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- Transfer – Application for registration of a change of ownership
- Charge – Application for registration of a mortgage/loan
- Prescriptive Easements
- Form 1 – Application for First Registration of a Freehold documentary title
- Form 2 – Application for First Registration of a Leasehold documentary title
- Form 17 – Application lodgement form
- Form 3 – Application for First Registration of a Freehold or a Leasehold documentary title certified by a lodging solicitor
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- Legal Practices
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- Practice Directions
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- Adverse Possession - Title by Adverse Possession to Registered Land
- Appurtenant Rights
- Bulk Transfers of Charges and Judgment Mortgages
- Burdens - Cancellation of Burdens
- Burdens - Registration of Burdens
- Cautions and Inhibitions
- Charging Orders under the Housing and Planning Development Acts
- Charging Orders under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009
- Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010
- Conversion of Title
- Conversion of Title in Form 13
- Court Cases and Procedures
- Covenants - Effect of Acquisiton of fee simple on Covenants
- Criminal Justice Act 1994 and Proceeds of Crime Act 1996
- Devolution and Transmission
- Disability - Persons under a disability
- Easements and Profits a Prendre Acquired by Prescription under Section 49A
- eDischarges (Applications in electronic form for cancellation of charges)
- Execution of Deeds and Documents
- Family Home and Family Law Acts
- First Registration and other Examiner cases
- First Registration in Form 3
- First Registration under the Land Purchase Acts
- Forestry Acts 1946 to 1976
- Friendly, Co-operative and Building Societies
- Gas Act 1976
- Ground Rents
- Housing Act 1966
- Inspection of Documents
- Judgment Mortgages
- Land Commission Orders
- Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act 1967
- Leases
- Leases - Enlargement of Long Leases into Freehold
- Local Authorities, Education Training Boards and Teagasc
- Local Authority Vesting Orders
- Lost Deeds
- Mapping Practice
- NAMA Applications for Registration
- Ormond Base Fee
- Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983
- Priority Entries
- Rectification of Error and Claims for Compensation
- Settlements destroyed in the Four Courts Fire of 1922
- Transfer Orders under the Housing Acts 1966-2014
- Transfers of Registered Land
- Trusts of Land
- Vesting Certificates
- Registry of Deeds Procedures
- Legal Office Notices
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- ACC Bank plc change of name to ACC Loan Management Limited – Legal Office Notice No. 5 of 2014
- Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Limited and INBS – Legal Office Notice No. 7 of 2011
- Applications in Person – Legal Office Notice No. 5 of 2010
- Areas on Folios – Legal Office Notice No. 4 of 2012
- Asset Covered Securities Act 2001 –Legal Office Notice No. 2 of 2019
- Bank of Scotland (Ireland) Limited – Legal Office Notice No. 2 of 2014
- Bankruptcy Act 1988 – Legal Office Notice No. 5 of 2013
- Cases moving from Examiners’ Areas to Dealings Divisions – Legal Office Notice No. 3 of 2011
- Companies Act 1963 – (Section 352) – Legal Office Notice 29 September 1995
- Deeds of Charge Mortgage – Legal Office Notice No. 1 of 2012
- Easements and Profit-à-Prendre – Legal Office Notice No. 3 of 2006
- EBS Limited – Legal Office Notice No. 3 of 2014
- EC [Cross-Border Mergers] Regulations 2008 – Legal Office Notice No. 5 of 2009
- Family Home and Family Law Acts 2009 – Legal Office Notice No. 3 of 2009
- First Registration Applications Grounded on Form 1 or Form 2 – Legal Office Notice No. 9 of 2011
- Freezing Orders under Section 25 of the Criminal Justice Act 1994 (as amended) – Legal Office Notice 24 November 1994
- GE Capital Woodchester Home Loans Limited – Change of Name – Legal Office Notice No. 1 of 2014
- Guidance Note for Solicitors on Termination of Re-Distribution of Fees Lodged – Legal Office Notice No. 9 of 2018
- IBRC Special Liquidation Order – Legal Office Notice No. 3 of 2013
- ICS Building Society and The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland– Legal Office Notice No. 7 of 2014
- Irish Church Act 1869 – Applications for Registration – Legal Office Notice No. 4 of 2006
- Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicle [ICAV] – Legal Office Notice 2 of 2015
- Irish Land Act 2005 – Sections 12 and 45 repealed – Legal Office Notice No. 11 of 2005
- Irish Life and Permanent plc to Permanent TSB plc – Legal Office Notice No. 2 of 2012
- KBC Bank Ireland plc - Legal Office Notice No. 4 of 2010
- Land Certificates Return and Retention Policy – Legal Office Notice No. 1 of 2010
- Leases of Registered Land – Legal Office Notice No. 7 of 2006
- Leases Ranking after Charges – Legal Office Notice 1 of 2019
- Local Authorities – Dispositions by Local Authorities – Legal Office Notice No. 15 of 2006
- Local Authority – Prescribed Housing Loan Form – Legal Office Notice No. 10 of 2010
- Multi-storied Development Plans (updated December 2005) – Legal Office Notice No. 8 of 2005
- NAMA – Registration of National Asset Management Agency Acquisition Schedules – Legal Office Notice No. 2 of 2011
- NAMA Discharges – Legal Office Notice No. 4 of 2011
- National Irish Bank Limited to Danske Bank A/S – Legal Office Notice No. 4 of 2013
- National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1987 (Section 19) – Legal Office Notice No. 1 of 2021
- Newbridge Credit Union Limited and Permanent TSB plc – Legal Office Notice No. 1 of 2020
- Partial Discharges (Stand Alone) – Legal Office Notice No. 5 of 2011
- Powers of Attorney Act, 1996 – Legal Office Notice No. 3 of 2010
- Powers of person entitled to be registered as owner of land or charge – Legal Office Notice No. 6 of 2006
- Property Adjustment Order LR – Legal Office Notice No. 2 of 2009
- Property Adjustment Order ROD – Legal Office Notice No. 1 of 2009
- Receivers – Deeds of Appointment – Legal Office Notice No. 6 of 2014
- Registration of Corporate Bodies – Land Registry Practice – Legal Office Notice 1 of 2017
- Registration of Deeds and Title Act – Legal Office Notice No. 14 of 2006
- Registration of Deeds Rules 2009 – Legal Office Notice No. 8 of 2009
- Stamp Duty – Legal Office Notice No. 2 of 2017
- Stamp Duty – Legal Office Notice No. 4 of 2014
- Status of Children Act 1987 – Legal Office Notice 16 September 1988
- Transfers Executed by both Receiver AND Chargee in Exercise of Power of Sale – Legal Office Notice 1 of 2015
- Trustees – Disposal of Land by Trustees pursuant to the Land Purchase Acts – Legal Office Notice No. 8 of 2002
- Ulster Bank Ireland Limited and First Active plc – Legal Office Notice No. 6 of 2010
- Ulster Bank Ireland Limited conversion to Ulster Bank Ireland DAC – Legal Office Notice No.1 of 2016
- Vesting Certificates (Ground Rents) – Legal Office Notice No. 10 of 2011
- Vesting Orders under Section 26 of the Courts Service Act 1998 – Legal Office Notice No. 6 of 2011
- Withdrawal of Name – Legal Office Notice No. 2 of 2007
- Zurich Bank change of name to Dunbar Assets Ireland – Legal Office Notice No. 1 of 2013
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- Rules
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- Land Registry Rules 1 – 193
- Rule 1 – Commencement
- Rule 2 – Interpretation
- Rule 3 – Form and contents of registers
- Rule 4 – Manner of registration
- Rule 5 – Revision of folios of registers
- Rule 6 – Formal alterations of register and cancellation of determined entries
- Rule 7 – Correction of errors
- Rule 8 – Description of property
- Rule 9 – Indexes
- Rule 10 – Closing of register in respect of charges
- Rule 11 – Applications for registration
- Rule 12 – Applications not in order
- Rule 13 – Additional evidence and enquiries
- Rule 14 – Applications for first registration
- Rule 16 – Documents to accompany application for registration of ownership of leasehold interests
- Rule 15 – Documents to accompany application for registration of ownership of freehold property
- Rule 17 – Application for first registration based on possession
- Rule 18 – Examination of title
- Rule 19 – Modification of examination of title
- Rule 103 – Application for cancellation of Property Adjustment Order
- Rule 104 – Where burden may be cancelled as extinguished
- Rule 105 – Forms of charge, transfer of charge and release
- Rule 106 – Registration of charge created by a company
- Rule 107 – Crystallised charge as burden
- Rule 108 – Sub-charges
- Rule 109 – Dealing with mortgage created prior to first registration where registered
- Rule 110 – Registration of judgment mortgage
- Rule 110A – Registration of judgment mortgage
- Rule 110B – Registration of judgment mortgage
- Rule 111 – Evidence on registration of judgment mortgage
- Rule 112 – Notice of registration of judgment mortgage
- Rule 113 – Application to cancel entry of judgment mortgage on grounds of invalidity
- Rule 114 – Cancellation of entry of judgment mortgage validly registered
- Rule 115 – Lease
- Rule 116 – Power to charge and trust to secure money
- Rule 117 – Lien for unpaid purchase money
- Rule 118 – Judgment or order of court
- Rule 119 – Lis Pendens
- Rule 120 – Recognisances, bonds and judgments
- Rule 121 – Easement or profit à prendre
- Rule 122 – Form of caution, affidavit or certificate in support and notice
- Rule 123 – Warning notice to cautioner
- Rule 124 – Application by registered owner for discharge of caution
- Rule 125 – Procedure on appearance by cautioner to a warning notice
- Rule 126 – Withdrawal of caution or consent of cautioner to dealing
- Rule 127 – Lapse of caution
- Rule 128 – Form of inhibition
- Rule 129 – Entry of inhibition on consent
- Rule 130 – Application for inhibition where there is no consent
- Rule 131 – Procedure on application for inhibition
- Rule 132 – Procedure on objection to inhibition
- Rule 133 – Modification or discharge of registered inhibition
- Rule 134 – Application in anticipation of dealing inhibited without Authority’s order or approval
- Rule 135 – Procedure on lodgment of dealing inhibited without notice to specified persons
- Rule 136 – Inhibition under order of court
- Rule 137 – Entry of notice of certain burdens that affect without registration
- Rule 138 – Entry of notice of exemption from certain burdens under Section 72(2) of the Act
- Rule 139 – Entry of conclusiveness of a boundary of property
- Rule 140 – Entry of boundary ascertained by Land Judge’s conveyance
- Rule 141 – Entry of boundary by agreement
- Rule 142 – Settlement of boundary on transfer
- Rule 143 – Removal of description of infancy
- Rule 144 – Entry in register on conversion of a registered renewable lease
- Rule 145 – Limited Ownership
- Rule 146 – Form of Registry maps
- Rule 147 – Contents of Registry maps
- Rule 148 – Persons who may represent minors
- Rule 149 – Appointment of person to represent a minor
- Rule 150 – Appointment of person to represent person of unsound mind
- Rule 151 – Lodgment of documents subject to lien
- Rule 152 – Documents that are to be retained in Registry and that may be delivered
- Rule 153 – Delivery of documents relating to unregistered property
- Rule 154 – Endorsement of documents delivered
- Rule 155 – Delivery of documents to solicitor for production in court or for taxation purposes
- Rule 156 – Transmission of documents to court
- Rule 157 – Application for transmission of document to a County Registrar
- Rule 158 – County Registrar custodian of document transmitted
- Rule 159 – Inspection of filed documents and obtaining copies thereof
- Rule 160 – Official search
- Rule 161 – Priority entry
- Rule 162 – Effect of priority entry
- Rule 163 – Priority where two or more priority entries are made
- Rule 164 – Solicitor or other person not liable for error in official search
- Rule 165 – Searches by public
- Rule 166 – Proceedings not to abate
- Rule 167 – Evidence in proceedings
- Rule 168 – Affidavits and statutory declarations in proceedings
- Rule 169 – Form of notices issued
- Rule 170 – Service of notices
- Rule 171 – Every notice served
- Rule 172 – Procedure on return of notice sent by post
- Rule 173 – Personal service of notice, summons or order
- Rule 174 – How questions determined
- Rule 175 – Summons by Authority
- Rule 176 – Powers of Authority under Sections 16 and 94 of the Act
- Rule 177 – Costs of proceedings before Authority
- Rule 178 – Enforcement of order for costs
- Rule 179 – Recording of decisions of Authority
- Rule 180 – Procedure on Appeals to Court
- Rule 181 – Reference of questions to court
- Rule 182 – General powers of Authority
- Rule 183 – Power to treat proceedings as abandoned
- Rule 184 – To whom application for compensation is to be made
- Rule 185 – Contents of application for compensation
- Rule 186 – Rights in land which may be registered
- Rule 187 – Incorporeal hereditaments held in gross
- Rule 188 – Application of the Act to incorporeal hereditaments held in gross
- Rule 189 – Application of the Act to rights other than incorporeal hereditaments held in gross
- Rule 190 – Exchanges under Section 46 of the Land Act, 1923
- Rule 191 – Effect of registration on exchange
- Rule 192 – Registration with possessory title
- Rule 193 – Notices to be given
- Rule 20 – Application by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for registration with possessory title
- Rule 21 – Application by local authority under statutory powers for first registration of purchaser
- Rule 22 – Documents to be lodged on registration procured by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Rule 23 – Transfers to registers of recorded property
- Rule 24 – Registration of recorded property
- Rule 25 – Entry of easement or profit à prendre as part of description of property registered
- Rule 26 – Property acquired under the Land Purchase Acts and on exchange
- Rule 27 – Notice of statutory restrictions
- Rule 28 – Entries relative to mines and minerals
- Rule 29 – Apartment, flat, floor, cellar, tunnel, mines and minerals, soil, subsoil, attic, airspace or foreshore
- Rule 30 – Form of caution against first registration and affidavit in support of it
- Rule 31 – Time for objection and form of notice on cautioner
- Rule 32 – Application where ownership registered 30 years
- Rule 33 – Application where ownership registered 12 years under transfer for value
- Rule 34
- Rule 35 – Other applications for conversion of possessory title
- Rule 36 – Examination of title to interests protected by registration with a possessory title
- Rule 37 – Conversion of registered title in cases under Section 50(2) of the Act
- Rule 38 – Notice, advertisement and enquiries before such conversions
- Rule 39 – Application for conversion of qualified title
- Rule 40 – Notice of intended conversion to be given
- Rule 41 – How burdens ascertained entered on conversion
- Rule 42 – How register made conformable with titles ascertained
- Rule 43 – Where deeds are deposited to create a lien
- Rule 44 – Other examinations of title outside register
- Rule 45 – Title to registered property acquired by possession
- Rule 46 – Acquisition of easements and profits by prescription
- Rule 47 – Form of affidavit of discovery
- Rule 48 – First registration of tenants in common
- Rule 49 – First registration of trustee owner
- Rule 50 – Notice to be given of proposed registration
- Rule 51 – Date of registration
- Rule 52 – Form of instruments
- Rule 53 – Applications or instruments in improper form
- Rule 54 – Evidence of execution of instruments
- Rule 55 – Evidence of execution of instrument by attorney
- Rule 56 – Identification of part of registered property transferred
- Rule 57 – Presentation of dealing for registration
- Rule 58 – Priority of dealings received for registration
- Rule 59 – Notice in register of pending registration
- Rule 60 – Date of registration
- Rule 61 – Amendment of instrument and priority of amended instrument
- Rule 62 – Stamp certificate issued by Revenue Commissioners
- Rule 63 – Registration of a tenant in common
- Rule 64 – Registration of trustee owner
- Rule 65 – Application by registered owner for amendment
- Rule 66 – Application for registration of trustees
- Rule 67 – Forms of transfer
- Rule 68 – Form of lease
- Rule 69 – Registration of transferee who is a trustee
- Rule 70 – Registration under a transfer or vesting order on sale in execution of order of court
- Rule 71 – Effect of covenant to pay rent or indemnify may be noted in register
- Rule 72 – Registration of purchaser from personal representative of owner discharged from judgment mortgage on interest of beneficiary
- Rule 73 – Registration under grant reserving rent
- Rule 74 – Registration of companies
- Rule 75 – Registration under transfer over-reaching estate or interest of registered owner
- Rule 76 – Notice of application for registration under transfer over-reaching estate or interest of registered owner
- Rule 77 – Cancellation of burdens on transfer over-reaching the estate or interest of registered owner
- Rule 78 – Notice of cancellation of burdens on transfer over-reaching the estate or interest of registered owner
- Rule 79 – Registration of transfer under power of sale
- Rule 80 – Registration of trustees or assignees of bankrupt owner and re-registration of the owner
- Rule 81 – Registration of transferee of local authority under statute
- Rule 82 – Registration of local authority under statute
- Rule 83 – Registration of dispositions of recorded property
- Rule 84 – Registration of new trustee of friendly society
- Rule 85 – Application for registration where registered owner died prior to 1st June, 1959
- Rule 86 – Assent by personal representative(s) on death testate to registration of person entitled; application of person entitled for registration
- Rule 87 – Transfer by personal representative(s) on death testate to person entitled
- Rule 88 – Application for registration by a person, other than the personal representative(s) entitled on intestacy
- Rule 89 – Application for registration by personal representative entitled on intestacy
- Rule 90 – Application for registration on death of person entitled but not registered as owner
- Rule 91 – Transmission on death of owner of charge or other burden
- Rule 92 – Note of death of registered owner
- Rule 93 – Application for registration of successor of limited owner
- Rule 94 – Application for registration by survivor or survivors of joint tenants
- Rule 95 – Registration pursuant to court order
- Rule 96 – The assent to registration of burdens that is to be given by persons other than the owner
- Rule 97 – How assent to registration of burden is to be given
- Rule 98 – How burden may be entered
- Rule 99 – Note in register where statutory priority for burden claimed
- Rule 100 – Instrument creating two or more burdens and priority thereof
- Rule 101 – Evidence on which a burden may be cancelled or modified
- Rule 102 – Application for cancellation of charge by electronic means
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