Quick answer Since 2025, Punjab property registration runs through Easy Registry: submit documents online, get them pre-checked within 48 hours, pay stamp duty and fees in one online payment, book your own slot, and register at any sub-registrar office in the district. Land records come through Easy Jamabandi — free, digitally signed fard copies with a QR code — and mutation after a sale is meant to happen automatically within 30 days.
For years, registering a property in Punjab meant agents, long queues at the tehsil and repeated visits to the patwari for a fard. Two state reforms in 2025 changed much of that. If you last bought property before then, here is what is different now.
Easy Registry: before and after
| Before | With Easy Registry | |
|---|---|---|
| Where to register | Only the sub-registrar office for that tehsil | Any sub-registrar office in the district |
| Document check | At the counter, on the day | Online pre-scrutiny within 48 hours; objections visible to you |
| Appointment | Queue or agent | Book your own slot |
| Payment | Separate e-stamp and fees | One online payment for duty and fees |
| Updates | None | WhatsApp at each stage |
| Help | Deed writers and agents | Sewa Kendras, online drafting tool, 1076 helpline |
The system was piloted in Mohali in May 2025 and then extended across the state. The official registration website is igrpunjab.gov.in.
Easy Jamabandi: land records without the patwari queue
- Free, digitally signed jamabandi copies with a QR code that banks and buyers can scan to verify.
- “WhatsApp te Jamabandi” — copies delivered on WhatsApp.
- Online intkal — mutation after a registered sale is meant to happen automatically within 30 days; inheritance mutations can be applied for online.
- Fard Badar — online correction of errors in the record.
- Record subscription — alerts if anything changes in your land record.
For what each term means and what to check in a fard before you buy, read our guide to Punjab land records.
What has not changed
- Stamp duty rates — still 7% for men, 5% for women and 6% joint, plus 1% registration up to ₹2 lakh, on the higher of price and collector value. See our stamp duty comparison.
- Due diligence — an online system checks paperwork, not whether the seller has clear title or the colony is approved. That is still your job.
- The final visit — buyer, seller and witnesses still attend the sub-registrar office to complete the registration.
Use only official channels. Pay stamp duty and fees only through the official portal, and verify a fard by scanning its QR code. Be wary of anyone asking for cash to “speed up” registration.
Step-by-step guide
Our property registration in Punjab guide walks through every step and lists the documents to keep ready. If you would rather not do it yourself, our registration assistance service handles the process, including for NRIs.
