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Cooperative society registration

सहकारी संस्था दर्ता

Responsible office

Cooperative registrar at the local level (municipality / rural municipality) for cooperatives working within one local level; the province or the federal Department of Cooperatives for wider areas

गाउँपालिका/नगरपालिका (सहकारी शाखा); प्रदेश मन्त्रालय; सहकारी विभाग

Official website

Who can applyGroups of Nepali citizens who want to form a cooperative society; the minimum number of members is set in section 3 of the Cooperatives Act 2074 (not verified here).

Typical timeNot published — confirm at the office

Taxes / chargesNot stated

01 · Before you apply

Essential information

Legal basis

Cooperatives Act 2074 (sections 3, 13–16); Cooperative Regulations 2075; provincial and local cooperative Acts

Fee information as of

Not found

Source updated

not shown

Data confidence

low

02 · Prepare

Documents you need

Bring original documents together with readable photocopies. Names, dates and record details should match across every document.

Not published — confirm at the office (the application is made under section 14 of the Cooperatives Act 2074; the detailed list was not verified)

03 · At the office

Step-by-step process

1
Decide the cooperative's working area (कार्यक्षेत्र). This decides whether you register with the local level, the province or the Department of Cooperatives (background, not verified).
2
Apply to the registrar under section 14 of the Cooperatives Act 2074.
3
The registrar registers the cooperative under section 15, or may refuse under section 16.
4
Do not start operating (for example, collecting shares or savings) until the registration certificate is issued. Section 13 forbids operating without registration.

04 · Cost

Fees and charges

Registration fee

Set by the registering local level or province; varies

Not published — confirm at the office

Minimum share capital

Not published — confirm at the office

06 · Read carefully

Important notes

Registration tier by working area (background, not verified): one local level → that local level; several local levels in one province → the province; more than one province → the Department of Cooperatives (office_id doc-coop).
Savings-and-credit cooperatives must also register with the new Savings and Credit Cooperative Regulatory Authority. Applications opened on 26 November 2025 with a 60-day window (news headlines).
Minimum members, minimum share capital, documents and fees were not verified in this research.

07 · Where to go