Registration department is a non-plan department. The statutory basis of the department is the registration act of 1908 which provides for a legal framework relating to the registration of documents & the overall administrative framework for registration establishments like IG Registration, District Registrar, District Sub Registrar, Sub Registrar etc.. It collects revenue by way of stamp duty & registration fee on various types of instruments. It also registers societies, firms & marriages. The department also procures, stores, distributes various types of stamps (judicial as well as non judicial).