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Land Transfer Act 2017

Dealings in estates and interests in land - Transfers, transmissions, and vesting - Transmissions

87: Transmission instrument required to register transmission

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You need to use a transmission instrument to register as the owner of an estate or interest that has been passed to you. This instrument is for when you get an estate or interest because someone has died or for another reason. The transmission instrument must have the required information in it.

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Part 3Dealings in estates and interests in land
Transfers, transmissions, and vesting: Transmissions

87Transmission instrument required to register transmission

  1. A transmission instrument must be used in order to register a person (the applicant) as the owner of an estate or interest vested in the person by transmission.

  2. A transmission instrument must contain the prescribed information.

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