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Legally Rent
Your part · ~18 minutes. Stamped agreement · 1 business day

A lease, sorted this evening

Three steps, one screen. No DTP shop, no broker, no courier, no printouts. Here’s exactly how each step works.

01~4 minutes

Add the property

Type the address; city and state auto-fill from pincode. Pin the exact location on the map, upload photos, and tag it with bedrooms, bathrooms, parking, and amenities. We save your defaults so the next property goes in twice as fast.

  • Pincode → city + state auto-fill
  • Interactive map pin with accurate lat/long
  • Up to 12 photos · cover photo of your choice
  • Portfolio view lives in your dashboard
Step 01 · ListPreview
Pincode → city + state auto-fill
Interactive map pin with accurate lat/long
Up to 12 photos · cover photo of your choice
Portfolio view lives in your dashboard
approx. 4 minutesStep complete
02~2 minutes

Invite the tenant

Send a WhatsApp invite with the lease summary. The tenant verifies their identity with Aadhaar OTP from their phone — anti-proxy-fill is built in, so the person signing is provably the person on the lease. Optional add-on tenant verification reports (identity, employment & income) — coming soon.

  • WhatsApp + SMS invite in 7 Indian languages
  • Aadhaar OTP identity verification at acceptance
  • Anti-proxy-fill — name + DoB matched against the lease
  • Tenant verification reports (identity, employment & income) — coming soon
Step 02 · InvitePreview
WhatsApp + SMS invite in 7 Indian languages
Aadhaar OTP identity verification at acceptance
Anti-proxy-fill — name + DoB matched against the lease
Tenant verification reports (identity, employment & income) — coming soon
approx. 2 minutesStep complete
03~12 minutes

Draft → e-Stamp → e-Sign

Pick a state-appropriate template, customise rent, deposit, term length, and clauses. Pay state-exact stamp duty at checkout. We get the government e-stamp certificate issued — usually within 1 business day — then both parties sign with Aadhaar OTP and the stamped, signed lease lands in everyone’s inbox.

  • 11 months by default — skips mandatory sub-registrar registration
  • Karnataka, Delhi, TN, Telangana, AP, Kerala + 12 more states
  • Rent, deposit, and maintenance clause builder
  • Government e-stamp certificate at the state rate, back in 1 business day
  • NeSL Aadhaar OTP e-signature · legally valid
Step 03 · SignPreview
11 months by default — skips mandatory sub-registrar registration
Karnataka, Delhi, TN, Telangana, AP, Kerala + 12 more states
Rent, deposit, and maintenance clause builder
Government e-stamp certificate at the state rate, back in 1 business day
NeSL Aadhaar OTP e-signature · legally valid
approx. 12 minutesStep complete
Under the hood

The compliance stack behind every lease

You don’t have to think about any of this. Here’s what the one-screen flow is actually wired into.

e-Stamping

Government e-stamp certificate at the state-specific rate, issued and delivered within 1 business day. No paper, no queue — for you.

e-Signing

NeSL Aadhaar OTP. Same infrastructure used for retail loan agreements.

KYC + PAN

IDfy for identity, PAN validation via the NSDL gateway.

Rent rails

UPI AutoPay mandates via NPCI. Reminders on the 1st, auto-debit on the 5th.

Quick answers

Common questions

Do I have to be tech-savvy?

No. The flow is designed for a 65-year-old landlord on a 5-inch phone. If you can fill out a pincode, you can finish a lease.

Why 11 months and not 12?

Under the Registration Act § 17, leases of 12 months or more must be registered at the sub-registrar’s office — a half-day visit and a separate registration fee on top of stamp duty. An 11-month lease is fully legally enforceable and skips that step. We auto-renew it for you when the term ends, so you never lose continuity. You can still pick 12, 24, or 36 months if you prefer — we’ll flag the registration step then.

What if the tenant doesn’t have Aadhaar OTP working?

We fall back to OTP-on-PAN + video KYC. Every path is NeSL-recognised, so the lease is equally valid.

Can I customise clauses?

Yes — notice period, lock-in, maintenance split, penalty clauses, pets policy. Templates start you at 80% fit; the clause builder covers the rest.

Is the lease registered with the government?

Two different registrations, and most people only know about one. (1) Sub-registrar, under the Registration Act — compulsory only at 12 months and above, so an 11-month lease skips it. (2) In Tamil Nadu, the Rent Authority, under the TN Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants Act 2017 — this one applies to EVERY tenancy, however short, within 90 days of signing, and it is free. An unregistered agreement cannot be received in evidence. Almost nobody tells you about it. We do, and we give you the filing details. For 12+ month leases we also offer a sub-registrar handler for ₹1,499.

Ready to draft your first lease?

Free to start. No card needed. Your draft is saved even if you don’t finish tonight.

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