Rent agreement in Madurai

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Madurai — Tamil Nadu's third-largest city (after Chennai and Coimbatore) and the ancient temple city of the south, a cultural, education and commercial hub home to the Meenakshi Amman Temple and Madurai Kamaraj University with a large student and migrant population — has steady demand for rented housing. As across Tamil Nadu, a letting is documented as a rent agreement and the tenancy must be registered with the Rent Authority under the Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants Act, 2017; the process is handled online through the TNREGINET portal, and 11-month terms remain common.

Madurai's rental market

14,65,625

Population — Madurai urban agglomeration (Census 2011)

40%

of urban households in Tamil Nadu live in rented homes (Census 2011)

The rental share is the Census 2011 figure for Tamil Nadu's urban areas, applied here as the closest official benchmark for Madurai.

Legal essentials for Madurai

Governing law

Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants Act, 2017

Stamp duty

Stamp duty in Tamil Nadu is 1% of total rent for the entire duration. Registration charges = 1% of annual rent. E-stamping via SHCIL available in most districts.

Registration

Mandatory for all durations (register with the Rent Authority, commonly within 90 days)

Read the full Tamil Nadu rent agreement guide, or see the India rent guide for the Model Tenancy Act rules that apply across states.

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