Search and Copy Services

Certified Copy Folio/Title Plan

The folios and maps of the Land Register constitute a public record and any person may apply to inspect or obtain a copy folio/title plan, on payment of the appropriate fee.

• If you know the relevant folio number you can apply for a copy on landdirect.ie. A plain copy of the folio is available to download for a fee of €5.
• Alternatively, you may download and complete the Application Form for Copy Folio (fee €40) or Application Form for Copy Folio/Title Plan showing appurtenant rights of way and/or other “special features”, if any, relating to the lands (fee €40) and sending the completed form together with a cheque/postal order for the appropriate fee to:
  Customer Service Unit, Tailte Éireann, Chancery Street, Dublin 7.

Certified Copy Instruments

When an application for registration (a “Dealing”) is completed, the legal effect of the documents lodged is registered on the folio. A purchaser for value can rely on the folio as evidence of title without having to read the title deeds. The title documents are subsequently filed in the Land Registry in a file known as an “Instrument”. Instruments are stored off-site and will not be available on the day of request.

• There are some circumstances in which an inspection of an Instrument may be applied for. However, not everyone is entitled to inspect an Instrument. The Instrument can only be inspected by the registered owner of the property, his/her personal representative and any person authorised by such persons, by an order of the court or under Rule 159 of the Land Registration Rules 2012.
• Before completing an Application Form for Copy Instrument^* under Rule 159 please read the guidelines attached to the form. You must specify why you consider yourself to be entitled to inspect and/or obtain a copy of the Instrument (or part of an Instrument).
• Further information is available under legal practice direction Inspection of Documents.
• Any person who is entitled to inspect an Instrument may obtain a copy of the Instrument, on payment of the appropriate fee.
• The completed application form along with appropriate identification and a cheque/postal order for the relevant fee (€40 per Instrument) should be lodged to: Customer Service Unit, Tailte Éireann, Chancery Street, Dublin 7.

^{* See Legal Office Notice 5/2010 – Personal Applications for Copy Instruments must be accompanied by a Personal Applicant’s Identification Form.} 

Land Registry Search facilities

Online search

Many of our services are available through our online service – landdirect.ie. To avail of the full range of services you must open a Business Account with a minimum pre-payment of €125.

If you are not a Business Account Holder, you can search the Land Registry map online, free of charge. You may also view folios and order certified copy folios with maps (details provided above).

You may still avail of our services by post or by booking an appointment to one of our public offices. The locations of our public offices and the online booking details are available under Contact Us.

Map search

Carrying out a mapping search will reveal if the property is registered in the Land Registry and will identify the relevant folio number.

To apply for an official mapping search (fee €40):

• Outline the relevant plot in red on a compliant surveying map and send with your completed application in Form 89 with a cheque/postal order for the relevant fee to: Customer Service Unit, Tailte Éireann, Chancery Street, Dublin 7.

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• Attend at our public office and point out the relevant plot on the maps provided. Once the folio number has been identified you may then apply for a certified Copy Folio or Copy Folio/Title Plan.

Search by registered owner

To apply for a name search (fee €5):

• You must know the name and address of the current registered owner. (Otherwise you must apply for a mapping search as above.)
• Send your completed application in Form 88 together with a cheque/postal order for the relevant fee to: Customer Service Unit, Tailte Éireann, Chancery Street, Dublin 7.

If the result of a search indicates that the property is not registered in the Land Registry it may have been dealt with in the Registry of Deeds.

Registry of Deeds records date from 1708 to present date and are available to the public. They can be searched in a number of ways depending on the time period which you are interested in and the information you already have about the property transaction.

A search in the Registry of Deeds will disclose only whether documents have been executed dealing with the property transaction in question. To discover the effect of these documents, the deeds themselves (which are not retained by the Registry of Deeds) will have to be examined.

For further information on the types of records held, and how to search for them, please see our archives Search and Copy Services.

Valuation Certificates and Maps

The Valuation Team can provide certified extracts of rateable valuations from the archives and certified maps showing the valuation boundary of property.

For further information on the types of records held, and how to search for them, please see our archives Search and Copy Services.