Land title searches are conducted via the Land Registry Online (PIMS) or at the offices of the Land Registry, which are listed below. You must make an Online Appointment via the Ministry of Attorney General and Legal Affairs’ Online Appointment System.

You could:

1. ask neighbours or adjoining landowners if they know who the owner(s) might be;
2. ask local residents if they have any ideas about who might own it, as they may have lived in the area for a number of years and have ‘local knowledge’;
3. ask in the local pub, post office or shop;

An Ontario Land Title search can be conducted with one of the following pieces of information: Search by the PIN Number (Property Identification Number). A PIN number can be found on Property Tax Assessments and will be in the following format: 12345-6789. Search by the exact civic address.

Obtain a copy of the land title or details of the Title number, Lot number and Mukim, District etc. Go to the respective land office to extract the up to date information of the land title by paying a search fee. Alternatively you may hire a law firm to do it for a fee.

How to conduct online land search

1. Log onto the e-Citizen portal and sign up (if already registered sign in)
2. Click on Ministry of Land, Housing & Urban Development link and choose Land Search.
3. Enter the title number e.g. Nairobi/Block123/321.

Official Searches The environmental search usually takes between 24 and 48 hours. The slowest local authority at the time of writing is Camden in Greater London, taking on average 50 working days. It is not however uncommon for searches (especially personal searches) to take 24 hours to process.

It will also show the location of any public rights of way. The local search will reveal whether the property is located in Conservation area. This could be an issue if you are planning any future works at the property. If the property is a listed building this will be indicated on the search.

Property Documents and Ownership information cannot be obtained for free from the Land Registry or from any other organisation. Many of these and other Land Registry documents are not available direct to the public, but only via a search agent with portal access.

Don’t forget the Land Registry fee This fee’s dependent on how much your property is worth. Houses sold for between £100,001 and £200,000 will face a fee of up to circa £200, and those sold between £200,001 and £500,000 will need to pay up to circa £300.

So, do you need the deeds to sell a house? It’s possible to sell or remortgage a house without the deeds, but you must prove you own the property to do so. If deeds have been lost or destroyed, the first port of call is to check whether the property is registered with the Land Registry.

You may apply for first registration of land if the title deeds have been lost or destroyed. It is often more important to prove who held the deeds prior to their loss or destruction than to establish what they contained.

It is possible to carry out a search at the Land Registry, to locate your property and title number. An Official Copy of the register is the equivalent of a ‘title deed’ and so it will not matter if you lose this, a further copy can always be obtained from Land Registry, again for a small fee.

Original title deeds are usually stored with a solicitor or conveyancer who acted on the last sale of the property. Alternatively, you may find they have been retained by your mortgage provider if you have a mortgage on the property.

Generally, we only have the original title deeds when land or property is registered for the first time, as we need them to prepare the register. If the property was already registered when you bought it, the seller may not have handed over the original deeds. There’s no requirement for them to do so.

Registering Your Ownership of Property at Land Registry When you Have Lost Your Title Deeds. Title deeds are documents which prove ownership of land or property. Your deeds may be held by a solicitor, a mortgage lender or by you, at home, or perhaps lodged at your bank.

Karnataka land holding certificate is a proof of ownership of land. Landholding certificate is the prima facie evidence of the truth of the matters contained in the land records. The document includes a description of the property with details of boundaries, name and address of the owner and the covenants affecting it.

Title deeds / Title register are the same thing, although the plan and register will summarise the old paper deeds. You will be given copies of the paper deeds for reference/interest, if they exist. They aren’t considered important once the title is electronically registered.