Registers There are two principal registers. Register of freehold interests; Register of leasehold interests There are also registers of ownership of— incorporeal hereditaments held in gross (independently of land); such other rights in land as may be prescribed. Registered Titles The Land Registry file (folio) for each title has a particular file or “folio” number. […]
Limits of Land Registry The Land Registry deals only with the legal ownership in land. It is possible for persons to have equitable rights in land, such as trust beneficiaries and other beneficial owners for whom the registered owner holds the property. See our chapters on trusts and equitable interests. Generally, the legal owner may […]
Overriding / S.72 Burdens Certain classes of rights and interests (so-called section 72 burdens) bind registered titles without registration. Generally, they are rights and interests which may be discovered by physical inspection of the property. This is similar to the general principle applicable to unregistered titles, that a buyer purchases subject to interests that would […]
Atypical Transfers Property may be transferred by a number of means, other than by transfer deed. If an owner dies, his personal representative is entitled to deal with the property. His right to do so is vouched by a grant of probate or letters of administration, which is an official court document recognising the person’s […]
Title by Adverse Possession Title to property may be lost by adverse possession. See the sections on adverse possession. Where a third party is in possession of the property for the requisite period, the registered owner’s rights to recover possession becomes “statute barred”. It is too late to take proceedings and the person in possession […]
Classes of Title There are a number of classes of title; absolute, good leasehold, and possessory. The most commonly found class is an absolute title, which gives the greatest level of guarantee. Good leasehold title is a guarantee only of the lessee’s title under the lease and does not guarantee the validity of the landlord’s […]
Deeds and Title Registration The registration of deeds system is the older system of land registration. It does not register the ownership of title. It registers the relative priority of deeds and documents. The registration of deed system is being phased out. Since June 2011, all counties in the Republic of Ireland have been subject […]
Overview With unregistered title, proof of title or ownership depends on the deeds. The deeds themselves are registered in the Registry of Deeds.The title is not registered in the Land Registry. The system of unregistered title is being phased out with the compulsory registration of title in all counties as of June 2011. However it […]
Competing Interests Priorities refer to the respective rights of parties who have each been granted conflicting rights or interests in the same property. Rules on priorities determine whether one interest or right is superior to the other and accordingly that the latter yields to it. In extreme cases, which may involve fraud on the part […]
Property Registration Authority The Land Registry is a State institution which registers and guarantees title to the property. The Land Registry registers titles and properties in files called folios. The Land Registry was reorganised in 2006 and both it and the Registry of Deeds is part of the Property Registration Authority. The title registration part […]
Voluntary Registration A land owner with unregistered title may apply to register his title voluntarily. Voluntary first registration has been and is encouraged by the fee structure. It is sometimes done where complex a registry of deeds title is involved. It may be done to simplify title, particularly on the development and sub-division of land […]
Background The current system of land registration dates from 1892. Earlier systems of land registration had been enacted in Ireland. After the famine, the Landed Estates Court (Ireland) Act 1858 provided for the sales of certain encumbered estate by way of conveyance by a judge of the High Court. This vested title to the land, overreaching […]
Comparison with Registry of Deeds The general rules on priority which are applicable to transfers of property, leases, mortgages and the grant of other rights in property in unregistered title land are modified in relation to registered title. The Registry of Deeds registers the priority of deeds only and does not guarantee title to the […]
Dealing with the Registered Title Registered titles are transferred and otherwise altered by way of a dealing. A ‘dealing’ is an application to the Land Registry to change the registered title, for example, a transfer on sale or transmission vesting the title ins a successor on death. or some other. The date of the application […]
General There are two types of burdens which affect registered land. One category of burden affects registered title, only if registered. The other category of burden, set out in section 72 of the Registration of Title Act, affects registered land without registration. The categories of burdens have been extended and amended from time to time. […]
Leases and Land Registration The Registration of Title Act allows for the creation of registered leasehold titles, in respect of the lessee’s interest of a lease for a term of more than 21 years. A lease for a term of less than 21 years’ duration affects registered land without registration, provided that the tenant is in […]