Rent agreement in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad follows Gujarat's rules. Here is what applies before you sign a residential rent agreement.
- Agreement format
- Lease Agreement
- Governing act
- Gujarat Stamp Act, 1958 (as amended 2025, Art. 30(a)(i)); rent control under the Gujarat Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 (Bombay Act of 1947 as adapted by Gujarat)
- Stamp duty basis
- Flat statutory amount
- Stamp duty rule
- Flat ₹500 for residential agreements under 1 year (Gujarat Stamp Amendment Act 2025); 1% of average annual rent (min ₹1,000) for 1-5 year terms
- Security deposit
- Excluded from the dutiable base
- Registration
- Registration is optional for agreements up to 11 months; mandatory for more than 1 year
- e-Stamp portal
- GARVI (IGR Gujarat)
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Questions about renting in Ahmedabad
- Which agreement format is used in Ahmedabad?
- Ahmedabad follows Gujarat, where the usual format is a lease agreement. The governing law in our data is the Gujarat Stamp Act, 1958 (as amended 2025, Art. 30(a)(i)); rent control under the Gujarat Rents, Hotel and Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 (Bombay Act of 1947 as adapted by Gujarat).
- How is stamp duty worked out in Ahmedabad?
- Flat ₹500 for residential agreements under 1 year (Gujarat Stamp Amendment Act 2025); 1% of average annual rent (min ₹1,000) for 1-5 year terms. Treat this as indicative and confirm it on the official portal before paying.
- Do I need to register a rent agreement in Ahmedabad?
- Registration is optional for agreements up to 11 months; mandatory for more than 1 year.
- Where do I pay stamp duty for Ahmedabad?
- Our data lists GARVI (IGR Gujarat) for Gujarat.
- How is the security deposit treated for stamp duty in Ahmedabad?
- Excluded from the dutiable base.
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Source data: Starting point: a third-party public stamp-duty and registration dataset published under CC BY 4.0, fetched 2026-10-20. Not independently verified: lawVerified/procedureVerified are null until each row is checked against the state Stamp Act and the official portal. Replace with primary-source data before launch.