bengaluru the process of buying and renting property in karnataka just got a lot simpler citizens who wish to buy or rent property will no longer have to visit a subregistrars office to register properties and get certified hard copies of the registered documentsthe stamps and registration department has launched kaveri online facility that allows online registration of properties and also free downloading of property registration documents including certified sale deeds and encumbrance certificateswe have successfully tested this service at our gandhinagar bengaluru subregistrar office and soon it will be available across subregistrar offices in karnataka once launched people can get property documents from anywhere said inspectorgeneral of registration and commissioner of stamps manoj kumar meenawith introduction of the service citizens no longer have to depend on real estate agents or make multiple trips to subregistrar offices to procure certified hard copies of property transactions it also reduces the possibility of cheating by opening up the transaction history of a propertyofficials said that the time required to download a document from the website will be less than 30 minutes and will be paid service this however is a big improvement on the current state of affairs where procuring hard copies of a certified document can often take several daysthe office of property registration plays a crucial role as it authenticates sale or transfer of immovable property its registration helps fix ownership or right on a property the department roughly receives at least 1520 lakh queries seeking copies of documents from subregistrar offices every year across karnatakaofficials said the service will be added with an esearch facility that facilitates the process of selecting real estate a citizen interested in purchasing a property for instance on mg road but would first like to conduct a thorough search of records now only needs to know its city survey number and subregistrar office concernedit also provides detailed search results of registered transactions of properties since 2003 and is therefore expected to check fraudulent transactions to an extentmeena said the facility will make the registration process more citizenfriendly and will drastically reduce footfall at subregistrar offices and increase their work efficiency roughly 30 of the people visiting subregistrar offices come for certified copies of registered documentsprakash r a property consultant and rti activist welcomed the initiative but cautioned that its effectiveness will be known only after extended use it can bring down corruption considering that subregistrar offices in karnataka have been a hub of sleaze and bribery but officials themselves may not allow technology to function smoothly if its harms their interest he said