Rent agreement in Haryana
What to know before you sign a residential rent agreement in Haryana.
- Agreement format
- Lease Agreement
- Governing act
- Haryana Urban (Control of Rent and Eviction) Act, 1973
- Stamp duty basis
- Percentage of one year's rent
- Stamp duty rule
- 1.5% of one year's average (annual) rent for leases below 5 years (3% for 5-10 years); deposit not counted
- Security deposit
- Excluded from the dutiable base
- Registration
- Registration is optional for agreements up to 11 months; mandatory for 12 months or longer
- e-Stamp portal
- Haryana e-GRAS
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Questions about renting in Haryana
- Which agreement format is used in Haryana?
- Haryana follows Haryana, where the usual format is a lease agreement. The governing law in our data is the Haryana Urban (Control of Rent and Eviction) Act, 1973.
- How is stamp duty worked out in Haryana?
- 1.5% of one year's average (annual) rent for leases below 5 years (3% for 5-10 years); 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 Haryana?
- Registration is optional for agreements up to 11 months; mandatory for 12 months or longer.
- Where do I pay stamp duty for Haryana?
- Our data lists Haryana e-GRAS for Haryana.
- How is the security deposit treated for stamp duty in Haryana?
- 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.