Lease deed / rental agreement registration in Andhra Pradesh (Vizag, Vijayawada): stamp duty and fee

Official documents read 14 to 20 Oct 2026 · Not legal advice · Government websites change, so re-check before you rely on a step.

Rows 23 to 33 and row 52 read from the duty and fee table on the AP IGRS home page, saved by us on 15 Oct 2026 and re-read live on 20 Oct 2026. Any later change is to verify with the IGRS Duty Fee Calculator or the Sub-Registrar office.

The lease rows, as published

• Row 23, less than 1 year: 0.4% on total rent; fee 0.10%; user charges Rs 100.
• Rows 24 and 25, 1 to 5 years: residential 0.5%, other cases 1%, on the average annual rent (A.A.R.).
• Rows 26 and 27, 5 to 10 years: residential 1%, other cases 2%, on A.A.R.
• Row 28, 10 to 20 years: 6%; row 29, 20 to 30 years: 15%, on A.A.R.
• Row 30, more than 30 years or perpetual: 3% on the market value of the property.
• Rows 31 to 33: 2% on a fine, premium or money advanced (with or without rent), and 2% on a lump sum for improvements handed to the owner at the end, in addition to the rent duty.
• Row 52, surrender of lease: Rs 30 duty, Rs 1,000 fee, Rs 100 user charges.

Every lease row lists the same 0.10% fee and Rs 100 user charges. The table does not say whether the fee is on the total rent or the A.A.R., so the examples below use the same base as the duty (to verify).

How it adds up

Example only, not a quote: from the rows above; e-stamp or vendor charges and rounding are extra or to verify.

• 11-month home rental at Rs 25,000 a month: total rent Rs 2,75,000; duty 0.4% = Rs 1,100; fee 0.10% = Rs 275; user charges Rs 100; total Rs 1,475.
• 3-year home lease at a fixed Rs 30,000 a month: A.A.R. Rs 3,60,000; duty 0.5% = Rs 1,800; fee Rs 360; user charges Rs 100; total Rs 2,260.
• 3-year shop lease at Rs 50,000 a month: A.A.R. Rs 6,00,000; duty 1% = Rs 6,000; fee Rs 600; user charges Rs 100; total Rs 6,700.
• Ending a registered lease early by surrender: Rs 30 + Rs 1,000 + Rs 100 = Rs 1,130 (row 52).

Three things to ask the Sub-Registrar first

• Security deposit: whether a refundable deposit counts as "money advanced" under rows 31 and 32 is not stated in the table (to verify). If it does, Rs 1,00,000 would add Rs 2,000.
• Band edges: if your term is exactly 5 or 10 years, confirm the band, since the rate can jump from 2% to 6%.
• Must it be registered? The AP Registration FAQ lists "leases of immovable property" among the documents that must be registered, without a duration in that line. Ask the office or your lawyer for your term (to verify).

Whether your rental needs to be registered, what the lease should say, and how rent is taxed are questions for your own lawyer and tax adviser. This page only lists the published duty and fee rows and what the department's own FAQs say. Not legal advice.

Checklist before a lease in AP

• The term, rent, yearly increase and deposit written down, then run through the IGRS Duty Fee Calculator
• Stamp paper or e-stamp for the confirmed duty (AP e-stamp guide)
• The owner's title: the sale deed and an EC (AP EC guide), and a prohibited-property search for long leases (guide)
• If the owner lives abroad, who signs for them (AP POA guide)
• A slot if you register (AP slot booking guide), and a copy of the registered document later if needed (AP CC guide)

Property in Hyderabad? See the Telangana lease deed guide.

FAQ

Official sources

• AP IGRS: duty and fee table (rows 23 to 33, 52)
• AP IGRS Registration FAQ (PDF)
• AP IGRS stamp duty schedule (PDF)

Not legal advice. We don't check properties or certify ads. A lawyer must confirm title, and the Authority's own notices override anything on this page.