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The final legislation to introduce a new map-based system was the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 (c. 33) which introduced a map-based Land Register of Scotland. The 1979 act provided that each county of General Register of Sasines would transfer over to the new Land Register. The 'live' date for each county was: [9]
It is available for public viewing online at ScotLIS – Scotland's Land Information Service [22] and title sheets for land can be obtained via e-mail upon payment of a modest fee. In 2016, a Registers of Scotland report found that 60% of titles are on the Land Register, which is 1.6 million titles or 29% of the land mass of Scotland. [23]
In practice today, the introduction of advance notices under the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 2012 has reduced the risk of third parties thwarting an applicant's disposition in the race to the Land Register. [43] However, it still remains valid that only registration in the Land Register is capable of transferring or creating real rights. [44]
In Scotland registration districts were introduced in 1855, and registration counties were used in subsequent censuses. [3] 34 counties are used in Scotland for land registration purposes, which is one higher than the Sasine register. The additional county, within the 34 counties, is the Sea which is used when land is being reclaimed from the ...
View of Register House from North Bridge, looking across Princes Street. National Records of Scotland is based in HM General Register House on Princes Street in the New Town in Edinburgh. The building was designed by Robert Adam for the Register House Trustees; it was opened to the public in 1788.
LBTT is a tax applied to residential and commercial land and buildings transactions (including commercial purchases and commercial leases) where a chargeable interest is acquired. Under the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Act 2013, a land transaction must be notified to Revenue Scotland unless it falls within one of the exempt ...
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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 ...