It is very cumbersome to handle the various differrent certificates and documents required to proceed if you are either buying or selling property. We attempt to demystify the most prominent of these, Khata.

What is a Khata?

It literally means an account, this Khata is an account of a person who has property in the city. It is an account of assessment of property owners within BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) jurisdiction. Khata is important when you apply for any license of building or for trade, applying for loan from any banks or financial institution.It consists all the details of property like name of owner, size of buildings, location of property and all other details that helps to file property tax.

There are two things in a Khata:
a) Khata Certificate
b) Khata Extract.

a) Khata Certificate

A BBMP Khata certificate is required for two major purposes:
1. For registration of a new property,
2. For transfer of any property.For applying khata certificate, the owner of property has to give letter of requisition along with details and receipts of tax paid (latest) to Assistant officer for the sub-division or range. The fee for certificate is RS.25/- per property. (more…)