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Torrens title is a land registration and land transfer system in which a state creates and maintains a register of land holdings, which serves as the conclusive evidence (termed "indefeasibility") of title of the person recorded on the register as the proprietor (owner), and of all other interests recorded on the register.
Many jurisdictions have switched or are switching from a deeds registration system to a system of title registration. For example, Hong Kong, one of the last common law jurisdictions to maintain a deed registration system, passed the Land Titles Ordinance in 2004, which will see Hong Kong shift to the Torrens system. The law will be gradually ...
The record title system differs significantly from land registration systems, such as the Torrens system, that have been adopted in a few states. The principal difference is that the recording system does not determine who owns the title or interest involved, which is ultimately established through litigation in the courts.
New Zealand uses the Torrens title system, which it adopted in 1870, replacing the deeds registration system. [24] Land registration is governed by the Land Transfer Act 1952. [25] The Deeds system was introduced in 1841 [26] [27] and the Torrens system in 1870. [28]
The Land Registration Authority (LRA; Filipino: Pangasiwaan sa Patalaan ng Lupain) is an agency of the Philippine government attached to the Department of Justice responsible for issuing decrees of registration and certificates of title and register documents, patents and other land transaction for the benefit of landowners, agrarian reform-beneficiaries and the registering public in general ...
The Land Court system of land registration was created by statute in 1903 as a Torrens system of land titles. [2] Registration of land in Land Court is optional in Hawaii; non-registered land is conveyed in the "Regular System" instead, by recording deeds or other documents in the Bureau of Conveyances.
All Australian colonies (now states and territories) adopted the Torrens system of land registration of title between 1857 and 1875. The Torrens system was introduced first in South Australia by Sir Robert Richard Torrens, the Registrar-General of Deeds, through the Real Property Act 1858. [1]
So successful was the outcome that it was adopted in the rest of Australia and in many countries throughout the world. The system became known as the Torrens Title system, and the act often referred to as the "Torrens Title Act 1858". [6] Torrens visited Victoria in 1860 and assisted in bringing in the new system in that colony. [14]