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As a result, this index is incomplete as the previous index was apparently destroyed during this period. The Registration of Deeds Act of established a General Register for recording transactions with land and the associated index, now known as the Vendors Index. The Vendors Index is the valid index for all registrations in the General and Miscellaneous Registers and entries are made under the names of all people either granting or creating an estate or interest.
From its commencement in until , entries were made in alphabetical order of last names only. After , the Vendors Index is in alphabetical order of first and last names.
It is important for researchers to note that other transactions not relating specifically to land are also contained in this Register. The Purchasers Index is a record of persons acquiring an estate or interest in land, compiled from the entries recorded in the Vendors Index. It was established on 1 July and sorted in alphabetical order. This Index is used as an aid in search queries, such as where there is a break in title or where there is an owner but no official title is known.
Purchasers Index entries are not made for registrations in the Miscellaneous Register. The modern part of the Index is not as complete as earlier volumes, as it contains only references to owners of land. As its name implies, this Register contains a wide variety of transactions. The most important of these for land title searches are Powers of Attorney, Changes of Name and Appointments of Receivers. From its commencement on 1 July until 10 March , a separate Miscellaneous Index was maintained.
From that date until the close of the Register on 30 June , entries were indexed in the Vendors Index. A series of six index books relate to Instruments Evidencing Change of Name can assist researchers with identifying where to locate records relating to changes of name:. Instruments enrolled between 29 January and 30 September with the Prothonotary of the Supreme Court and transferred to the Registrar General on 1 October Book 1 only. Instruments enrolled in the then Bills of Sale Section during the period 1 October to 30 June Instruments registered in the Miscellaneous Register during the period 22 July to 30 June - earlier registrations being indexed only in the Index to the Miscellaneous Register.
The Land Registration Act replaced the Act, greatly increasing the triggers for compulsory registration. All land bought, sold, gifted or mortgaged must now be registered at the Land Registry. If you have owned your home from before , and not taken a mortgage since, your property may not be registered. So how can you find out? If you hold your title deeds at home a quick check will reveal if you have a beige Land Certificate or a blue Charge Certificate.
This means your home already holds a title number on the Land Register at the Land Registry. Is your house registered with the Land Registry? If you have a bundle of various old original documents, and the document used to transfer the property into your name at the time of the purchase is a Conveyance, it is likely that your property remains unregistered.
Although you are not under any obligation to register your land at the Land Registry, there are many advantages to instructing a conveyancer to submit a voluntary first registration application on your behalf. Compensation may be payable if errors or mistakes are made by the Land Registry as the system is state guaranteed.
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