Regn Dept is taking care of activities like registration of land, marriages etc
Registration Department of Government of Tamil Nadu was formed in the year 1864 and has been providing yeomen service to the People for more than 150 years. This Department is involved in multifarious activities like registration of marriages, births, deaths, sale / purchase / gift/ mortgage / exchange of immovable properties, registration of societies, chit funds, Partnership Firms etc. The Department is headed by Inspector General of Registration (IGR) whose office is located at Santhome, Chennai. Registration department, by the very nature of the services provided by it, is a department with very high public contact and interaction. In order to facilitate the public and to ensure easy accessibility, the department has a large number of field offices which are organized under different Registration Zones. There are Nine registration zones in the State and each zone is headed by a Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Registration. The State is divided into 50 Registration Districts and each district is headed by District Registrar. There are 575 Sub Registrar Offices spread over the State.