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Land Transfer Act 2017

Land title and registration - Land title register - Records of title

14: Separate titles for undivided shares in land

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"Get a separate title for your part of shared land"

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You can ask the Registrar to create a separate record of title for your share of land if you own it with others. The Registrar will do this if you are the registered owner of an undivided share in the land. You can also ask the Registrar to create separate records for each share of the land if you own the whole estate.

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Land title register: Records of title

14Separate titles for undivided shares in land

  1. The Registrar must, if requested to do so by the registered owner of an undivided share as a tenant in common in an estate in land, create a separate record of title for that share.

  2. The Registrar may, if requested to do so by the registered owner of an estate in land, create separate records of title for undivided shares in that estate.

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