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Land Transfer Act 2017

Land title and registration - Land title register - Registration and notation of instruments

22: Registration or notation of instrument

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"How to officially record important land documents"

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You can register or note an instrument if you follow the rules of this Act and other laws. The person lodging the instrument must comply with the requirements, and the instrument must be in the correct form. When you register or note an instrument, it gets a unique identifier in the register. You make registration or notation official when a unique identifier is recorded. The instrument becomes part of the register when it is registered or noted. This is how the registration or notation process works for you.

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Land title register: Registration and notation of instruments

22Registration or notation of instrument

  1. The Registrar may register or note an instrument lodged for registration or notation if—

  2. the person lodging the instrument complies with the requirements of this Act and any other enactment; and
    1. the instrument is lodged in a form that complies with the requirements of this Act and any other enactment.

      1. Registration or notation of an instrument is effected when a unique identifier for the instrument is recorded in the register.

      2. An instrument forms part of the register when it is registered or noted.

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