Ownership records

How to check who owns a property in Lahore

By Adil Builders · Updated 25 September 2026

"I am the owner" is a claim. There are three separate questions hiding inside it, and each one is answered by a different record.

What does the official land record say now? That is the Fard and the underlying revenue record.

How did the seller acquire it? That is the registry or sale deed, and the transactions before it.

Was that change actually recorded? That is the intiqal, or mutation.

Step 1: Get the current record

For land in the Punjab revenue record, get a current Fard through PLRA (at an Arazi Record Centre or through the PLRA portal). Read it properly: the owner's name, their share, whether there are co-owners, and which Khasra and Khewat the record refers to.

Step 2: See how the seller got it

Ask for the registry or sale deed through which the seller acquired the property. If they bought it recently, ask how their seller acquired it too. You are rebuilding the chain of title: how ownership passed from earlier owners down to the person in front of you.

Step 3: Check the mutation

Has the seller's acquisition been recorded in the land record through intiqal? If the seller has a registry but the record still shows the previous owner, that gap needs explaining before you go further.

Step 4: For a society plot, ask the society

If you are buying in a housing society, the society keeps its own records of allotment, transfer, dues and possession. Ask the society directly whether the plot is recorded in the seller's name, whether it can be transferred, and whether any dues or objections are on record.

Step 5: Match everything to the seller

Compare five things against each other:

The seller's identity on their CNIC.
The current ownership record.
The previous title document.
The property description in the documents.
The physical property itself.

When something does not match, do not assume it is "probably a typo." Muhammad and Mohammad can be the same person. They can also not be. Resolve it before you pay.

Every document should tell the same story. Where they disagree, that disagreement is the finding.

What ownership checks do not cover

Confirming the owner does not tell you whether that person is allowed to sell the whole property, whether there is a court case or mortgage, or whether the scheme is approved. Those are separate checks. For a large purchase, have a property lawyer do a formal title review. It costs far less than the mistake it prevents.

From Chapter 3, Fard, Registry and Intiqal of Understanding Property in Lahore, built from PLRA, LDA and FBR sources.