Plot checklist before you buy or pay
You are buying a plot or house, or want to check one, before you pay or sign.
Punjab. 7 steps, 5 confirmed against the text.
What this route rules out
- This list cannot tell you a plot is clear. No open data supports that. It tells you what to ask for, and where.
The checks
Development authority
Search the society on this site, then open the authority's own page and check its status there.
UNCONFIRMEDOur list is a dated reading. The authority's page rules, and it can change.
Sub-registrar
Ask the sub-registrar to let you inspect the register and give you copies of entries for the property.
s57(1), Registration Act 1908, read .
The text says
the Books Nos. 1 and 2 and the Indexes relating to Book No.1 shall be at all times open to inspection by any person applying to inspect the same; and, subject to the provisions of section 62, copies of entries in such books shall be given to all persons applying for such copies.
Revenue office
Punjab only
For land in Punjab, ask the revenue office for certified copies of the land record for the khasra.
s177, Punjab Land Revenue Act 1967, read .
The text says
all maps and land-records prepared or required to be made under this Act shall be open to the inspection of the public at reasonable hours, and certified extracts from the same or certified copies thereof shall be given to all persons applying for the same
Sub-registrar
Make sure the sale is by a registered deed. A deed that transfers a right in property worth Rs 100 or more must be registered.
s17(1)(b), Registration Act 1908, read .
The text says
other non-testamentary instruments which purport or operate to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish, whether in present or in future, any right, title or interest, whether vested or contingent, of the value of one hundred rupees and upwards, to or in immoveable property
Stamp office
Punjab only
Budget for stamp duty on the sale deed: two percent in an urban area, one percent elsewhere.
- Fee
2% urban, 1% elsewhere.
Schedule I, Article 23, Punjab Stamp Act 1899, read .
The text says
in case of immovable property in an urban area; and two percent of the value of the property. b) in any other case one percent of the value
You
If the seller acts through an attorney, read the power and check it covers this sale. If you learn it was cancelled, do not deal through that attorney.
s208, Contract Act 1872, read .
The text says
The termination of the authority of an agent does not, so far as regards the agent, take effect before it becomes known to him, or, so far as regards third persons, before it becomes known to them.
One more step depends on where the property is. Choose Islamabad or Punjab above to see it.