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Completion timeframes for HM Land Registry applications.
Forms AP1, FR1 and DS2: guidance on when evidence of identity must be lodged in support of an application for registration.
Check how much it costs to submit Land Charges applications.
Information on working with HM Land Registry without legal representation.
Guidance for conveyancers on how to register unregistered estates in land for the first time (practice guide 1).
When someone who owns a house or land passes away, you may need to update their property records.
Applications to change the register are now digital by default for business customers.
Submit HM Land Registry applications in the portal, reducing errors and requisitions.
Access historical information about properties and people recorded in the 1862 Act Register.
Quick and easy access to guidance and training materials to help you prepare and submit high-quality applications and use HM Land Registry services.
Information to consider before making an application to HM Land Registry without legal representation.
Guidance on adverse possession where a right to be registered was acquired before 13 October 2003 (practice guide 5).
How Business e-services customers (business unit administrator role) can create a user account through the portal.
Information about the types of electronic signature accepted by HM Land Registry (practice guide 82)
Guidance for completing form ID3: certificate of identity for a private individual.
Guidance about adverse possession of registered land. Aimed at conveyancers (practice guide 4).
What to do following the death of a joint, sole or last surviving proprietor of a registered estate, charge or mortgage (practice guide 6).
Guidance on applications to register transactions involving trustees of land, aimed at conveyancers (practice guide 24).
How Business e-services customers can request historical copies through the portal.
How leases are determined and how this affects registered titles (practice guide 26).
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