Rent Agreement Stamp Duty in Haryana

For a typical residential agreement up to 11 months, Haryana charges 1.5% of average annual rent. Agreements up to 5 years (including the standard 11-month term) attract 1.5% of average annual rent — ₹3,600 on ₹20,000/month; several sources add the security deposit to the base. Many 11-month agreements run on nominal e-stamp in practice, but 1.5% is the scheduled rate.

Under Section 17 of the Registration Act, a lease of immovable property for 12 months or longer MUST be registered with the sub-registrar — which costs time, registration fees, and higher stamp duty. An 11-month agreement stays below that threshold, so it can be executed on stamp paper without mandatory registration. That's the whole reason 11 months became India's default tenancy term.

Mandatory for leases of 12 months or more; optional below — which is why 11-month agreements dominate.

Yes — e-stamp via e-GRAS/authorised vendors and registration through the Jamabandi/eRegistry Haryana portal; Aadhaar-eSigned agreements are valid.

An unstamped or under-stamped agreement is not admissible as evidence in court until the deficit duty plus a penalty (up to 10× the deficit in most states) is paid. Police verification, HRA claims, address proof, and eviction proceedings can all stumble on an unstamped agreement — the duty is small, so pay it upfront.

The law doesn't fix this; it's whatever the agreement says. In practice the tenant usually bears the stamp duty and registration costs in most Indian cities, though splitting 50:50 is common in some markets. Put the split in writing in the agreement itself.