Kerala Under Value (UV) Property Status Check

UV refers to a registered transaction where the declared consideration was below the Government's Fair Value for the locality. The Sub-Registrar / Stamp Collector can issue a notice for the differential stamp duty plus interest and penalty — the proceeding is the UV case.

District + SRO (mandatory), then the document number with year — or Survey number / Block + LP — and party name. The UV case number narrows it directly.

Whether UV action is pending, the differential between declared and Fair Value, UV case number, raising authority, stage of the proceeding, demand amount (duty + interest + penalty), payment/appeal status, and the linked deed details.

Fair Value is the Government's published per-cent / per-sq-ft value for a locality (used for stamp duty). Market Value is the actual price the property fetches. Stamp duty is paid on the higher of declared price or Fair Value.

Common triggers: sale deeds at below Fair Value, undervalued gifts and releases, sharp differences between builder Sale Agreement and registered deed, and post-registration Fair Value re-classifications that retrospectively make a recent sale look undervalued.

Yes. Appeals lie with the Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO), then the District Collector, and finally the Board of Revenue. A genuine market-price submission with comparable-sale evidence is the standard defence.

Yes. Gift deeds, partition deeds, and release deeds are all subject to stamp duty on Fair Value (or declared value, whichever is higher). Family gifts have lower duty rates but the UV check still applies.

Prohibited means the deed cannot be registered at all. UV means the deed was registered but is flagged for under-valuation, leading to a supplementary stamp-duty demand on the buyer.

In many cases yes. Village Officers may withhold mutation until the UV case is settled. Resolving UV is therefore part of post-sale due diligence even when the deed itself is registered.

It is informational and accepted for pre-purchase due diligence and lender files. For court submissions or formal responses to a notice, a certified extract from the SRO or the Stamp Collector's office is what carries evidentiary weight.