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Checking an agent's RERA registration

How RERA works in Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Chandigarh and Haryana, and how to confirm an agent is registered. Updated 3 October 2026.

This guide is general information to help you prepare. It is not legal advice. Rules and websites change, so always confirm on the official RERA website, or with a lawyer, before you pay anything.

What RERA means for agents: the 4 facts that matter

Agents selling in RERA projects must be registered. RERA is the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016. An agent who helps sell or buy a plot, flat or building in a RERA-registered project must first register with that state's RERA authority. ^1,2
Registration is state by state. An agent gets one registration number for each state or union territory they work in. A Punjab registration doesn't cover Himachal Pradesh, and the other way round. ^2,3
The number must be on every sale. A registered agent has to quote their registration number in every sale they help with, and in their adverts. If an agent won't give you the number, treat that as a warning. ^1,3
Registration expires. It is given for a fixed period (usually 5 years) and must then be renewed. Registrations can also be revoked. So check the dates and status, not just the name. ⁴

An agent who works in a RERA project without registering can be fined up to ₹10,000 for every day it continues, up to 5% of the property's price. ¹

What about resale homes, plots and rentals?

The registration rule is written for sales in RERA-registered projects. An agent who only handles resale homes, individual plots or rentals outside such projects may not need RERA registration. ² Such agents can be perfectly honest. But you then can't check them on a RERA website, so check their ID, office and past deals yourself, and always check the property's papers with your own lawyer. Our buyer's checklist explains what to look for.

How to check an agent, step by step

Ask for the RERA registration number and certificate. Write the number down exactly, and note the name and firm on the certificate.
Open the official RERA website for the state where the property is (links below). Use only the government website, not a copy someone sends you.
Find the agent in the list of registered agents, by name or by number.
Check that it all matches: the same name or firm, the same registration number, and a status that is current (not expired, revoked or withdrawn).
For a flat or plot in a project, check the project too. A registered agent may not sell in a project that isn't registered. Look up the project on the same website and check its registration number and details. ^1,3
Pay the seller or builder by bank transfer or cheque, not cash to the agent, and keep the receipts.

If something doesn't match, ask the agent to explain before you go further, and don't pay any token money until it's cleared up.

Where to check, by region

Jammu & Kashmir

Authority: the J&K Real Estate Regulatory Authority (J&K RERA). ^5,7
Website: rera.jk.gov.in. Its Registered Agents list shows each agent's name, district, certificate number and how long the registration is valid. ⁶

Ladakh

Ladakh has notified its own RERA rules, so the same law applies there. ^8,9
We could not confirm that Ladakh has its own working RERA authority and website yet: the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs' tracker for February 2024 listed it as not yet established. ¹⁰ Ask the agent which authority registered them and check that authority's list, or ask the UT Ladakh administration in Leh.

Himachal Pradesh

Authority: the Himachal Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (HP RERA), with its office in Dharamshala. ¹¹
Website: hprera.nic.in. Registered agents and projects are on its Project / Agent dashboard. ¹²

Punjab

Authority: the Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Punjab. ¹³
Website: its Registered Real Estate Agents search lets you look up an agent by name, district or registration number, and shows whether a registration has been renewed, revoked or withdrawn. Projects are on its Registered Projects page. ^13,14
Punjab agent numbers start with PBRERA, followed by a district code (for example LDH for Ludhiana) and the agent's number. ¹³

Chandigarh

Chandigarh is a union territory, but RERA there is handled by the Real Estate Regulatory Authority, Punjab, whose office is in Chandigarh. ¹⁵ So check Chandigarh agents and projects on the same Punjab RERA agents search.
Mohali is in Punjab (Punjab RERA) and Panchkula is in Haryana (Haryana RERA), so for a property on the edge of the city, check which state it is in first.

Haryana

Haryana has two RERA authorities: HRERA Gurugram for the Gurugram area and HRERA Panchkula for the rest of the state. Both are on haryanarera.gov.in. ¹⁶
Agents register online with HRERA Panchkula. ¹⁷ Ask the agent which authority registered them, then find them in that authority's list of registered agents on the website.

How Clayyard helps

“RERA-verified agent” on a listing means the agent told us their RERA number and our team checked their RERA registration and ID before their listings went live. Only these agents can list properties in RERA projects on Clayyard.
“Registered agent” means our team checked the agent's ID, but they aren't RERA-registered. They can list resale homes, plots and rentals.
In search results, tick RERA-verified agents only to see only listings from RERA-verified agents.
Our checks don't replace yours: registrations can expire or be revoked, so look the agent up yourself before you pay. ARN Estates, which runs Clayyard, is itself registered with J&K RERA as a real estate agent (registration RERA-JK-AGENT-124-2025).

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