Legal guides
Learn to read the land's paperwork.
Plain-language guides to the documents and rules behind every Maharashtra land decision: the 7/12, mutations, occupancy classes, encumbrances, the two kinds of price, and the warning signs of acquisition. Free to read, written to be checked against the record itself.
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Ready Reckoner lookupशासकीय मूल्यदर
The government guidance rate grid for a village: agricultural, NA, residential and commercial ranges from the official e-ASR. It is a guidance value, not a market price.
Open toolVillage activity pulseनोंदणीकृत व्यवहार
Actual registered transactions our cache holds for a village: real deals from IGR Index-II rows. Where the cache is thin, the tool says so.
Open toolOfficial plot infoभूनकाशा
Owner name, khata number and recorded area for a survey number, straight from the official MahaBhunaksha cadastre.
Open toolGR digestशासन निर्णय
Land- and real-estate-relevant Maharashtra Government Resolutions, classified by region and topic, with English and Marathi summaries and the official PDF linked.
Open toolTwelve guides
Start where your question is
Reading a 7/12 extractसातबारा उतारा
The 7/12 is the first document anyone asks for and the least understood. What its parts mean, and why the इतर हक्क column decides more deals than the ownership column.
Guide · 6 min read
02Ferfar in Maharashtra: how a mutation entry changes ownershipफेरफार
Ferfar is the mutation entry that changes ownership in Maharashtra land records. How an entry is made and certified, and where pending ferfar shows online.
Guide · 6 min read
03Class 1 and Class 2 land meaning in Maharashtraभोगवटादार वर्ग-1 व वर्ग-2
Class 1 (वर्ग-1) land can broadly be sold freely. Class 2 (वर्ग-2) needs government permission to transfer. Where to read the class on the 7/12.
Guide · 5 min read
04How to check a loan or बोजा on land in Maharashtraबोजा
A loan or other charge (बोजा) on land shows in two places: the 7/12 इतर हक्क column and the registered deeds. How to check both, and why repaid loans linger.
Guide · 5 min read
05Two prices every buyer must keep apartशासकीय दर वि. बाजारभाव
The Ready Reckoner rate is the government’s guidance value for stamp duty. The market rate is what people actually pay. Confusing them costs money in both directions.
Guide · 5 min read
06Acquisition & reservation: reading the warning signs earlyभूसंपादन
Acquisition and planning reservations leave a paper trail long before fences move. Which documents matter, in what order, and why a project next door does not mean your land is taken.
Guide · 6 min read
07Buying Maharashtra land from abroad: a verification checklistपरदेशातून पडताळणी
What you can verify remotely, what genuinely requires someone on the ground, and the regulatory questions to settle before falling in love with a plot.
Guide · 7 min read
08Land title search in Maharashtra: verify before you buyमालकी हक्क पडताळणी
A land title search in Maharashtra checks the 7/12, 8A, ferfar, Index II, occupancy class, boja and court cases. Step by step, with the portal for each record.
Guide · 12 min read
09The difference between a 7/12 and an 8A extractसातबारा आणि ८-अ
The 7/12 is organised by survey number. The 8A is organised by the holder’s account in the village. A buyer handed one and not the other is reading half the record.
Guide · 8 min read
10Checking if Maharashtra land is under litigationजमीन वाद
Land disputes in Maharashtra sit in different forums, and each keeps its own list. Where to search by survey number, where to search by name, and what a pending case means.
Guide · 8 min read
11How to tell a survey number from a gat numberसर्व्हे नंबर आणि गट नंबर
The same field can be a survey number in one document and a gat number in another. What each number means, where hissa and CTS numbers fit, and how to match them.
Guide · 7 min read
12What title chain verification means in Maharashtraमालकी हक्काची साखळी
A chain of title is the unbroken run of transfers from a root of title to the present holder. How the chain is built from registered deeds and mutation entries, and what a break means.
Guide · 8 min read
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