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Can someone from outside Goa buy land in Goa?
Yes. Any Indian citizen from outside Goa can buy land in Goa. Two limits apply. Paddy land can go only to an agriculturist, or with the Collector’s permission. And an NRI or OCI cannot buy agricultural land, plantation property or a farmhouse. Read Form I & XIV before you pay anything.
Which land in Goa can only an agriculturist buy?
Paddy land. Since 18 April 2023, paddy land can be transferred only to an agriculturist, or with the Collector’s permission, unless it lies in a zone that the Regional Plan in force that day marks for non-agricultural use. An agriculturist shows it with a Krishi card or an agriculturist certificate, from Goa or any other state. A sale in breach is void.
Goa Restriction on Transfer of Agricultural Land Act 2023 (Goa Act 18 of 2023); Rules of 19 Oct 2023 · checked 26 Oct 2026
Vassoka does not sell paddy land. The Goa land on this site is old settlement land and orchard land.
Can an NRI or OCI buy land in Goa?
Not agricultural land, plantation property or a farmhouse. Under FEMA an NRI or OCI can neither buy nor be gifted any of the three, anywhere in India, and no permission changes that. Inheriting it is allowed. Land already converted, with a sanad, is the way in, paid for with money sent into India through a bank or from an NRE or NRO account.
FEMA (Non-Debt Instruments) Rules 2019, Rule 24 · checked 26 Oct 2026
What do you read before you pay anything?
Who may buy is one question; what may be built there is another. Before a token:
- Form I & XIV for the survey number: the holders, any tenant, the area and how the land is used. Then the deeds behind it, back to the Portuguese-era records.
- The zone the Regional Plan shows for the land and, if it is shown as agricultural, whether a conversion sanad has been issued. An application for a sanad is to be decided within 45 days.Goa Land Revenue Code, section 32; Goa Act 9 of 2026 · checked 26 Oct 2026
- Whether anyone lives on the land as a mundkar. A mundkar’s dwelling can pass to anyone else only with the mundkar as a confirming party to a registered deed; otherwise the transfer is void.Goa Act 4 of 2026, in force 25 Feb 2026 · checked 26 Oct 2026
Checked 26 Oct 2026: every legal line above, from the Vassoka law register. A guide, not legal advice; your advocate confirms against the parcel.
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Check your own position on Can you buy?, read settlement zone in the glossary, or the other guides on Learn.