Separate Title Deed For Free

One must pay a minimum Land Registry fee of £40 regardless of whether or not you fill and submit the forms yourself. The cost may be more than £40 depending on the exact situation. For people who are into joint ownership of more than one property, the Land Registry fee is £150.

Over half of the remaining applications to update the register, such as changing a name or transferring a property title, take 4 weeks to complete, with most completed in about 3 months. We know that in some instances these applications are taking about 5 months to complete.

Fill in the AP1 form The form used to change the Land Registry details is called an AP1, and can be downloaded from the government website. A variety of information is required on this form, including: Information of the former owner. Information of the person the property is being transferred to.

As a freehold owner of a property, you can split your property's title into two or more and create leasehold titles. The application to split your property's title can be made at the land registry. There will be some conveyancing matters involved and you will need scale drawings of the intended flats.

When property changes owner, the deed transferring the property must be registered in the Land Register of Scotland. The land register is our main register, and it captures all property transfers. It's replacing the General Register of Sasines. Land registration is a complex process that requires legal knowledge.

What is a title split and when would this be required? A title split occurs when you separate a portion of the legal title to a property to achieve a purpose. This could be because you wish to split a parcel of garden land, for example, from your existing property to create a plot for development purposes.

Titles and the act of title splitting have been around for a great number of years. It's essentially when you purchase a piece of land or property, and after permission has been given you split the land or property up into smaller sections to be rented out or sold.