Land Registry conveyancing searches are available to you within 24 hours of placing your order (often within an hour), and your documents will be uploaded to your MyAccount where you can manage, view and print them. You can access your MyAccount at any time by clicking the MyAccount button at the top of any page.
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The Title Register is one of the 2 main documents of title (often called Title Deeds). It contains a description of the property, its tenure, name and address of the owners, purchase price (if bought after April 2000), name & address of mortgagee and details of other charges, covenants, easements, cautions, notices and restrictions. It is possible to order Title Registers and/or Title Plans for up to 20 different properties on one form from our web site, attracting a substantial discount from our standard fee.
We also search, as a matter of course, the Day List, which is a list of pending applications and official searches. An example of listed pending registrations may include purchases, transfers, mortgages, charges, notices and restrictions.
(e.g. For Land, Fields, Woods, Derelict or Vacant Properties, Lanes, Alleyways)
This is a specialised search where no readily available method of identifying the property by its address or title number is available, and may take up to 5 days to complete. Once completed you will have an up to date copy of the Title Register and (if selected) the Title Plan, in addition to other Land Registry documents that we may obtain in the course of identifying the property.
The Title Register (Property Register) is one of the 2 main documents of title (often called Title Deeds). It contains a description of the property, its tenure, the name and address of the owners, purchase price (recorded for sales after 2000), name & address of mortgagee and details of other charges, covenants, easements, cautions, notices and restrictions.
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The Title Plan is the other main document of title. It shows a detailed outline of the property in relation to its surroundings, and often (especially with larger properties) has detailed and coloured markings referred to in the Title Register that illustrate rights of way, rights of access, watercourses and sections of land affected by easements and covenants. The general boundaries of the property itself are edged in red.
(Described in the Register as "copy filed")
These comprise copies of any deeds of conveyance, transfers, indentures, agreements, illustrative plans, epitomies, abstracts of title, licences and wayleave agreements that the Land Registry have filed with the Title Register. They are usually documents once used in the old pre-registration conveyancing process and do not constitute the main title documents. Their main value is their more detailed descriptions of covenants, easements and agreements contained within them.
The deeds for a property vary considerably in their nature, their length and their content; and each property's deeds are different from each other property.
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When purchasing a property most people wish to know all about it. This search provides all the registered documents of title together with comparison sale prices for other properties in the postcode area.
The information revealed by this search includes the name and address of the current owner, whether the property is freehold or leasehold, the class of title owned, covenants, easements, restrictions, burdens and rights attaching to the property, the last purchase price (if purchased after April 2000), the extent of the land included, rights of way and recent sale prices of other properties in the same postcode area.
The Lease is the conveyancing document that dictates the rights between the landlord vendor (e.g. freeholder) and the buyer. It is usually a long document of anywhere between 20 to 50 pages and contains details of all the rights and covenants subsisting between the parties.
Since 2006 Leases always contain prescribed clauses at its beginning so as to provide easy reference to some of the main details, e.g. date, length, parties, property address, purchase price, easements, restrictive covenants, restrictions and ground rent.
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Discounts are offered when purchasing combinations of Title documents.
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This search provides a report containing the name and address of the owner, the title number and tenure of the property and the name & address of any mortgagees.
It is sent to you within an hour of ordering, if ordered during office hours (if ordered outside office hours it is sent to you within an hour of the commencement of the next office day). A copy of the Title Register is not included.
This search is the recommended search for anyone requiring information as to their property boundaries, including the boundaries of the house, garden or other land and responsibility for maintenance of fences and garden walls. In any matter involving a boundary dispute, whatever method is used to resolve it, obtaining this search is always the first step, as in most cases the information provided is all that is needed to avoid expensive litigation and surveys.
Please note that plans provided do not as a general rule include measurements, dimensions or angles (although in some instances they do).
This search is the recommended search for anyone requiring information as to their property boundaries, including the boundaries of the house, garden or other land and responsibility for maintenance of fences and garden walls. In any matter involving a boundary dispute, whatever method is used to resolve it, obtaining this search is always the first step, as in most cases the information provided is all that is needed to avoid expensive litigation and surveys.
Please note that plans provided do not as a general rule include measurements, dimensions or angles (although in some instances they do).
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This search is the recommended search for anyone requiring information relating to either public or private rights of way affecting their property or adjoining property. Public rights of way are detailed within several environmental reports, and private rights of way (easements) are detailed in the Land Registry documents affecting the properties concerned.
This is a search usually carried out by a person prior to or during the purchase of a property. It is a large document of about 40 pages, listing and detailing important information about the area around the property and the people living there.
It includes an Aerial Photograph, Planning Applications, Land Use, Mobile Phone Masts, public Rights of Way, the local Housing Market, Council Tax Banding, the type of People living in the area, the dominant type of Housing, the Average Property Price, Crime details, Local Education with maps and statistics, Local Amenities and other Useful Information.
A Common Land Search is usually made on land that has never been built on or which at one time may have belonged to a Lord of the Manor, or a Town or Village Green. The Search may also be carried out on small vacant urban plots of land as these could be subject to common rights.
The search will provide details of 4 things:
The Day List is a register of pending registrations, charges, cautions, notices and official searches updated continuously throughout the day. Any entries are likely to relate to pending registrations for the purchase or mortgage of a property, or applications made by persons protecting the priority of a charge or interest they may have.
Where the title to a property is not readily identifiable an Index Map search must be made to ascertain if the title is registered. The search will reveal all title numbers affecting the property and any Cautions against first Registration. Once the title number is obtained copies of the title deeds can be obtained.
An Index Map search should always be made by a person who is buying unregistered property, as it will reveal the existence of any claims or interests made by persons who claim to have prior rights to the property, registration of which will be postponed until their claims have been resolved.
We include a copy of the Title Register with this search, in the event that the property is registered.
Older copies of the Title Register can be obtained by using this search. However the earliest date we can search back to is May 1993 (which is when digital record keeping at the Land Registry first began). We cannot provide Title Registers dated before 1993, although we can usually obtain copies of Old Deeds dating back before this (see LR 3).
The date that can be applied for depends greatly upon when the property first became registered and the date of the current ownership. For example if a property was first registered on 19 May 1994 and the current ownership began on 20 August 2007 we can obtain an Historical edition of Title Register for any date between 19 May 1994 and 20 August 2007.
You will need to specify a precise date to search or select one of our options which will allow the searcher to find an appropriate date if you are unsure. A separate fee is payable for each date searched and you will only receive one Title Register per search.
Please note this search will not provide details of ownership for all previous owners but only the owners at the date specified.
Because History Searches require old copies of documents they cannot be supplied digitally and may take 3 to 4 working days to provide.
Sometimes government departments and local authorities require evidence that you no longer own a property. The best way to do this is to provide them with a copy of the current Title Register (which shows who the current owner is) and a Prior copy of the Title Register dating back to before the sale (which shows that you used to be the owner). Once you click the 'Buy Now' button you will be given 5 options for History Searches. Selecting the 3rd option will provide both the current Title Register and a Prior copy.
Manorial Title Registers record the ownership of manorial rights that attach to a property. There is no tangible interest, i.e. there is no ownership of actual property, but merely an interest in property. That interest is known as an incorporeal hereditament. The search is made in 2 parts; first, obtaining a list of the registered manorial interests in a particular administrative area; secondly, obtaining a copy of the Title Register for the manorial interest, if it is shown to be registered.
Auditors involved in property company audits should preferably obtain documentary evidence to establish ownership by the company of its property assets, any third party rights and the values of the properties, in order to comply with the International Standards on Auditing (ISA).
The Title Register which we provide includes:
We also provide details of properties sold in the property's post code area for the last 2 years and the prices for which they were sold, providing a useful comparison as to the property's value.
Finally, we provide an up to date Bankruptcy search against the name of the company being audited.
This type of bankruptcy search is made at the Land Charges department of the Land Registry to determine whether there are any pending bankruptcy orders (described as PAs), or whether any actual bankruptcy orders have been made (described as WOs) against a specified individual or specified company during the last 3 years.
This is a full search of the Land Charges Registry for any period of years after 1925 and will reveal, so far as unregistered land is concerned:
In particular, the search will reveal whether an individual or company has ever been made bankrupt during a specified period of years.
It is primarily used when investigating the root of title for an unregistered property in order to determine that the existing and prior owner's had an unfettered title to deal with the property.
Fishing and Sporting Rights which have been granted by Deed for a period of at least 7 years can now be registered at HM Land Registry as legal Interests in land by virtue of the Land Registration Act 2002. They are examples of a legal interest known as a Profit a Prendre in Gross. Once registered they have their own Title Register, quite distinct from the Title Register of the land over which these interests arise. There may be more than one such Interest registered against a parcel of land.
Where fishing and sporting rights are granted for less than 7 years there will not be a registered title for this, nor if it was granted by licence rather than deed. If the right exists as part of the ownership of the land, i.e. it has not been granted separately from ownership of the land, then only the Index map Search and Title Register of the land itself will be provided.
Some rights over other people's land can now be registered with their own separate Titles, provided that the rights are created by deed and that they have been granted for at least 7 years. Fishing and Sporting Rights (LR18 above) are 2 examples of these.
This search relates to the right to take other things from someone else's land, e.g.
There may be different registered rights over someone's land to take different things, so there could be many registered Titles.
Where these rights are granted for less than 7 years, or granted by licence instead of by deed the rights will not be registered with their own title. In such cases we will provide only the Index map Search and Title Register of the land itself.
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This is a search to determine the addresses and sold for prices of all the properties sold in a given road or Postcode area during a 2 year period and enables you to purchase the Title Register and / or Title Plan for each of those properties if you so wish.
This search also includes a free Land Registry house price index report.
Most jointly owned properties in England and Wales, by default, are owned as a beneficial joint tenancy. The main legal affect of this is that the joint owners each own 100% of the property and so if one owner dies the other owns the entire property without any further transactions or dispositions. This means that for Inheritance tax purposes the property does not form part of the deceased's estate and does not therefore attract payment of tax.
One major disadvantage, however, is that the respective joint owners cannot Will their share of the property to someone else in the event of their death. To overcome this problem the beneficial joint tenancy needs to be severed and the Land Registry notified. This will change it to a Tenancy in Common.
Converting a joint tenancy involves preparation and service of a Notice of Severance of Joint Tenancy and then the registration of a Restriction at HM Land Registry. The consent of the other joint owners is not necessary (but they should countersign it as an acknowledgement), so that you can convert even if the other joint owners disagree.
A search is made at each Land Registry office in England and Wales to determine what properties are owned by any company or public organisation.The search produces a list of Title numbers and the name of the owner. There is an option on the application form to instruct us to obtain the property addresses or selected title registers, for a small additional fee.
This search can be used to obtain a list of properties owned by a non-private individual such as a company, local authority, government department, bank, utility or the like.
We are presently unable to offer this search against private individuals.
Once the search is completed, if you wish us to obtain one or more of the Title Registers please click 'Part 2' beneath the 'Buy Now' button on the right.
This search is carried out in 3 parts; the first to identify the number of Titles (land ownerships) in a particular area and their Title Numbers, and the second to obtain Title Registers and/or Title Plans for whichever of those Titles is selected. Typically, the area involved is for 1-50 hectares, although a search for a larger areas can be made. Customers should use our LR1b search for smaller areas.
Using our multi-forms can save you a lot of time and trouble. These forms allow you to search for up to 20 properties all on one form. Multiple search forms are available for our most popular products.
Neighbourhood, Environment and Utility searches are immensely useful when buying a property, as they usually contain considerable and invaluable information about the area and people near to a particular property.
Our Local Authority Searches are all property related and include such matters as individual Planning Histories, Regional Spatial Strategy Plans, Local Development Plans and Rent Registers.
Clicking a Samples link will open up a preview of the type of documents you should expect to receive with a particular search.
You will need to have JavaScript enabled in your web browser. Please note that some of the more complex searches may have large sample files that may take a few moments to download.
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