Karnataka homestay guide

Practical property and application checklist
Reviewed 5 September 2026

### Starting facts
- [ ] Exact property address
- [ ] Village/town/city
- [ ] Taluk
- [ ] Revenue district
- [ ] PIN
- [ ] Survey number
- [ ] Latitude/longitude
- [ ] Google Maps link
- [ ] Gram Panchayat or ULB identified
- [ ] Protected forest/ecosensitive/CRZ/heritage overlay screened
- [ ] Existing / proposed / under-construction / running status recorded
- [ ] Intended accommodation category identified
- [ ] Owner physically resident? Yes/No
- [ ] If not, spouse/child physically resident? Yes/No
- [ ] Professional operator/caretaker involved? Yes/No
### Ownership and applicant file
- [ ] Owner name matches title documents
- [ ] Title Deed / RTC / Khata obtained as appropriate
- [ ] Joint owners listed
- [ ] Co-owner self-attested consent/affidavit prepared where required
- [ ] Applicant identified as owner / spouse / child
- [ ] Government relationship evidence if spouse/child
- [ ] Owner Aadhaar copy/details
- [ ] Owner PAN
- [ ] Applicant proof of residence
- [ ] Applicant passport photo
- [ ] Owner(s) passport photo
- [ ] Property is not rented
- [ ] Property is not leased
- [ ] Property is not sub-let
- [ ] If company/LLP/management structure proposed, written Tourism clarification obtained before relying on it
### Property readiness
- [ ] Total bedrooms recorded
- [ ] Tourist rooms 1–6
- [ ] Total guest beds ≤12
- [ ] Beds per guest room ≤3 excluding children's cots
- [ ] No dormitory room
- [ ] No bunk beds
- [ ] Adult guest capacity ≤12
- [ ] Separate cottages, if any, are on same plot/survey number
- [ ] Room sizes recorded
- [ ] Bathroom sizes recorded
- [ ] Attached-bathroom status recorded
- [ ] Building/house front photo
- [ ] Room photo(s)
- [ ] Bathroom photo(s)
- [ ] Working CCTV at reception
- [ ] Breakfast service plan
- [ ] Cleaning/hygiene system
- [ ] Fire/safety position separately checked
- [ ] Waste-management arrangement
- [ ] Emergency information prepared
- [ ] Guest-register system
- [ ] Complaint/feedback registers
- [ ] Local building/use status separately checked
- [ ] Water/sewage arrangements separately checked
### Application
- [ ] Tourism portal account created
- [ ] Annexure 1/application completed
- [ ] Coordinates/map uploaded
- [ ] Ownership records uploaded
- [ ] Residence proof uploaded
- [ ] Relationship document uploaded if needed
- [ ] Joint-owner affidavit uploaded if needed
- [ ] Required property photographs uploaded
- [ ] CCTV photograph uploaded
- [ ] KTS membership proof included if applicable
- [ ] Annexure 2 executed on applicant letterhead
- [ ] Annexure 3 executed on applicant letterhead
- [ ] Current fee notification/portal amount checked
- [ ] Fee paid through authorised route
- [ ] Payment proof saved
- [ ] Application number saved
- [ ] Email/mobile updates monitored
### Inspection
- [ ] DC representative title/revenue-land inspection facilitated
- [ ] SP antecedent/CCTV inspection facilitated
- [ ] GP Khata/ULB Property ID ready for CEO ZP/PD DUDC verification
- [ ] Tourism operational inspection facilitated
- [ ] All deficiencies answered truthfully
- [ ] No new facts concealed after submission
- [ ] Approval Committee decision obtained
- [ ] Certificate actually received before relying on registration
- [ ] If rejected, reasons retained
- [ ] Appeal deadline diarised where appropriate
### Operations
- [ ] Registration certificate displayed
- [ ] Applicable licences displayed
- [ ] Printed rate card available
- [ ] Charges explained before use
- [ ] Cash/credit memo/invoice process established as applicable
- [ ] Breakfast provided
- [ ] Guest check-in/out register maintained
- [ ] Domestic ID/address/DOB captured
- [ ] Foreign passport details captured
- [ ] Form III arrival report within 24 hours for foreign/OCI guests
- [ ] Foreign departure report within 24 hours
- [ ] Foreign records retained electronically ≥1 year
- [ ] CCTV data retained ≥30 days
- [ ] Feedback register maintained
- [ ] Complaint register + action taken maintained
- [ ] Staff, including contract staff, police-verified
- [ ] Staff-verification credentials retained at property
- [ ] SOS app QR displayed
- [ ] Emergency numbers displayed
- [ ] Police/fire/forest/doctor/hospital/local contacts available to guests
- [ ] Women/child safety training requirements tracked
- [ ] Neighbour/public nuisance prevented
- [ ] Waste disposed of under applicable rules
- [ ] Food/FSSAI position separately verified
- [ ] GST/tax position separately verified
- [ ] Tourism-statistics instructions obtained from district office
### Renewal
- [ ] Certificate-expiry date recorded
- [ ] Renewal started at least 3 months before expiry
- [ ] Title/resident-host facts rechecked
- [ ] Room/bed configuration rechecked
- [ ] All current documents updated
- [ ] Current renewal fee checked
- [ ] Inspections anticipated
- [ ] New guidelines/amendments checked
- [ ] Any ownership/operator change disclosed before renewal
- [ ] Renewed certificate received and displayed