How to Check a RERA Registered Project on the Karnataka Portal
A RERA number on a hoarding proves very little until it is checked against the regulator's own record. The Karnataka RERA portal lets anyone look up a project free of charge, without a login. This guide walks through the search, explains each part of the project record, and lists the points that home buyers in Bangalore most often miss.
Which Projects Must Be Registered
Section 3 of the RERA Act bars a promoter from advertising, booking or selling any home or plot in a project before it is registered. Two small categories are exempt. Registration is not required where the land is 500 sq m or less, or where the project has eight apartments or fewer, counting all phases.
Nearly every apartment tower, villa community and plotted layout offered to the public therefore needs a number. Each phase of a large development is treated as a separate project and carries its own registration. Every advertisement must print that number along with the address of the Authority's website.
How to Search the Portal
The search takes a few minutes. The steps below follow the portal as it works in October 2026.
- Open the Karnataka RERA portal by typing its address, and avoid links sent by a sales team
- Go to the project search page from the main menu
- Enter the registration number, or the project name, or the name of the promoter company
- Narrow the result with the district and taluk fields where the name is a common one
- Match the result row with the project on offer, then open the project details
The name search is strict, and the registered name often differs from the marketing name. A project sold under a brand name may be filed under the land-owning company or a phase label. Searching by the registration number or by the promoter's name is more reliable for that reason.
Reading the Result Row
The result row already answers several questions before the full record is opened. Its main columns are explained below.
| Column | What it tells a buyer |
|---|---|
| Registration No and Status | Whether the project is approved, and the number to quote in every document |
| Promoter Name | The legal entity that must sign the agreement for sale |
| Approved On | The date from which bookings could lawfully begin |
| Proposed Completion Date | The date the promoter has committed to the regulator |
| Completion date at the time of registration | The original commitment, before any extension |
| Extension dates | Whether more time was taken under the COVID-19 relief, section 6 or a further order |
| Complaints / Litigation | A direct link to cases recorded against the project |
The gap between the two completion dates is the quickest measure of slippage. A project whose latest date has already passed, with no further extension on record, is running on a lapsed registration. That calls for a clear written answer from the builder before any payment.
What the Project Record Contains
The full record opens in a set of tabs. Each one covers a different part of the promoter's disclosure, as listed below.
- Promoter Details: the company, its directors, its other registered projects and those launched in the past five years
- Land Details: survey numbers, the landowner or co-promoter in a joint development, and any land litigation
- Project Details: the number of towers and units, the approvals obtained and the planned amenities
- Bank Details: the designated project account into which buyers' money is paid
- Uploaded Documents: the sanctioned plan, commencement certificate, title report and the draft agreement for sale
- Complaints: counts of complaints against the project and against the promoter as a whole
- Modification of Plan Details: changes to the sanctioned plan after registration
- Quarterly Updates: the stage of structure, finishing, infrastructure and amenities, quarter by quarter
Checks that take five more minutes
Four cross-checks add most of the value. The survey numbers under Land Details should match the schedule in the agreement for sale. The bank account under Bank Details should be the one named in the payment demand. The tower and unit count should cover the flat being sold, and the latest quarterly update should be for the quarter just ended.
What Registration Gives a Buyer
Registration brings the project under a set of statutory protections. The promoter cannot collect more than 10% of the cost before a written agreement for sale is signed and registered. Of the money collected, 70% must go into a separate account that is used only for land and construction cost. The buyer also gains the right to complain to K-RERA and to seek a refund with interest for delay.
Registration has clear limits too. K-RERA does not certify the title, the construction quality or the price. A registered project can still run late, which is why the quarterly updates and the complaint count matter as much as the number itself.
Common Mistakes
Most errors come from stopping too early. The ones seen most often are listed below.
- Accepting the number printed on a brochure without typing it into the portal
- Checking the brand and missing that the phase or tower on offer has a different number, or none yet
- Confirming that a number exists without reading the completion date and extensions
- Skipping the Complaints tab and the promoter's record in other projects
- Paying a booking amount to a company other than the registered promoter
When a Project Is Not on the Portal
A project that cannot be found under any name or number should be treated as unregistered until proved otherwise. "RERA applied" on a brochure is an application and carries none of the protections. Section 59 provides for a penalty of up to 10% of the estimated project cost for selling without registration. The portal has a facility to report such projects and a list of projects under investigation.
The sensible course is to wait. Money paid before registration, whatever the receipt calls it, falls outside the 10% advance rule and the separate account. A promoter who is close to approval loses little by taking the booking a few weeks later. The agent handling the sale should also hold a K-RERA agent registration, which is searchable on the same portal.
