Rent agreement in Chandigarh
What to know before you sign a residential rent agreement in Chandigarh.
- Agreement format
- Lease Agreement
- Governing act
- East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 (as extended to Chandigarh)
- Stamp duty basis
- Percentage of one year's rent
- Stamp duty rule
- 2% of the average annual rent plus 3% of the security/advance, for leases up to 5 years (Chandigarh Revenue Department schedule); registration fee is 1% of annual rent (max ₹10,000)
- Security deposit
- Deposit × 1.5 added to the dutiable base
- Registration
- Registration is optional for agreements up to one year; mandatory only for leases exceeding one year
- e-Stamp portal
- SHCIL e-Stamp / Chandigarh Revenue Dept
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Questions about renting in Chandigarh
- Which agreement format is used in Chandigarh?
- Chandigarh follows Chandigarh, where the usual format is a lease agreement. The governing law in our data is the East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949 (as extended to Chandigarh).
- How is stamp duty worked out in Chandigarh?
- 2% of the average annual rent plus 3% of the security/advance, for leases up to 5 years (Chandigarh Revenue Department schedule); registration fee is 1% of annual rent (max ₹10,000). Treat this as indicative and confirm it on the official portal before paying.
- Do I need to register a rent agreement in Chandigarh?
- Registration is optional for agreements up to one year; mandatory only for leases exceeding one year.
- Where do I pay stamp duty for Chandigarh?
- Our data lists SHCIL e-Stamp / Chandigarh Revenue Dept for Chandigarh.
- How is the security deposit treated for stamp duty in Chandigarh?
- Deposit × 1.5 added to 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.