Online Rent Agreement

1. Online Rent Agreement Online rent agreement has been started by government of Maharashtra a few years back to facilitate the citizens viz renters to get their rent agreements registered quickly and in online way. With this transformation it has been easy for all the owners and tenants to get the agreements registered almost from anywhere, without visiting the government sub register office. The Process Of Online Rent Agreement: Step 1: The parties need to login to https://efilingigr.maharashtra.gov.in/ereg/MainForm.aspx and login with their district and village name. Step 2: One needs to fill the property to be rented details along with owners details, tenant details and 2 witness details. They also need to input the rent, deposit, for how many months the agreement is to be made and the deposit payment details Step 3: Then one needs to pay the e stamp duty and government challan through the maharashtra gras portal.

2. Step 4: After the challan is paid and the GRN no of challan is put into the draft then parties need to give biometrics and photo. This is used as a digital sign and confirmation to the agreement Step 5: After the biometrics are given a online police intimation has to be filled so that the given information also reaches the local police station Step 6: After the above process one needs to submit the agreement for stamping to sub register. After submission the document is received by sub register in online way and he or she can stamp the same after due checking. Step 7: After stamping the document is recieved in an online way in the portal. The same can be downloaded from the portal with token no and password which you have used. Benefits Of Online Rent Agreement: Their are various benefits that one can avail by using the online rent agreement: •Less Costly than offline rent agreement registrations. •No need to visit sub register office , hence long queus and middlemen are avoided •The biometrics can be given from any part of the world hence parties need not be in same city of rented property •Pure online process, hence rent agreement can be registered from home or office at your convineince. Downside of Online Rent Agreement: Their are some downside of online rent agreements which are: •For biometric verification the parties need to have UIDAI registered biometric devices •The biometric machine and camera must be available with the parties and must be properly installed. •The system is slow and many times their are many problems in registrations and verification of aadhar •The parties must have their biometrics updated with aadhar system or system wont detect you and give approval for verification •Also their is a risk of privacy and security and aadhar and personal details need to be entered in the system.

3. These are the various beenefits and downside of the online rent agreement. However government has appointed ASP or authorized service providers to register the documents by providing service to the citizens. These agents make the process a breeze by doing all the form filling and biometric verifications at their ends. Many citizens have benefitted from this ASP structure and its useful for government also as they have people whom they can cross question if they get any queries. Entities like Consultaxx make it very easy to register a online rent agreement by combining their manpower and technology. Recently they have marked an achievement by registering 10000th agreement and has been featured in various prestigious media like business standard, lokmat, the print, ani for the same. A renter can easily register a leave and license from entities like Consultaxx which have their systems ISO certified and made it more safe and secure. Slowly the government of India and Maharashtra are moving towards digital transformation and online rent agreement is one major step.