A.P. Assembly passes Bill for Uniform Mutation Fees in ULBs
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly has passed a bill to implement a Uniform Mutation Fee for property title transfers across all municipal bodies. This legislation aims to standardize fee structures and integrate municipal records with the state's digital property registration systems.
Why it matters
Standardizing mutation fees reduces administrative ambiguity and facilitates the automation of property records, which is essential for modernizing urban governance and real estate transparency.
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly passed the A.P. Municipal Laws (Third Amendment) Bill 2026 on Monday (August 17, 2026), which provides for a specific provision to levy and collect a Uniform Mutation Fee (UMF) at the time of transferring titles in municipal records.
Minister of Municipal Administration & Urban Development (MA&UD) P. Narayan, who introduced the Bill, said neither the AP Municipalities Act 1965 nor the Municipal Corporations Act of 1955 had an enabling provision for collecting UMF, as a consequence, different Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) were following varying methodologies such as fixed-rate slabs, percentage-based systems, and mixed models for collecting the fees, resulting in the lack of standardisation across the State.
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