Frequently asked questions

We draft and register legal and property documents: registered rent (leave and licence) agreements, agreements to sale, sale deeds, gift deeds, release deeds, wills, power of attorney, correction and cancellation deeds, mortgage and reconveyance deeds, notice of intimation, partnership deeds and firm registration, SRO certified copies, property tax and electricity name change, and Jeevan Pramaan life certificates.

Yes. Shivay Services is an approved e-registration service provider with the Department of Registration and Stamps, Maharashtra, authorised to complete leave and licence registrations with doorstep Aadhaar biometric verification.

No. Rent agreements are registered online with biometric verification at your home or office. Sale, gift and release deeds still need an SRO visit, which we schedule and prepare in advance.

All of Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, including Hadapsar, Magarpatta, Kharadi, Viman Nagar, Wagholi, Kothrud, Baner, Wakad, Hinjewadi, Kondhwa, Undri and Camp. Documentation is available across Maharashtra and for NRIs abroad.

Send the service you need and basic details on WhatsApp at +91 97100 42004 or call us. We reply with the document list, the government stamp duty and fees, and our service charge.

Government stamp duty and registration fees are paid online through GRAS e-challan. Our service charge can be paid by UPI, net banking or cash at the time of the visit.

We collect only the documents required for your registration, use them only for that purpose, and do not sell or share your data. See our privacy policy.

Yes. We draft powers of attorney for signing abroad, get them adjudicated in Pune, and complete rent agreements, sales and certified copies on behalf of NRIs.

Yes, under Section 55 of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999, every leave and licence agreement must be registered.

0.25% of the total rent for the term plus 10% of the refundable deposit for each year, rounded up to the next ₹100. Registration fee is ₹1,000 in urban areas.

Usually 2–4 working days after biometric verification.

Yes. Each party can authenticate separately at their own location.

A registered agreement is renewed by registering a fresh agreement for the new term, which we do the same way online.

About 7% within PMC limits including metro cess and LBT (6% for women buyers), and about 5–7% in PCMC and other areas, plus 1% registration fee capped at ₹30,000.

An agreement to sale is a promise to sell on future conditions; a sale deed transfers ownership. In Maharashtra, an agreement with possession pays full stamp duty, which is set off against the later conveyance.

A registered gift deed: stamp duty is ₹200 for residential property gifted to a son, daughter, spouse or grandchild in Maharashtra.

Yes, by a registered release deed. Where legal heirs release ancestral property to qualifying family members, stamp duty is ₹200.

No, but it is recommended because a registered will is much harder to dispute. There is no stamp duty on a will.

Four months from execution under Section 23 of the Registration Act.

A filing under Section 89B of the Registration Act recording an equitable mortgage (home loan by deposit of title deeds). It must be filed within 30 days.

If the loan was secured by a registered mortgage deed, yes — it removes the bank’s charge from the records.

Apply to the Sub-Registrar office where it was registered with the document number and year. We can trace and obtain it for you.

Apply to PMC or PCMC with the registered deed, Index-II, latest tax receipt and society NOC. We handle the application and follow-up.

Every November; pensioners aged 80 and above can submit from 1 October. We generate it at home.