Exchange Registry (Tabadla Registry) in Punjab, Done Right
Two owners, two properties, one deed. A swap of plots, a house exchanged for farmland, your land traded for theirs — none of it changes the land record until the exchange deed is registered. We run the full exchange registry as a service: deed drafting, e-stamp challan, e-registry filing, and the one Sub-Registrar visit where both parties sign. You start with a free consultation online — the service itself is hands-on.
Tabadla, Exchange Deed, Intiqal — Three Different Things
An exchange touches two properties and two records at the same time, which is exactly where people get confused. The clean version:
Who Pays What on an Exchange Registry
An exchange has no sale price, but it is not free at the counter — and the tax shape is different from a sale, because there is no single buyer. Here is the current position for Punjab:
| Fee / Tax | Paid by | Average rate | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stamp duty | Both parties | 1% — charged once, on the higher-value property | Under Article 31 of the Stamp Act, an exchange deed pays the same duty as a sale deed — once, on whichever of the two properties is worth more. Not on both properties, and not on the difference between them. Who actually bears it is for the two sides to settle between themselves. |
| Registration duty | Both parties | Small fixed amount | Set by the state; we confirm the current figure on WhatsApp before you file. |
| Advance taxes 236K / 236C | Both parties | 1.25% / 2.75% | An exchange has two legs: each party is the buyer of the property they take and the seller of the property they give, so both FBR advance taxes arise on both sides. Rates shown for filers; non-filers pay higher slabs. Exact figures are worked out per property and confirmed on WhatsApp. |
| Mutation (intiqal) fee | Both parties | Fixed, nominal — charged twice | Two properties change hands, so two intiqals are entered — one on each record. |
From First Message to Registered Exchange Deed
Six steps covering the full tabadla registry. The first four happen from your phone; step five is the one visit that can't.
WhatsApp consultation
Start with a free consultation: send us the situation — which two properties, whose names are on each record, any complications (a co-owner abroad, an agricultural land exchange where the values don't match, an old verbal swap the family now wants on paper). We take it from there — the document list for both sides, the real cost heads, and then we handle the filing.
Fards for both properties
Every exchange registry starts from the record — and here it starts twice. We check the current record of both properties against the deed before it is drafted, so the tabadla is built on what the record actually says today. If fresh fards are needed first, arrange the fard e malkiat for both properties before we draft.
Exchange deed drafted
The tabadla nama is drafted with both properties described in full — khewat, khasra, area, boundaries — both values stated, and any difference settled as equality money inside the same deed. Both parties read it before anyone signs anything.
E-stamp challan + e-registry filing
We prepare the 32-A e-stamp challan and the FBR challans for both sides, then file the registration request on PLRA's e-registry portal — both parties, both properties, witness details. A challan is single-use and time-limited, so we time it for when your file is actually ready.
Registry day at the Sub-Registrar office
This is the one physical visit — and it's part of the service. Both parties and two witnesses appear before the Sub-Registrar; statements are recorded and biometric verification of both parties is completed. We manage the visit so it takes one trip, not three. One deadline worth knowing: the deed must be presented within four months of signing — miss that window and the paperwork starts over.
Registered deed in hand, then both intiqals
When the Sub-Registrar registers your deed, it gets an official record number — called the bahi number — plus a document number. Keep both; they're how your deed is found in the government record later. Then the paperwork doubles one last time: an intiqal is entered on each property's record — your name off one, onto the other — and we follow both through at the ARC.
What Registry Day Needs From Both Sides
An exchange registry gets rejected at the counter for boring reasons — a missing challan, a stale fard on one property, a witness without a CNIC. Two sides means twice the paperwork. This is the full list; we check yours against it on WhatsApp first.
Always required
- Original CNICs — both parties, and two witnesses
- Fard e malkiat for both properties — current, one for each side of the swap
- Paid e-stamp challan (32-A)
- FBR challans for both parties — each side files as buyer and seller
- The drafted tabadla nama, ready for signing
When they apply
- Co-owners on either side? — every recorded owner of both properties must join the deed or give a verified power of attorney; one missing co-owner stalls the whole swap
- Power of attorney — if someone signs for a party, it must be verified by the Sub-Registrar
- Green Property Certificate — required for transfers in most tehsils since July 2026, though enforcement varies from tehsil to tehsil; we confirm what your tehsil asks for before you start
- An old verbal tabadla? — since the Jan 2026 oral-transfer ban, it has no standing in the record; bring whatever paper exists and we'll tell you where you stand
Why People Message Us Before Swapping Property
We check both sides, not one
A sale has one seller's title to check. An exchange has two — and a defect on either side can unwind the whole deed later. We run the full trail — registry, intiqal, current fard — on both properties before anything is signed, not after.
One visit, zero wasted trips
Your file is checked on WhatsApp before registry day. With two parties, two properties and two witnesses, the chance of one missing paper is doubled — we flag it early.
Exchange or partition? We tell you straight
Families often call a division of ancestral property an exchange when the law treats it as a partition — different deed, different duty, different paperwork. If your case is really a partition (taqseem), or really two sales, we say so before you pay for the wrong deed.
A real office, a real number
We're on Faisalabad Road, Jaranwala, near the Nadra Office — and on WhatsApp at 0334 1227222. Start with a free consultation; we'll tell you exactly what your exchange needs before anything is filed.
Service Across Punjab — Registry at Your Tehsil
The consultation is online from anywhere; the signing happens at the Sub-Registrar office for your property. We cover all 41 districts, including:
Exchange Registry — Asked & Answered
1Can an exchange be done without registering a deed?+
2How is stamp duty worked out on an exchange?+
3Our two properties aren't worth the same. Can we still exchange?+
4Do both of us pay FBR tax on a tabadla?+
5Is swapping ancestral land with my cousins an exchange?+
6What if the other party's title turns out to be defective?+
7How long does a tabadla registry take?+
8Can the whole exchange registry be done online?+
Talk to Us Before You Swap
Send a message with your situation — both properties, both owners. We handle the fards, the deed, the challans, the e-registry filing and the Sub-Registrar visit. Start with a free consultation online; the service takes it from there.
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