Rent agreement in Punjab
What to know before you sign a residential rent agreement in Punjab.
- Agreement format
- Lease Agreement
- Governing act
- Punjab Rent Act, 1995
- Stamp duty basis
- Percentage of one year's rent
- Stamp duty rule
- 4% of the annual rent for terms under one year (Punjab Revenue Department rate table); the security deposit is not part of the base. Registration, if opted for, costs 1% of the same rent base (min ₹50, max ₹2,00,000) plus ₹500 facilitation and ₹200 pasting charges
- Security deposit
- Excluded from the dutiable base
- Registration
- Registration is optional for agreements up to one year; mandatory only for leases exceeding one year (Registration Act §17(1)(d) baseline)
- e-Stamp portal
- e-Stamp (Punjab Revenue Dept / SHCIL)
Law checked: Not yet verified · Procedure checked: Not yet verified. Confirm with the official portal before paying duty.
Draft my Punjab agreementQuestions about renting in Punjab
- Which agreement format is used in Punjab?
- Punjab follows Punjab, where the usual format is a lease agreement. The governing law in our data is the Punjab Rent Act, 1995.
- How is stamp duty worked out in Punjab?
- 4% of the annual rent for terms under one year (Punjab Revenue Department rate table); the security deposit is not part of the base. Registration, if opted for, costs 1% of the same rent base (min ₹50, max ₹2,00,000) plus ₹500 facilitation and ₹200 pasting charges. Treat this as indicative and confirm it on the official portal before paying.
- Do I need to register a rent agreement in Punjab?
- Registration is optional for agreements up to one year; mandatory only for leases exceeding one year (Registration Act §17(1)(d) baseline).
- Where do I pay stamp duty for Punjab?
- Our data lists e-Stamp (Punjab Revenue Dept / SHCIL) for Punjab.
- How is the security deposit treated for stamp duty in Punjab?
- 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.