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Plain-English help for common Land Registry applications, including ownership changes, assents, forms, identity requirements, fees and requisitions.

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01

Change property ownership

Guidance on gifts, sales, transfers following divorce or separation, and transfers from directors to their company.

  • Gift a property
  • Transfer following divorce or separation
  • Sell a property yourself
  • Transfer from directors to their company
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02

Property after a death

Understand when personal representatives can transfer registered property to a beneficiary by assent.

  • Assents
  • AS1
  • Personal representatives
  • Identity requirements
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03

Land Registry forms

Step-by-step explanations of commonly used HM Land Registry forms and what each part means.

  • TR1
  • AP1
  • AS1
  • CH1
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04

Identity verification

Find out when HM Land Registry requires evidence of identity and which forms may be needed.

  • ID1 and ID2
  • Remote verification
  • Rule 17
  • Common exceptions
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05

Fees, SDLT and LTT

Understand which HM Land Registry fee scale may apply and when a transaction can create tax questions.

  • Scale 1 and Scale 2
  • Gifts
  • Mortgage debt
  • SDLT and Welsh LTT
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06

Other register changes

Guidance on proprietor name changes and the registration of private legal charges.

  • Change proprietor name
  • Private mortgages
  • CH1
  • AP1
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Covers gifts, divorce or separation transfers, assents, certain proprietor name changes, seller-side sales, private charges and transfers from directors to their company.

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Some transactions are not suitable for this DIY service.

Purchases, the grant or acquisition of a lease, unregistered land, transactions affecting only part of a title, and institutional mortgage work are outside the DIY scope of this site.

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