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Certified Indian Property Deed Translation
Certified translation of the documents that record the ownership of land and buildings in India, including the registry annotations and endorsements that carry the legal effect and that a reader unfamiliar with the system will otherwise skip.
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Flat rate per page, up to 250 words. No hidden fees.
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Registration and stamp duty, which decide admissibility
An Indian sale deed must be stamped at the state's rate and registered under the Registration Act at the sub-registrar's office, and an unregistered or under-stamped deed is inadmissible in evidence.
That is a harsher consequence than a US reader expects. The stamp value, the registration number, the book and volume and the year are on the document. We reproduce all of them.
Registration is not a guarantee of title
Indian registration records the transaction, it does not certify title. Ownership is proved by a chain — the encumbrance certificate, the mutation records, the khata or patta and the parent deeds.
So a single deed answers much less than a US reader assumes, and the file is thick for a reason. We translate the chain the file holds rather than the deed alone.
The state systems, which differ
Land revenue is a state subject, so the record vocabulary changes across India: patta and chitta in Tamil Nadu, khata in Karnataka, 7/12 extract in Maharashtra, jamabandi in the north.
They are not interchangeable, and a translator who flattens them all to "land record" destroys the information. We name each as it is.
Agricultural land, and the languages
Several states restrict the purchase of agricultural land to agriculturists or to domiciles, and a deed may recite the buyer's qualifying status.
Deeds are in English or in the state language — Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi — often with an English schedule. See our Hindi page.
Ordering, and what the certification covers
Upload the document, choose certified translation at $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, and it comes back typically within 24 hours as a PDF formatted to mirror the original, with a signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead. Marginal annotations are translated in place, in the margin, and every seal, stamp and registry endorsement is translated with the text. See how we translate and certified versus standard.
Frequently asked questions
What if the deed is under-stamped?
It is inadmissible in evidence, not merely irregular.
Does registration prove title?
No. It records the transaction. Title is proved by the encumbrance certificate, mutation records and parent deeds.
What is a 7/12 extract?
Maharashtra's land record. Other states use patta, khata or jamabandi. They are not interchangeable.
Why does the deed state the buyer is a farmer?
Several states restrict agricultural land to agriculturists or domiciles.
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