Khata

Also known as: khatha, A Khata, B Khata, e-Khata, e-Aasthi

A Khata is a municipal account record identifying who is liable to pay property tax on a holding - it is a revenue-and-identity entry, not a title document.

The word means "account" in Kannada. An A-Khata denotes a property fully compliant with municipal building and layout regulation; a B-Khata records a property on which tax is collected but which has an approval or regularisation deficiency, and it restricts building plan sanction and bank finance. Karnataka has been migrating both to the digital e-Khata (e-Aasthi in rural bodies). Transferring a Khata to a buyer's name is a municipal process that follows a sale - it does not effect the sale.

What it proves

That the municipal body recognises the named person as liable for property tax on that holding.

What it does not prove

A Khata is not proof of ownership and does not transfer title. A Khata in a seller's name is not evidence that the seller owns the property, and a Khata transfer is not a substitute for a registered sale deed.

Issued by

BBMP, other municipal corporations, or the Gram Panchayat

Applies in

Karnataka