As a general rule the following documents pertaining to immovable property must be registered vide Section 17(1) of the Registration Act, 1908:
(a) Instruments of gift of immovable property;
(b) other non-testamentary instruments which purport or operate to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish, whether in present or in future,
any right, title or interest, whether vested or contingent, of the value of one hundred rupees,
and upwards, to or in immovable property;
(c) non-testamentary instruments which acknowledge the receipt or payment of any consideration on account of the creation, declaration, assignment,
limitation or extinction of any such right, title or interest; and
(d) leases of immovable property from year to year, or for any term exceeding one year, or reserving a yearly rent;
(e) non-testamentary instruments transferring or assigning any decree or order of a court or any award when such decree or order or award
purports or operates to create, declare, assign, limit or extinguish, whether in present or in future,
any right, title or interest, whether vested or contingent, of the value of one hundred rupees and upwards,
to or in immovable property.In Maharashtra State, w.e.f. 1-4-2013, the following additional documents are
also required to be compulsorily registered:
(f) agreement relating to the Deposit of Title Deeds, where such deposit has been made by way of security for the repayment of a loan or an existing
or future debts;
(g) Sale certificate issued by any competent officer or authority under any recovery Act;
(h) Irrevocable Power of Attorney relating to transfer of immovable property in any way, executed on or after the commencement of the Registration
(Maharashtra Amendment) Act, 2010.”