SERVICES PROVIDED

Sale of Land Registry Plans
These plans accompany Land Registry applications. When our clients call at the Registry to obtain such a plan they would only need to know the location of the property concerned.

Search on Property
Through a search made by means of a Form E, our clients are entitled to obtain all the information available on the Register pertaining to a particular property.

Registration of Property
Transfers of property falling within registration areas must be registered by Notaries Public at the Land Registry within fifteen days. This applies to both first time registrations and any subsequent registration where the property is already registered.
Voluntary registration is also accepted so long as the property falls within registration areas.

Registration or Variation of a Charge
Privileges and hypothecs are also registerable at the Land Registry. It is the duty of the Notary who draws up the deed to make the necessary registration of a new charge or the variation or cancellation of an already existing charge burdening property falling within registration areas.

The Caution
The Land Registration Act provides for cautions against First Registrations and cautions against dealings in property. The caution is an objection to registration and can be lodged by the person who claims or pretends to have a right or interest in the property.

Certificate of title
The Certificate of title includes all the information available on the Register about a particular property, ie. the description of the property, the owner/s, share, the basis of the application (eg. contract, succession, etc.), the type of ownership (eg. freehold, temporary or perpetual emphyteusis, etc.), any debts and the plan of the property. It also includes the property number, an eight digit number which is unique to each particular property and a reference to the Land Registry applications submitted.

Certificates of title are issued on demand.

For a more detailed analysis of the services provided by the Land Registry kindly consult the Quality Service Charter.