Haryana homestay guide

Practical property and application checklist
Reviewed 5 September 2026

### Starting facts
- [ ] Exact property address and PIN
- [ ] District, block and village
- [ ] Current local-body category
- [ ] Confirm outside Municipal Corporation boundary
- [ ] Confirm outside Municipal Council boundary
- [ ] Confirm outside Municipal Committee boundary
- [ ] Clarify Nagar Panchayat/cantonment status where relevant
- [ ] Existing / proposed / under construction / running
- [ ] Total existing rooms
- [ ] Guest rooms proposed
- [ ] Proposed guest/bed capacity — authority confirmation if material
- [ ] Whether food will be supplied
- [ ] Whether foreign guests will be accepted
### Ownership and applicant file
- [ ] Homeowner identity
- [ ] Aadhaar number
- [ ] PPP number
- [ ] Ownership/title proof
- [ ] Plot number and owned area
- [ ] Co-owner/inheritance position recorded
- [ ] Resident family member identified
- [ ] Written clarification if titled owner will not personally reside
- [ ] Written clarification for company/LLP/firm/trust/society
- [ ] Written clarification for lease
- [ ] Written clarification for professional operator
- [ ] Previous Haryana Tourism certificate, if any
### Property readiness
- [ ] Proper approach/access
- [ ] 1–5 intended guest rooms
- [ ] Written five-total-room clarification if house has >5 rooms
- [ ] Clean/hygienic environment
- [ ] Local/ethnic room character
- [ ] Required bedding/linen arrangements
- [ ] Lighting/storage/mirror/waste bins
- [ ] Bathroom/toilet facilities
- [ ] 24-hour hot/cold water
- [ ] Towels/soap arrangements
- [ ] Dining room/furniture
- [ ] Telephone facility
- [ ] Non-plastic crockery/glassware
- [ ] Kitchen ventilation
- [ ] Food-grade equipment/containers
- [ ] Refrigerator/oven applicability checked
- [ ] Purified drinking water
- [ ] Wet/dry waste segregation
- [ ] First-aid kit
- [ ] Fire extinguisher
- [ ] Wi-Fi considered
- [ ] Power availability/backup commercially assessed
- [ ] Building/land-use legality separately checked
- [ ] Fire-law trigger separately checked
### Application
- [ ] Current Annexure I used
- [ ] Homeowner photograph compliant
- [ ] Annexure III police verification arranged
- [ ] Ownership proof attached
- [ ] Old certificate attached where applicable
- [ ] ₹200 current fee confirmed
- [ ] Current payment method confirmed
- [ ] Complete certificate/document list obtained from ADC
- [ ] Status of old 2021 annexures confirmed
- [ ] Application declaration read and truthfully signed
- [ ] Submission receipt retained
### Inspection
- [ ] Annexure II self-audit completed
- [ ] Resident owner/family available
- [ ] All intended rooms inspection-ready
- [ ] Safety/security arrangements functioning
- [ ] Kitchen and bathroom facilities working
- [ ] Water and waste systems functioning
- [ ] Fire extinguisher in place
- [ ] First-aid kit in place
- [ ] Inspection report/remarks retained
- [ ] Any deficiency response retained
- [ ] ADC decision retained
### Operations
- [ ] Registration certificate displayed
- [ ] Guest/tourist visitor register
- [ ] ID-proof process
- [ ] Numbered duplicate bill/receipt book/system
- [ ] Advance-payment receipt records
- [ ] Complaint/suggestion book
- [ ] Safety/security protocol
- [ ] Hygiene/cleaning protocol
- [ ] Linen-change protocol
- [ ] Wet/dry waste system
- [ ] FSSAI status assessed before food-business operation
- [ ] GST status assessed
- [ ] Foreign-accommodation reporting account established if needed
- [ ] Rule 17/Form III procedure documented
- [ ] Local-police foreign-guest procedure confirmed
- [ ] Applicable taxes/dues calendar maintained
- [ ] Property/fire/building approvals maintained
### Renewal
- [ ] Five-year certificate expiry diarised
- [ ] Current renewal window obtained from Tourism
- [ ] Current renewal form obtained
- [ ] Renewal fee confirmed
- [ ] Reinspection requirement confirmed
- [ ] Ownership changes reported/clarified
- [ ] Room changes reported/clarified
- [ ] Management/operator changes reported/clarified
- [ ] Location-change approval obtained before moving registration
- [ ] Current certificate/public-list entry verified after renewal