Rent agreement in Coimbatore
Coimbatore follows Tamil Nadu's rules. Here is what applies before you sign a residential rent agreement.
- Agreement format
- Lease Agreement
- Governing act
- Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants Act, 2017
- Stamp duty basis
- Percentage of total rent over the full term
- Stamp duty rule
- 1% of the total rent payable over the agreement term (plus any premium/fine); deposit not counted
- Security deposit
- Excluded from the dutiable base
- Registration
- All rental agreements must be registered under the 2017 Act
- e-Stamp portal
- TNREGINET
Law checked: Not yet verified · Procedure checked: Not yet verified. Confirm with the official portal before paying duty.
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Questions about renting in Coimbatore
- Which agreement format is used in Coimbatore?
- Coimbatore follows Tamil Nadu, where the usual format is a lease agreement. The governing law in our data is the Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants Act, 2017.
- How is stamp duty worked out in Coimbatore?
- 1% of the total rent payable over the agreement term (plus any premium/fine); deposit not counted. Treat this as indicative and confirm it on the official portal before paying.
- Do I need to register a rent agreement in Coimbatore?
- All rental agreements must be registered under the 2017 Act.
- Where do I pay stamp duty for Coimbatore?
- Our data lists TNREGINET for Tamil Nadu.
- How is the security deposit treated for stamp duty in Coimbatore?
- 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.