All about Bihar IGRS

All land-related information and property registration work in Bihar, are undertaken by the Prohibition, Excise and Registration Department. The department, also referred to as the Bihar Inspector General of Registration and Stamps (IGRS Bihar), came into being in August 1999. Prior to that, it was known as the Revenue Department. The services by the IGRS Bihar are provided by the state’s Bhumijankari portal.

Property registration details in Bihar

The inspector-general of registration and stamps (IGRS) of Bihar is responsible for property and land registrations in the state.

What is IGRS Bihar?

The inspector-general of registration and stamps (IGRS) of Bihar is responsible for levying taxes on property transactions and other related activities and generating the revenue crucial for the state’s growth.

Among other things, the state’s department of registration of stamps, headed by the inspector-general of registrations and stamps (IGRS), is also responsible for registration of property and various other transactions.

Among the online services that the department provides to citizens of the state, are land and property registration, information about land and property and model deeds. You can also generate e-receipts of documents using the official portal of the department http://bhumijankari.bihar.gov.in/.

Registration on Bihar Bhumijankari portal

Note here that after you get yourself registered at www.bhumijankari gov.in, you can easily access your Bihar land registry details.

Property registration using the Bhumijankari Bihar portal

While model deeds and other information can be sourced from the portal without registering oneself on the site, to proceed with works like property registration, the user has to first register himself on the site, to log in and proceed with the property registration process.

For this, you need to keep all personal and property-related information ready, before you start the process. You will be able to pay the stamp duty as well, through net banking channels by using the OGRAS portal, https://e-receipt.bihar.gov.in/brcs/.

All that remains to be done after this process, is the online booking of an appointment at the sub-registrar’s office (SRO), to complete the biometric verification, along with the seller and two witnesses. You need to be a registered user, to be able to book an appointment at the sub-registrar’s office. At the scheduled date of appointment, reach the sub-registrar’s office, along with all the originals and copies of key documents. The buyer, the seller and the witnesses also have to carry their identity cards and address proofs for property registration purpose in Bihar.

Stamp duty and registration charges in Bihar

For property registration in Bihar, buyers have to pay 6% of the transaction value as stamp duty and 2% of the value as registration charges.

Stamp duty in Bihar

Unlike other state where women pay less, property buyers in Bihar have to pay 6% of the property value as stamp duty.

List of documents for property registration in Bihar

Chapter 2 of the Bihar Registration Act says that the registration of documents has to be done through a computerised process, using software prescribed by the Department of Registration. Given below, are the documents that the buyer would need to get a property registered in his name:

• Copy of the sale agreement
• Plot map
• Copies of the identity proofs of the buyers and the sellers
• Copies of the PAN cards of the buyers and the sellers
• Copy of the challan of stamp duty payment

Buyers in Bihar can also pay the property stamp duty and registration charges through the OGRAS Bihar portal, via net banking. To book a slot for online property registration in Bihar, you have to visit the Bihar Bhumijankari portal and book an appointment at the sub-registrar’s office (SRO) concerned.

Minimum value register (MVR) in Bihar

Property owners in Bihar can also check the government-specified values through the government’s minimum value register. Known as circle rates in general, the minimum value is the benchmark rate below which a property cannot be sold in Bihar. You can get this information on the IGRS portal, by clicking here.

Land-related information on Bihar Bhumi Jankari

To obtain information about a piece of land, the user will have to provide details including the location, mauja, area, deed number, serial number, plot number, land value, etc., as shown in the image below.

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Model deeds you could download from Bhumijankari Bihar portal

Listed below are the model deeds that one can download from the portal, in Hindi, English and Urdu languages.

• Sale deed
• Agreement for sale (flat)
• Agreement for sale (general)
• Mortgage
• Mortgage deed with possession
• Deed of mortgage by conditional sale
• Lease agreement – vacant land
• Surrender of lease
• Transfer of leasehold right by way of sale (land structure)
• Transfer of leasehold right by way of sale (vacant land)
• Will
• Trust deed
• Power of attorney
• Exchange
• Adoption
• Arbitration
• Security bond
• Endowment
• Cancellation
• Award
• Gift (land/house)
• Partnership
• Partnership dissolution
• Partition
• Deed of usufructuary mortgage

What is Dakhil Kharij (दाखिल-खारिज)?

Through property mutation, referred to as Dakhil Kharij in Hindi, the name of the previous owner is removed from the records of the local governing body and the new owner’s name is entered.

How to apply for Dakhil Kharij in Bihar?

In Bihar, users have to apply for property mutation at biharbhumi.bihar.gov.in.

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