How to Search Encumbrance Certificate in AP ?

The encumbrance certificate is an important document that assures the property is free from legal liabilities. The encumbrance certificate is mandatory for transferring property and applying for a home loan.

How to Search Encumbrance Certificate in Andhra Pradesh?

Online eEC (e Encumbrance Certificate) is available for transaction post 01-01-1983 only. Hence if citizens require Encumbrance certificate prior to 01-01-1983, they should approach SRO office concern.

1.Search for eEC can be made on :

• Document Number and Year of Document OR

• House Number or Old House Number or Apartment name situated in a City/ Town/Village with optional Flat Number and Colony/Locality/Habitation OR

• Survey number in a Revenue Village and optionally described by a Plot number.

• District and SRO office selection is mandatory under all options.

2. Period of search is controlled as per the availability of data.

3. Users are advised to enter the house number following the standard format as Ward - Block - Door NO / Bi no. for better results.

4. As the data describing the property is not well structured and standardized due to legacy data and variation in description of the same property with respect to time because of changes in the classification of property, a probabilistic search is made and that may result in display of multiple results some of which may not be of any interest to the user. User should select the relevant entry for generating the statement on Encumbrances.

Follow the below steps to search encumbrance certificates in Andhra Pradesh.

• Visit Registration and Stamps Department website

• Click on 'EC Search'.

• Click on the “Submit”.

• Three options are available to search for the Encumbrances Certificate.

• Document No: Document Number is Self Explanatory.

• Memo No:   Memo Number is the Document Number of the Memo received from Registering SRO

• None: None option is used to enter the schedule of the property without the use of Document No. or Memo No.

• Fill in the required details.

• Click on “Submit”.

References

While crafting this guide, we have consulted reliable and authoritative sources, including official government directives, user manuals, and pertinent content sourced from government websites.

Registration and Stamps Department website