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Buying in Puducherry? The title runs through French-law notarial records — a different system entirely.

The records here

Your documents are in Tamil, French or English. The engine reads the record in its own language — including old French-language acts.

Your notarial acts, sale deeds, succession papers — read with no translation step and no document set aside because of its script.

What the record won't tell you.

Whether the French-era root of title was ever reconciled with the post-1963 registration system, whether succession under the French civil rules was properly recorded, and whether the notarial act matches the current deed — none of that is visible in the latest sale deed alone. Registration records a transaction; it does not prove ownership.

If a document is missing, your Preliminary Title Scrutiny Report names it, names the check it unlocks, and names the office holding it — the Sub-Registrar's office for current deeds, the notarial and civil records for the older acts.

Puducherry · authorities, records, checks

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

Puducherry runs on the Tamil Nadu pattern — patta, chitta and adangal through the revenue taluk — across four separate districts that don't even touch each other, so the first practical question is which of the four administrations (Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe, Yanam) holds the land's records.

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

Who administers what

Revenue Department (Taluk offices): Patta, chitta, adangal and mutation.
Sub-Registrar, Registration Department: Registration of deeds and encumbrance certificates.
Puducherry Planning Authority: Planning permission and layout approval.
Municipalities and commune panchayats: Property tax and holdings.
Survey and Land Records: Field maps and settlement records.

The records your report reads

Patta: The revenue record's title document for the land.
Chitta: The classification record — ownership, area and whether the land is nanjai or punjai.
Adangal: The field register of possession and cultivation.
Mutation entries: Changes of holder in the revenue record.
Field map (FMB): The field measurement sketch of the plot.
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 Indian Stamp Act as it applies in Puducherry, charged on the higher of the consideration and the guideline value. A registered deed does not by itself change the patta; the mutation does.

Encumbrance searches

The encumbrance certificate from the Sub-Registrar of the relevant district lists registered transactions, and the taluk record shows the patta holder. Because the four districts hold separate records, the search is run in the district where the land actually lies.

What a title check should verify in Puducherry

Which of the four districts holds the land — Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe or Yanam — since each keeps its own records?
Does the patta and chitta show the seller for the same survey number as the deed, with mutation after each transfer?
Does the encumbrance certificate for the full period match the deed chain?
Is the land classified in a way that needs conversion for its intended use?
Do the field map and the deed describe the same plot and extent?
Where the plot is in a layout, was the layout approved by the planning authority?

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 — Puducherry

The chain starts with a French-language act from the 1950s. Can you read it?

Yes — the engine reads the record in its own language, including French-language acts, and traces the chain through the transition into the Indian registration system. The report shows you where the chain holds and where the two systems never met.

The property passed by succession under French civil rules. Is that a problem?

Succession under the French civil rules was a real legal event — the question is whether it was recorded in a way the later Indian system recognises. The check reads the succession papers and the deeds; the report shows you what the record supports.

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

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Districts we cover in Puducherry

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

Puducherry · Karaikal · Mahe · Yanam · Villianur · Oulgaret (Puducherry)

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