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Buying in Meghalaya? Most land is held under customary law — there is no central record to check.

The records here

Your documents are in Khasi, Garo or English. The engine reads the record in its own language.

Where records exist — district and village records, land holding documents, deeds — the check reads them; where the land is held under customary law, the report says so plainly and names what would evidence the right.

What the absence of a record won't tell you.

In tribal areas, land transfer requires the consent of the clan, the dorbar (traditional council) or the relevant authority — and a deed executed without it does not convey the land, whatever the papers say. There is no central register that will reveal this; the check reads the papers and the customary position together.

If a document is missing, your Preliminary Title Scrutiny Report names it, names the check it unlocks, and names the office or authority holding it — the Sub-Registrar's office where a deed exists, the dorbar or district council where customary consent governs.

Meghalaya · authorities, records, checks

Title check in Meghalaya: who keeps the record, and what to verify

Meghalaya is India's most distinctive land regime: most land is clan or community owned — Ri Kynti and Ri Raid land — administered under the autonomous district councils rather than a state record of rights, and the Meghalaya Transfer of Land (Regulation) Act bars transfer of tribal land to a non-tribal without sanction.

Compiled by the Property Opinion research team · last verified 23 September 2026

Who administers what

Autonomous District Councils (Khasi, Jaintia, Garo): Land administration, customary tenure and transfer permissions.
Revenue Department: The limited government-land records that exist.
Sub-Registrar, Inspector General of Registration: Registration of deeds.
Shillong Municipal Board and municipal bodies: Urban holdings and permissions.
Directorate of Land Records and Surveys: Survey and settlement where it has run.

The records your report reads

Registered sale deeds: The primary title document where no record of rights exists.
Council transfer permission: The sanction required where land moves between tribal and non-tribal hands.
Clan / community tenure records: The council or village record of who holds the land.
Mutation records: Changes of holder where a revenue record is kept.
Survey records: Limited cadastral records, mostly around towns.
Encumbrance certificate: The Sub-Registrar's index of registered transactions.

Registration and stamp duty

Deeds are registered under the Registration Act, 1908, with stamp duty under the Stamp Act in force in Meghalaya. Because most land is outside a state record of rights, the deed chain itself — and the council's permission where the law requires it — carries the title.

Encumbrance searches

With no universal record of rights, the check rests on the registration index for the deed chain, the council record for the community tenure, and the Land Transfer Regulation Act sanction where a transfer crossed into or out of tribal hands.

What a title check should verify in Meghalaya

Is the land Ri Kynti (clan) or Ri Raid (community) — and does the seller's holding rest on the council's record rather than a state record of rights?
Where a transfer crossed between tribal and non-tribal hands, does the record show the Land Transfer Regulation Act sanction?
Is the buyer eligible to hold the land at all under the transfer regulation?
Does the deed chain run unbroken from the earliest registered instrument, since there is no record of rights to fall back on?
Do the survey or site records and the deed describe the same plot?
For Shillong and municipal areas, does the municipal record match the deed?

Portal names and office structures change, and the law is applied to the facts of each property. Your report cites what your own documents and the records show, and names the office holding anything that is missing. It is an AI title analysis, not a legal opinion. Read a sample title scrutiny report or see the price.

What your report shows

Every finding linked to its source

— the document and clause, verifiable by you.

The checks that passed

— what was examined and found clean, listed.

Search depth stated as a year

— "traced back to 2004," with the offices searched.

Limitations in the report

— what the record shows, and what it cannot.

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Pricing

Preliminary ₹1,999 + GST (₹2,359 all-in) — covers up to 100 pages, then ₹10 a page. The full title report is a separate ₹1,999 + GST.

FAQ — Meghalaya

There's no registered deed for the land. Does that mean the title is bad?

Not automatically — under customary law much land passes without registration. But the absence of a deed makes the customary consent the whole question: the clan's or dorbar's position decides whether the transfer holds. The check reads the papers and the customary position; the report states what it could and could not establish.

Can an outsider buy land in Meghalaya?

In tribal areas, transfer of land to a non-tribal is restricted and requires the prescribed approval under the customary and statutory rules. The check reads the land class and the chain; the report tells you what applies to this property.

It's the property check where you see everything it checked.

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Districts we cover in Meghalaya

The check is the same across Meghalaya — the record terminology on this page applies statewide. Major districts, with dedicated district pages opening as search volume builds:

East Khasi Hills (Shillong) · Ri-Bhoi · West Khasi Hills · West Garo Hills (Tura) · East Garo Hills · South Garo Hills · West Jaintia Hills · East Jaintia Hills

Coverage is not limited to this list — if the land records office for your district issues the documents, the engine reads them.