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The registry contains 87% of land in England and Wales as of 2019. [5] HM Land Registry is internally independent and receives no government funding; it charges fees for applications lodged by customers. The current Chief Land Registrar (and CEO) is Simon Hayes. [6] The equivalent office in Scotland is the Registers of Scotland.
The Land Registry has been dealing with the registration of all transactions (purchase, sale, mortgage, remortgage and other burdens) concerning registered land since 1892, and issued land certificates which are a state guarantee of the registered owner's good title up to 1 January 2007. Land Certificates have been abolished by virtue of ...
The Land Registry Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 53) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was the country's first attempt at a system of universal land registration , specifically a title register , applying to England and Wales. [ 2 ]
The Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which repealed and replaced previous legislation governing land registration, in particular the Land Registration Act 1925, which governed an earlier, though similar, system.
number The SI number. Only the year and number is required in the form yyyy/n. number 2 (optional) The subsidiary series number. Series are C, L, S, NI, W followed by the series number. title The full title of the SI including the year. status The current status of the SI. Defaults to Unknown. StatusRef The reference to give the source of the ...
the application is for a disposition or a notice of title to an unregistered plot [i.e. a first registration, for land which has not been previously registered in the Land Register, such as land still recorded in the Register of Sasines], the conditions of Section 23 of the 2012 Act must be met.
The General Registry Office (GRO) holds deeds and records of land transactions from 1837 until the implementation of Real Property Act in 1858 (known as Torrens title). After this, all new land transactions were conducted under the new system, using a land title. The role of the GRO included property transactions (mortgages, conveyances, leases ...
The Land Registration Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. c. 21) was an act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that codified, prioritised and extended the system of land registration in England and Wales . [ 1 ]