Land Transfer Act 2017

Land title and registration - Title to land - Alteration of register in cases of manifest injustice

57: Registration of order of court

You could also call this:

"When a court makes a decision, it gets added to the property records"

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When a court makes an order, the court's Registrar must give a copy to the other Registrar. The Registrar who gets the copy must then change the register to follow the court's order. You need to know that the register will be updated to match what the court decided.

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Part 2Land title and registration
Title to land: Alteration of register in cases of manifest injustice

57Registration of order of court

  1. The Registrar of the court must serve a copy of the order on the Registrar.

  2. The Registrar must, on receiving a copy of the order, make the alterations to the register required to give effect to the order.