Rent Agreement Registration in Thane & Mumbai — Doorstep Service

RentODoc executive completing a doorstep appointment in Thane

Since 2017Doorstep registrations across the MMR

Who we are

The queue was never the point. The document was.

RentODoc was started in Thane in 2017 for a simple reason: registering a rent agreement in Maharashtra is compulsory, straightforward and genuinely useful — and yet almost everybody experiences it as a lost day, a confusing quote and a document they are not sure is correct.

We are an authorised service provider on the state’s e-registration system. That means the whole thing can happen where you already are. Our executive arrives with a government-approved biometric device, takes Aadhaar authentication for the landlord, the tenant and both witnesses, and the agreement goes into the government record from your dining table.

16+ people on the ground across Thane, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Kalyan
Residential and commercial — flats, rooms, shops, offices, godowns and clinics
Every charge quoted upfront, with the stamp duty arithmetic shown to you

More about how we work

Why people send us the next one too

Eight reasons this ends up being the easy part of your move

None of these are promises about how much we care. They are things you can check on your own file.

We come to you — always

Our executive reaches your flat or office with a government-approved biometric device. Nobody in your family takes a day off. Nobody stands in a Sub-Registrar queue.

01

Government authorised, not a middleman

We are an authorised service provider on the Maharashtra e-registration system. Your document goes into the government record directly — no third party holding your Aadhaar.

02

Drafted the same day

Send your particulars on WhatsApp in the morning and the draft is with you the same working day. You approve it before a single rupee moves.

03

Clauses written the way you agreed

Lock-in, notice, escalation, maintenance, pets, parking, furniture inventory — we write what you actually negotiated, not a template that ignores it.

04

Multiple owners, companies, NRIs — handled

Four co-owners? A private limited company as licensee? A landlord in Dubai? These are ordinary weeks for us, not exceptions we push back on.

05

Soft copy straight to your inbox

The registered agreement lands in your email as a PDF you can forward to a bank, a school, a gas connection or an employer without hunting for the original.

06

We remind you before it lapses

An expired agreement quietly stops being address proof. We keep your expiry date and message you before the notice window closes.

07

One number, no surprises

Government charges and our fee are quoted together, in writing, before you commit. There is no second call asking for “extra portal charges”.

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What we handle

Five services, one WhatsApp thread

Every one of them ends the same way — a registered document in your inbox and nothing left on your to-do list.

Most requested

Residential Rent Agreement

Flats, rowhouses, single rooms and PG arrangements across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region — drafted, biometric-verified at your home and registered on the government portal.

Same-day draft on confirmed particulars
Doorstep Aadhaar biometrics
Registered PDF emailed to both parties

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For business

Commercial Rent Agreement

Shops, offices, godowns, clinics and salons. Commercial tenancies need clauses residential templates simply do not carry — lock-in, escalation, fit-out and exit.

Lock-in and escalation drafted properly
Company or LLP as a party
Society NOC guidance where needed

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Zero queues

Doorstep Biometric Registration

The part everybody dreads, removed. Our executive brings the government-approved device to your address and completes Aadhaar authentication for all four parties on the spot.

No Sub-Registrar visit at any stage
Witnesses arranged if you need them
Iris authentication where prints won’t read

See how it works

Draft only

Agreement Drafting & Custom Clauses

Sometimes you only need the document written correctly. We draft Leave and Licence agreements, renewal addenda and custom clause sets without the registration.

Lock-in, notice, escalation, maintenance
Furniture and fixture inventory
Company, NRI and co-owner structures

See how it works

Landlord duty

Police Verification Assistance

Tenant verification is a separate obligation from registration, and it is the landlord’s. We prepare the form and the annexures correctly so it is not sent back.

Form and annexures prepared
Online submission guidance
Correct the first time, not the third

See how it works

NOT
SURE?

Not sure which one you need?

Tell us the situation in a sentence — a flat, a shop, a renewal, a landlord in Dubai — and we will tell you exactly which service applies and what it costs. No obligation.

The RentODoc Service Guide

Everything on one page — charges, documents, timelines and the clause checklist we use.

Download PDF

The signature move

Watch your agreement build itself

Scroll, and the document assembles clause by clause — exactly the sequence your real file goes through, from a WhatsApp message to a registered PDF.

1

You send the particulars

Rent, deposit, tenure, start date, area — a WhatsApp message is enough. No forms to print.

2

We draft the same day

Parties, premises and commercial terms go in. You read it before anything is paid.

3

Your clauses go in

Lock-in, notice, escalation, maintenance, furniture inventory — written the way you negotiated it.

4

Stamp duty is computed

Article 36A applied to your actual numbers, shown line by line. No rounded-up guesses.

5

Biometrics at your door

Aadhaar thumb impressions for both parties and both witnesses, on a government-approved device.

6

Registered and emailed

The document enters the government record and the registered PDF reaches your inbox.

Agreement of Leave & LicenceMaharashtra · Article 36A

REG
2026

I. Parties & Premises

II. Term & Commencement

III. Licence Fee & Deposit

IV. Lock-in & Notice

V. Maintenance & Utilities

VI. Schedule of Fixtures

STAMP DUTY
PAID

Registration status

REGISTERED ✓

Delivered

TO YOUR INBOX

Three steps, and only one of them involves you

How it actually runs

1

Drafting

Send us the particulars on WhatsApp or email. We prepare the Leave and Licence draft with your clauses and send it back for approval.

Day 0 — same day

2

Biometrics

Our trained executive reaches your home or office with the government-approved device. Landlord, tenant and both witnesses authenticate by Aadhaar.

Day 1–2

3

Registration

The document is submitted on the Maharashtra e-registration portal and the registered soft copy is emailed to both parties.

Typically 5–6 working days

Work it out yourself first

Three tools built on real Maharashtra rules

No sign-up, no email gate. Use them, get your number, and only then talk to us.

Stamp Duty & Cost Calculator

Article 36A applied to your rent, deposit and tenure — duty, registration fee and DHC broken out line by line so you can check it.

Calculate my cost →

Document Checklist Generator

Company landlord? Four co-owners? A party in Dubai? Answer five questions and get the exact paperwork list for your case, not a generic one.

Build my checklist →

Renewal & Expiry Planner

Enter your start date and tenure. See your notice deadline, the last safe day to re-register, and how many days you actually have left.

Plan my renewal →

On the ground

What a RentODoc appointment looks like

Registration completed in the family’s own living room

Government-approved Aadhaar biometric device

Our executive at a Thane doorstep appointment

Agreement completed — both parties, same sitting

Walking a client through the clause sheet

Confirmed on the government e-registration system

An evening slot, because that is when both parties are free

Real files, real people

Landlords and tenants who stopped dreading this

Verified

★★★★★

“We signed the flat on a Saturday and I needed address proof by Wednesday. RentODoc drafted it Saturday night, did the biometrics at our place on Monday evening, and the registered PDF was in my inbox before the deadline. My wife did not have to leave the house once.”

Rohit DeshpandeTenant, 2BHK · Hiranandani Estate, Thane

Verified

★★★★★

“I rent out three flats and used to lose a full day per agreement. Now I forward the tenant’s Aadhaar on WhatsApp and someone turns up with the machine. Three years of doing it this way and not one document has come back with an error.”

Sandeep IyerLandlord, 3 flats · Ghodbunder Road, Thane

Verified

★★★★★

“My father is in Sharjah and I was handling this alone. They set up the Power of Attorney route, told me exactly what he had to courier, and did the biometrics for my side at home in Vashi. Very patient with all my questions.”

Priya NairNRI landlord’s daughter · Vashi, Navi Mumbai

Verified

★★★★★

“Commercial licence for my shop, with a three-year lock-in and a yearly escalation clause. The draft came back with both written properly the first time. My previous agreement, done elsewhere, had neither.”

Anil GaikwadShop owner · Kalyan West

Verified

★★★★★

“They messaged us a month before our agreement expired. We had completely forgotten. The renewal was done before the old one lapsed, which mattered because our granddaughter’s school needed current address proof.”

Asha ShettyRenewal, second time · Dombivli East

Verified

★★★★★

“First flat I have ever let out, and I did not know registration was even compulsory until they explained it. They showed me the stamp duty working on a spreadsheet before taking a rupee. That is why I sent my brother to them too.”

Mehul ShahFirst-time landlord · Mira Road East

Verified

★★★★★

“We signed the flat on a Saturday and I needed address proof by Wednesday. RentODoc drafted it Saturday night, did the biometrics at our place on Monday evening, and the registered PDF was in my inbox before the deadline. My wife did not have to leave the house once.”

Rohit DeshpandeTenant, 2BHK · Hiranandani Estate, Thane

Verified

★★★★★

“I rent out three flats and used to lose a full day per agreement. Now I forward the tenant’s Aadhaar on WhatsApp and someone turns up with the machine. Three years of doing it this way and not one document has come back with an error.”

Sandeep IyerLandlord, 3 flats · Ghodbunder Road, Thane

Verified

★★★★★

“My father is in Sharjah and I was handling this alone. They set up the Power of Attorney route, told me exactly what he had to courier, and did the biometrics for my side at home in Vashi. Very patient with all my questions.”

Priya NairNRI landlord’s daughter · Vashi, Navi Mumbai

Verified

★★★★★

“Commercial licence for my shop, with a three-year lock-in and a yearly escalation clause. The draft came back with both written properly the first time. My previous agreement, done elsewhere, had neither.”

Anil GaikwadShop owner · Kalyan West

Verified

★★★★★

“They messaged us a month before our agreement expired. We had completely forgotten. The renewal was done before the old one lapsed, which mattered because our granddaughter’s school needed current address proof.”

Asha ShettyRenewal, second time · Dombivli East

Verified

★★★★★

“First flat I have ever let out, and I did not know registration was even compulsory until they explained it. They showed me the stamp duty working on a spreadsheet before taking a rupee. That is why I sent my brother to them too.”

Mehul ShahFirst-time landlord · Mira Road East

Registration confirmed on the Maharashtra e-registration system

0Trips to a government office

Why choose us

The difference is in what you don’t have to do

Plenty of people can register a rent agreement. The gap shows up in the parts nobody quotes for: whether the draft comes back right the first time, whether the quote holds, whether anyone tells you the portal is down instead of leaving you guessing.

What you care about	Typical agent	RentODoc
Where it happens	You travel to them or to the SRO	They come to you
Draft turnaround	“In two–three days”	Same working day
Stamp duty shown	One lump figure	Every line, with the formula
Custom clauses	Standard template	Written as you negotiated
Renewal	You remember, or you don’t	We message you first

Start here

Tell us what you need

Pick the tab that matches your situation. Two fields and a dropdown — that is all we need to come back with a real figure.

Questions people actually ask

The answers, without the runaround

Yes. Section 55 of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 makes registration of a Leave and Licence agreement mandatory, and it places that duty on the landlord. An unregistered agreement is not evidence in most proceedings, and the penalty for non-registration can run to three months’ imprisonment or a fine up to five thousand rupees. In practice the bigger cost is quieter: banks, schools, passport offices and gas agencies will not accept an unregistered agreement as address proof.

No. Maharashtra allows Aadhaar-based e-registration, and as an authorised service provider we bring the approved biometric device to you. Landlord, tenant and both witnesses complete their thumb impressions at your home or office. Nobody visits a government office at any stage.

Drafting is same-day once we have complete particulars. The biometric appointment is usually within one to two days of you approving the draft. The registered document is typically emailed within five to six working days of biometrics, though it often arrives sooner. If the government portal is down — which happens — we tell you rather than letting you wonder.

The law puts the duty to register on the landlord. Who actually pays is a matter of negotiation and varies by locality: in much of Thane and Mumbai the tenant pays, in other pockets it is shared. We are happy to invoice whichever side you tell us to.

Aadhaar and PAN of the licensor, the licensee and two witnesses; proof of the property such as a recent electricity bill, property tax receipt or Index-II; and the commercial particulars — rent, refundable deposit, tenure, start date, built-up area, lock-in and notice period. Clear phone photographs are fine. Use the Document Checklist Generator on our Tools page for a list built around your exact situation.

Not at all. Our executive can arrange witnesses for the appointment. Tell us in advance so the slot is planned for it.

The device used is a government-approved fingerprint scanner and the authentication goes directly to the Department of Registration and Stamps portal. RentODoc does not store your biometric template. It is used for that one authentication and nothing else.

Both situations have a route. Where Aadhaar is unavailable, registration can proceed through the conventional identification process at the Sub-Registrar office with a photograph and ID. Where fingerprints do not read — common with elderly parties or heavy manual work — iris authentication is used instead. Tell us beforehand and we plan for it rather than discovering it at your dining table.

Under Article 36A of the Maharashtra Stamp Act the duty is charged on a value made up of the total rent for the whole term, plus any non-refundable deposit or premium, plus ten per cent of the interest-free refundable deposit for each year of the term. On that total, duty is 0.25% for a term up to sixty months and 0.50% above it. Our calculator does this on your real numbers and shows every line so you can check the arithmetic yourself.

A registration fee of one thousand rupees for property inside a municipal corporation area, or five hundred rupees outside it, plus document handling charges of three hundred rupees for e-registration. These are fixed by government. They are not our fee and they do not change with the value of your agreement.

Because the base value is different. A higher rent, a bigger refundable deposit or a longer tenure all raise the taxable value, and a term over sixty months doubles the rate. Two flats in the same building can differ by thousands for those reasons alone.

Our fee is quoted as one all-inclusive figure for the area we serve, with the doorstep visit already inside it. If your property is well outside the Mumbai Metropolitan Region we will say so before you commit, not afterwards.

For a party elsewhere in India, biometrics can be arranged at their location — tell us the city and we plan the visit. For a party abroad, the usual route is a Power of Attorney executed in favour of someone in India, which we help you set up correctly. Either way, tell us early; it changes the sequence, not the outcome.

Yes, and it is common for commercial licences. We need the certificate of incorporation, the company PAN, a board resolution or authority letter naming the signatory, and that signatory’s own Aadhaar and PAN. The signatory completes the biometric on the company’s behalf.

Yes. Eleven months is a habit, not a rule — it comes from a time when longer tenancies attracted rent-control protections landlords wanted to avoid. Under the current Act you can register for any term you both agree. Just note the sixty-month line: cross it and the stamp duty rate doubles from 0.25% to 0.50%.

Police authorities across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region require landlords to submit tenant verification, and local orders are issued periodically making it enforceable with a penalty. It is separate from registration and is decided by the police, not by us. We prepare the form correctly and help you submit it — but the outcome and the timeline sit with the authority.

Still not covered? Ask us directly — a person replies, usually within minutes.

Send one message. We take it from there.

Tell us the rent, the deposit and the tenure — we come back with the exact government charges, our fee and the next available doorstep slot. No obligation and no follow-up calls you did not ask for.

Call +91 98705 48275

The RentODoc Service Guide

The same guide our executives carry — charges, documents, timelines and the full clause checklist.

Download PDF

Your rent agreement,

Get your exact figure today

The queue was never the point. The document was.

Eight reasons this ends up being the easy part of your move

We come to you — always

Government authorised, not a middleman

Drafted the same day

Clauses written the way you agreed

Multiple owners, companies, NRIs — handled

Soft copy straight to your inbox

We remind you before it lapses

One number, no surprises

Five services, one WhatsApp thread

Residential Rent Agreement

Commercial Rent Agreement

Doorstep Biometric Registration

Agreement Drafting & Custom Clauses

Police Verification Assistance

Not sure which one you need?

The RentODoc Service Guide

Watch your agreement build itself

You send the particulars

We draft the same day

Your clauses go in

Stamp duty is computed

Biometrics at your door

Registered and emailed

How it actually runs

Drafting

Biometrics

Registration

Three tools built on real Maharashtra rules

Stamp Duty & Cost Calculator

Document Checklist Generator

Renewal & Expiry Planner

What a RentODoc appointment looks like

Landlords and tenants who stopped dreading this

The difference is in what you don’t have to do

Tell us what you need

The answers, without the runaround

Send one message. We take it from there.

The RentODoc Service Guide