Buying & Investment
How to Check a Project's RERA Registration
Ten minutes, no cost, no login. The most valuable thing you can do before paying a booking amount — and almost nobody does it.
The short answer
Every RERA-registered project has a public file you can read for free. Find the RERA number on the brochure, enter it on your state's RERA portal, and you get the declared possession date, the carpet area schedule, the approved plans, quarterly progress reports and any complaints against the builder.
It takes about ten minutes. It is the difference between what the sales team told you and what the builder told the regulator.
Step 1 — Find the RERA number
By law it must appear on every advertisement: the brochure, the hoarding, the website, the newspaper insert. It usually looks like PRM/KA/RERA/1251/446/PR/220105/004613 — long, ugly, and exactly what you need.
If a sales executive cannot produce it, that alone is your answer.
Step 2 — Look it up on the state portal
The project registers in the state where it is built. Use that state's portal.
| State | Authority | Portal |
|---|---|---|
| Karnataka | K-RERA | rera.karnataka.gov.in |
| Telangana | TS-RERA | rera.telangana.gov.in |
| Maharashtra | MahaRERA | maharera.mahaonline.gov.in |
| Tamil Nadu | TN-RERA | rera.tn.gov.in |
| Uttar Pradesh | UP-RERA | up-rera.in |
| Haryana | HRERA | haryanarera.gov.in |
| Delhi | Delhi RERA | rera.delhi.gov.in |
| West Bengal | WBHIRA / WB-RERA | rera.wb.gov.in |
| Gujarat | GujRERA | gujrera.gujarat.gov.in |
Portal addresses change occasionally. If a link fails, search for the state's RERA authority by name rather than trusting a link from a builder's website.
Most portals let you search by RERA number, by project name, or by promoter name. Searching by promoter name is the underused move — it shows you every project that builder has registered, including the ones they aren't showing you.
Step 3 — What to actually read
The file is long. These are the six things that matter.
| Check | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Declared possession date | Compare with what the sales team told you. Builders are optimistic in a showroom and conservative with a regulator. If the two differ, the regulator's version is the one with consequences. |
| Carpet area schedule | The per-unit carpet area, filed and binding. Compare with the brochure's super built-up figure — the gap is your loading factor. |
| Quarterly progress updates | A project that has stopped filing these has usually stopped building. This is the single best early-warning signal available to you. |
| Approved plans | Check the sanctioned plan matches what you were shown. Tower positions, unit layouts, amenity locations. |
| Complaints against the promoter | Many portals list them. A pattern of delay complaints across several projects tells you more than any brochure. |
| Promoter's other projects | Search by promoter name. Have they delivered before? Late? At all? |
Red flags
No RERA number on a project that clearly needs one — over 500 sq m or more than 8 units.
The number doesn't resolve on the portal, or belongs to a different project.
Progress filings stopped several quarters ago.
The declared possession date is much later than what you were told verbally.
Multiple delay complaints against the same promoter.
The carpet area in the filing doesn't match the agreement you were handed.
If there's no RERA number at all
There are only three possibilities.
- The project genuinely doesn't need one — under 500 sq m, eight units or fewer, or already holds a completion certificate. Verify this yourself; don't take their word for it.
- It hasn't been registered yet. In that case the builder is legally barred from advertising, marketing or accepting a booking. If they are taking your money, they are breaking the law before you have even signed.
- Registration was refused or lapsed. Rare, and a very bad sign.
In practice, a developer of any size who cannot show you a RERA number for a project that needs one is telling you something important about how they operate. Listen to it.
Frequently asked questions
Is checking RERA registration free?
Yes. Every state RERA portal is free to search, requires no login, and shows the project's registration details, declared possession date, carpet area schedule, approved plans and quarterly progress filings.
Where do I find a project's RERA number?
By law it must appear on every advertisement — brochure, hoarding, website, newspaper. If a sales executive cannot produce it on request, treat that as the answer to your question.
What if the project has no RERA number?
Either it genuinely doesn't need one (under 500 sq m, eight units or fewer, or already completed), or it is being marketed illegally. A builder cannot advertise, market or accept bookings for a registrable project before registering it. Verify which case applies before paying anything.
What is the most important thing to check in a RERA filing?
The quarterly progress updates. A project that has stopped filing them has usually stopped building, and that is the earliest warning signal available to you — long before it becomes visible on site.
Can I search RERA by builder name instead of project?
Yes, on most state portals, and it is the underused move. Searching by promoter name shows every project that builder has registered — including the delayed ones they are not mentioning to you.