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Land Transfer Act 2017

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

88: Effect of registering transmission instrument

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"What happens when you register to own a piece of land"

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When you register a transmission instrument, you become the registered owner of the estate or interest it relates to. You hold this estate or interest subject to any existing equitable or other interests. You can find similar information in section 123 for more details.

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Transfers, transmissions, and vesting: Transmissions

88Effect of registering transmission instrument

  1. On registration of a transmission instrument, the applicant—

  2. becomes registered as the owner of the estate or interest to which the transmission relates; and
    1. holds the estate or interest subject to any equitable or other interests to which it was subject.

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