In a bid to reduce interference by officials and automate the registration process for some properties, the Karnataka Government passed a Bill introducing a digital signature certificate-based software system. This will allow property registrations to happen at sub-registrar offices without the physical presence of parties involved.
The digital signatures will apply only to properties allotted by government agencies and not to sale transactions between two parties.
Piloting the Registration (Karnataka Amendment) Bill 2025, Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said that if a site is approved by government bodies—such as the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB), or the Housing Board—the system can approve it automatically.
“The signature of the sub-registrar will be automated. No signature is required from any other official,” he said.
Among the major reasons for introducing the system, Gowda said, was that there were cases where multiple people claimed a site that had been sanctioned to someone else. The system will make sure that when a tahsildar sanctions a site, “then there is no need for the sub-registrar to verify it”, he said.
The sub-registrar’s signature will be generated digitally once the title deeds of a sanctioned property are uploaded through an official channel. Such registrations, Gowda said, will take place automatically.
Gowda said that the system would also help clear loan entries made to the record of rights, tenancy, and crops (RTC) certificate. “After clearing the loan dues, farmers are made to wait at government offices to remove loan details from their RTC. To remove entries, bribes are sought,” the minister said.
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When a no-objection certificate is issued by banks for loans being cleared, the system will ensure that debt details are removed without personal appearance, Gowda added.