Effective February 1, 2025, the Andhra Pradesh government will levy an increased property registration charges. The state government has announced plans to increase the property registration charges by 10-15% in both rural and urban areas.

In Vishakhapatnam district, the municipal corporation of Pedawaltair habitation and MVP sector -1, existing per sqft is is Rs 4,500 whereas the prevailing market value is Rs 7,000. The proposed value is around Rs 5,300 with an 18% increment.

In Ananthapur district, the municipal corporation of Tadipatri, existing per sqft is Rs 2,700 whereas the proposed value is Rs 2,900.

The revised rates was displayed on all sub-registrar offices (SRO) from December 20, 2024 and objections on this can be recorded till December 24, 2024. The final review of the property registration charges was done on January 27, 2024.  In addition to the property registration charges, the state also has plans to revise the structural values.

Andhra Pradesh stamps and registration deed details: CARD PRIMME rolled out

The IGRS AP rolled out the Computer Aided Administration of Registration Department(CARD) PRIMME  to simplify the registration process.  With this, once an applicant submits the form property registration online, he can immediately book a SRO slot for  and visit the office to complete the pending formalities. Under the new CARD system, one can self upload all property related documents  without depending on document writers or middlemen. Payment for the registration can be made online. With this property registration can be done in 20 minutes.  CARD PRIMME can be accessed at  http://cardprimme.rs.ap.gov.in/PDE .

AP stamps and registration deed details 2025

The official AP stamp duty and registration charges department is registration.ap.gov.in.

At the time of land or property registration, which could be partly done online by submitting AP land registration documents online or AP property registration documents online, the buyer and the seller, along with two witnesses, need to visit the sub-registrar’s office where the property is located and get it’s AP land registration done.

The AP land registration and property registration office currently offers a number of services online including AP land registration documents online and shares information on AP stamps and registration deed details. Mentioned below are how to use these services to get information on IGRS AP deed details.

AP stamps and registration deed details 2025: Stamp duty and registration charges

For all types of IGRS deed details registration including AP land registration, the applicant has to pay the stamp duty and registration charges on the transaction taking place.

See also: AP house tax

AP registration charges 2025

Also read about property registration in Delhi

IGRS AP deed details: Stamp duty charges 2025

Note: These fees are based on market value or transactional value of the property (whichever is lower).

AP stamps and registration deed details 2025: Types of conveyance deeds

AP stamps and registration fees 2025: Exemption

Andhra Pradesh citizens can enjoy an exemption on AP stamps and registration fee if the land that is being registered is used for developing solar projects.

AP stamps and registration deed details 2025: How to search details of AP land registration?

If you are a property buyer, you can search the previous deed details AP or the property you are planning to buy, to check the authenticity of the seller’s documents. Here is how to check IGRS AP deed details for AP land registration:

Step 1: For details of AP land registration documents online, click on ‘Document Details’ under services on the AP stamps and registration page.

Step 2: You will be directed to the Registration Details page where you will be able to search for the AP land registration deed details of document number/ layout plots/ apartments.

If you want to check registration AP details with document number, choose document number from the drop down box.

Select from drop-down box

• District
• Sub-registrar office

and enter details including

• Document number
• Registration Year
• Click on Submit to check the stamps and registration AP details.

If you want to check registration AP details with layout plots, choose layout plots from the drop-down box.

On the stamps and registration AP web page, choose from the drop-down box

• District
• Mandal
• Village,
• Enter survey number, plot number and survey no. list
• Click on Submit to fetch the deed details AP.

If you want to check registration AP details with apartments, choose apartments from the drop-down box.

 From the drop-down box, choose

• District
• Mandal
• Village

Next, enter

• Flat number
• Apartment name or House Number that will include wared, block and door no.
• Click on submit to get the IGRS AP deed details.

See also: All about online registry of property: Process and charges in India

AP stamps and registration 2025: How to check duty and fee details?

To check the duty and fee details, on IGRS AP website click on the duty and fee details box.

Select one of the options from

• Conveyance
• Gift
• Gift-in any other case
• Mortgage-with possession
• Mortgage without possession
• Partition
• Partition-among others
• Release
• Release-of Benami right
• Sale of immovable property
• Settlement
• Settlement –in favour of others
• Agreement of sale cum G.P.A
• Development/construction agreement cum G.P.A
• Agreement to sell with possession
• Other cases

You will  see % of stamp fee, registration fee and user charges.

For eg. If you choose ‘Gift’, then stamp fee would be 2% on Market Value , registration fee would be 0.5% and user charges –Rs 100/- if value less than or equal to Rs 50,000/-and Rs 200 if value is above Rs Rs 50,000.

AP stamps and registration 2025: Calculation of stamp duty

We show with an example, how you can calculate stamp duty for IGRS AP deed details. If a home buyer Ram is purchasing a flat for Rs 70 lakh, then the applicable stamp duty is five percent and registration charge is 1 percent.  Also, applicable will be a transfer duty fee of 1.5%

So, Ram will pay stamp duty of 70,00,000 * 5/100= Rs 3,50,000 lakh.

Registration charge for AP deed details will be = Rs 70, 00,000*1/100= Rs 70,000

Transfer duty fee for AP deed details will be = Rs 70,00000*1.5/100 = Rs 1,05,000

Thus, Ram will have to pay a total AP stamps and registration cost of Rs 5,25,000 or Rs 5.25 lakh.

Taking into consideration all these charges, the total cost of the property purchased by Ram is

Rs 70 lakh + Rs 5.25 lakh = Rs 75.25 lakh.

AP stamps and registration 2025: How to pay stamp duty?

For paying stamp duty charges in AP, you have options including

1. submitting stamp paper to stamp vendor: you can use options like cash, demand draft, debit card and credit card etc.
2. use of franking machine: the charges for stamp duty has to be paid at a franking outlet.
3. opting for e-stamping.

AP stamps and registration 2025: Stamp duty refund 2025

If the stamp duty is paid using challan, the registrant public can use it whenever he wishes to. For any stamp duty refund to be claimed, the maximum limit is six months. If in case there is a petition that is filed within 6 months, the stamp duty will be repaid after deduction of 10% of the gross stamp duty payable.

The party seeking refund of stamp duty has to apply to the concerned District Collector/Sub Collector/ Deputy Collector/ R.D.O/ Tahsildar under section 2(9) of I.S Act, through the Sub Registrar. He has to state the reasons for seeking refund along with original challan issued by the Bank. The Sub-Registrars on receipt of such application will verify the genuineness of the challan, check if it’s still not used and then issue a certificate to that effect. Based on the certificate issued by the Sub Registrar, the amount will be refunded after deducting 10% of the total stamp duty.

AP stamps and registration 2025: Documents required

• Passport-size photo of both the parties – the buyer and seller.
• Photo identification (Voter identity card, passport, Aadhaar card).
• Certified copy of the original old sale deed.
• Copy of the latest property register card (From the City Survey Department).
• Copy of municipal tax bill.

See also: All about Andhra Pradesh RERA

AP stamps and registration 2025: Property registration process

Mentioned is the step by step process for property registration in Andhra Pradesh.

• Obtain all the important documents and deed details required for stamps and registration AP under IGRS AP.
• Start with knowing about the AP registration market value of the property. Check the market value of land in AP in 2025, stamp duty, registration charges in Andhra Pradesh and user charges applicable on different types of property. You can also calculate all the important charges of the different IGRS deed details (deed details AP) through this  online calculator on the stamps and registration AP department.
  

   

• Next check the ready reckoner and compare it with AP registration market value. The value which is higher of the two will be the one on which stamp duty will be paid. Once this is determined, please buy stamps with non-judicial value to proceed with AP registration 2025.
• Once done with AP land registration documents online, do the AP registration document download and once all the deed details AP documents are collected, visit the sub-registrar’s office under the stamps and registration AP department with all the stakeholders for property registration AP.
• Based on the information given in the Public Data Entry System, the SRO will make a slot booking slip.
• Next, the E-KYC is completed and the SRO collects finger prints of the registering parties. The fingerprint will be checked with the Aadhaar database.
• Once the fingerprint matches with Aadhaar card, applicant is charged with stamp duty, registration AP charges and transfer charges. Note that if there is any discrepancy in the verification process, the buyer / seller has to make the asked changes and then the registration process will continue.
• Finally, the documents are registered by the SRO by taking thumb impressions and signatures on the documents and registry.
• Next, as part of the digital AP registration process, the registered document will be scanned and loaded on the IGRS AP server that can be accessed by the buyer.

Stamps and registration AP receipt 2025

For each and every property for which land registration charges in AP has been paid, for each Power of Attorney presented for authentication and for each sealed cover deposited and for every fee or fine levied by a registering officer, a receipt shall be granted by the AP land registration department. This receipt for the registration AP document/ IGRS deed details  will be handed over to the person who is presenting the document or his nominee, after getting signature of the person present there. If the receipt for the paid land registration charges in AP is lost for some reason, the person who is needed to produce it can sign a declaration of loss and request for making another registration AP document receipt that can be obtained by signing the counterfoil.

AP land registration 2025: Anywhere registration 

Home buyers will now be able to register AP their property document in any sub-registrar office of the district. As per the new directives from the state government, all sub-registrar offices falling in the same district will have concurrent jurisdiction and can register any property deed details situated in the district. This means that a property buyer can approach the SRO that is nearest to his residence or office and get the IGRS AP deed details registered.

Presently, there are 38 districts where you can register AP your deed details of property or land.

AP land registration 2025: Certified copy of registration document

This AP land registration documents online service is used to get the certified copy of registration AP document.  It can be obtained by logging on to the MeeSeva online portal at https://onlineap.meeseva.gov.in/CitizenPortal/UserInterface/Citizen/Home.aspx .

This is to get the duplicate copy of the AP land registration document, which was done at the SRO. This deed details certificate acts as a supporting document and aids citizens in solving any legal problem related to AP land registration and property that they may be facing.

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AP stamps and registration 2025: Duty fee calculator

Click on duty fee calculator and you will reach http://rs.ap.gov.in/APMV_Client/index.jsp

Enter Major code by selecting from drop down box, Minor code, consideration value and calculate. You will get the stamp duty and registration fee and the total payable.

AP stamps and registration 2025: Difference between Ready Reckoner and Market Value

The minimum value of a property fixed by Andhra Pradesh state government is called Ready Reckoner rate (RRR). The market rate is the value of the property on the date when it is assessed and has influences like facilities available in the area, infrastructural development in that area etc.

AP registration market value

Applicants can check market value land in AP of non-agricultural and agricultural property online, from the official portal of Andhra Pradesh Land registration and Property Registration department. Here’s a step-by-step guide to find out AP registration market value or the AP stamps and registration market value online:

Step 1: : For getting the AP registration market value, visit Registration and Stamps Department of Andhra Pradesh portal (click here).

Step 2: Click on the AP registration ‘Market Value’ option on the left menu.

Step 3: Next to find AP stamps and registration market value, you will be redirected to a new page on the AP stamps and registration website. Select the type of property, district, mandal and village from the drop-down menu.

Step 4: The results of the market value AP will be displayed on your screen.

AP stamps and registration EC

The Encumbrance Certificate is AP land registration or AP property registration certificate documents required for property registration AP. An applicant can easily download the EC AP from the online portal, using following procedure:

Step 1: Visit the AP stamps and registration portal (click here).

Step 2: Click on ‘Encumbrance Search (EC)’ from the right menu for AP stamps and registration EC.

Step 3: Next, for AP stamps and registration EC, you will be redirected to a new page on the AP stamps and registration portal. Read the disclaimer and click ‘Submit’.

Step 4: You will be redirected to a new page, where you will be able to search for the AP stamps and registration EC using following parameters:

Document number or year of document registration.

1. House number or apartment name situated in a city/ town/village.
2. Survey number in a revenue village, optionally described by a plot number.

It is mandatory to select the district and sub-registrar’s office under all options for AP stamps and registration EC.

The AP stamps and registration EC will then be displayed on the screen.

For issuance of certified copies of AP stamps and registration EC, the following charges will be applicable:

See also: All you need to know about Andhra Pradesh’s Meebhoomi passbook

Types of AP stamps and registration Encumbrance Certificate (EC) 

There are two types of AP stamps and registration EC -encumbrance certificates: Form no 15 and Form no 16.

Form no 15

AP stamps and registration ec on Form no 15 contains a record of sale, lease, mortgage, gift, partition, release, etc. All of this will have to be registered with the competent authorities and placed on record in Book I that is maintained by the registering authorities for the specific period that the certificate is being asked for.

Form no 16

Form no 16 is issued when there is nothing by way of transactions for the time frame that the certificate is being sought for.

See also: Everything about Tamil Nadu ec certificate

AP stamps and registration deed details: Online payment

Now you can make an online payment for using the various services offered by the AP stamps and registration department website at registration.ap.gov.in.

Click on ‘Online Payments’ under services on the homepage and you will reach the https://cfms.ap.gov.in/

Stamps and registration AP 2025: Download forms

To download forms, on the IGRS AP homepage, click on ‘Download’ tab. Click on document templates to download templates for gift. For example when you click on Rent or Lease you will see the following template that can be downloaded.

Housing.com POV

It is mandatory to pay stamp duty and registration charges for a property bought in Andhra Pradesh. This can be done online as well offline. Also the Andhra Pradesh government has eased the process of registration by supporting anywhere registration.

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