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2025

Customer information bulletin 232: Mar 2025

New Guide Available
Control of electronic certificates of title (eCT) for road and reserve folios upon registration of a plan of subdivision
SPEAR Electronic Lodgment Network (ELN) requisition process for lodging parties
Lodging an application under section 49 of the Transfer of Land Act 1958
Company and organisation names
Enhanced Section 104 Generic Residual Document
Lease Dealing Requirement
Owners Corporation Manager on Owners Corporation report
Subscriber Compliance Guidance

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2024

Customer information bulletin 231: Nov 2024

Christmas and New Year closure
New guides available
Removal of Aged Nominations
Reminder: select the 'STAY' or 'GO' option for eCT Control within the lodgment instructions
Changes to lodging Generic Residual Document
Reminder: Lodging of multiple cases within one Generic Residual Document
Updated Model Participation Rules Guidance Notes

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Customer information bulletin 230: Nov 2024

Changes to transaction types available within PEXA
Update to ePlan Mandate in Registrar's Requirements for Paper Conveyancing Transactions
Reminder - Phase out of paper certificates of titles

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Customer information bulletin 229: Jul 2024

Reminder: Phasing out of paper certificates of title

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Customer information bulletin 228: Jun 2024

Phasing out paper certificates of title
Request to transfer control of electronic certificate(s) of title to the Registrar
Plans of consolidation to be submitted using ePlan from 29 July 2024
Commercial and Industrial Property Tax
Caveats forbidding the granting of an adverse possession application
Recording of a person’s appointment or capacity as a Legal Personal Representative in the Register
Minors who intend to become a registered proprietor of an estate or interest in land or deal with their registered estate or interest in land
Guide to dealing with restricted, accessory and carpark lots
New Memorandum of Common Provisions (MCP) form for water share mortgages
Common issues with creations of easements - clarification
Mandates and other requirements now in effect

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Customer Information bulletin 227: Jun 2024

New lodgment and search fees for land and water from 1 July 2024
End-of-financial-year cut-off times for lodging with Land Use Victoria

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Customer information bulletin 226: Jan 2024

Version 9 of the Registrar’s Requirements for Paper Conveyancing (Registrar’s Requirements)

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2023

Customer information bulletin 225: December 2023

Memorandums of common provisions (MCP) to be incorporated into mortgages

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Customer information bulletin 224: Dec 2023

Christmas and New Year closure
Plan lodgment reminder – Council certification
Ceasing the practice of issuing a Final Notice
Authority to act on behalf of another licensed surveyor
Severance of joint tenancies
Leases of flats, apartments, caravan parks etc.
Subscribers reminded to deal with control of electronic certificates of title (eCTs) before closing their ELN account.
Electronic lodgment updates
Lodging of multiple cases within one Generic Residual Document

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Customer information bulletin 223: Oct 2023

New Administrative Notices

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Customer information bulletin 222: Aug 2023

Consultation on proposed changes to the Registrar's Requirements for Paper Conveyancing (Registrar's Requirements)
Guide to Removal of Easements (sections 73, 73A and 60 Transfer of Land Act 1958)
Statutory declarations in support of applications under section 99 of the Transfer of Land Act 1958
Applications made under section 60 of the Transfer of Land Act 1958 - reminder on critical deficiency process
Applications for discharge of mortgage and the Limitation of Actions Act 1958
Court orders authorising parties to sign on behalf of other parties

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Customer information bulletin 221: Jun 2023

Update on customer enquiry points of contact
Navigating the Land Registry: Information for Surveyors webinar
Requirements for an adverse possession application under section 15 of the Transfer of Land Act
Deceased joint registered proprietors
Operating requirements for electronic conveyancing
Changes to Owners Corporation Additional Information
Applications to vest closed roads - section 528 of the Local Government Act 1958 and predecessor legislation
Removal of aged nominations
New resource available: Electronic Submission of paper instruments page

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Customer information bulletin 220: Jun 2023

New lodgment and search fees for land and water from 1 July 2023
End of financial year cut off times for lodging with LUV
Processing cut off for end of financial year lodgments

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Customer information bulletin 219: Mar 2023

Land Use Victoria joins Department of Transport and Planning
Mortgage provisions restraining the alienation of land
Surrender of a forest carbon right - clarification
Closure of the Permanent Order Book
Recording of water agreements and decisions under sections 234, 235 and 244 of the Water Act 1989
Reminders from Registration Branch

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2022

Customer information bulletin 218: Dec 2022

Christmas and New Year closure
Proposed changes to the next version of the Registrar's Requirements for Paper Conveyancing (Registrar's Requirements)
Transfer of control of electronic certificates of title only available electronically
Applications for discharges of mortgages when mortgagee is a deregistered company
Lodgment of Registrar's Caveats
Electronic signing of legal practitioner's certificates

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Customer information bulletin 217: Oct 2022

Registrar-General's Office (RGO) Library closure at the DELWP Laverton site
Surveys supporting plan under the Subdivision Act - clarification
Overlay diagram requirements
Additional information on the Abstract of Field Records (AFR)
Surveyor's Reports requirements
Improved transaction tracking
Guide to Dealing Requirements

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Customer information bulletin 216: Jun 2022

Residual documents affecting part of a folio
New Memorandum of Common Provisions (MCP) form for mortgages or annuity charges
Amendments to the Electronic Conveyancing National Law (Victoria)
Reminder to ensure digital signing certificates are not shared
Statutory declarations in support of applications under section 60 of the Transfer of Land Act 1958
Reminder from the Registration Branch: Attachments to electronic lodgments
Memorandum of Common Provisions reminders
Appropriate applicants under section 89A(1) of the Transfer of Land Act 1958
Amendment to Section 52 of the Transfer of Land Act 1958
Operating requirements for electronic conveyancing version 6.1

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Customer information bulletin 215: Jun 2022

New lodgment and search fees for land and water from 1 July 2022
End of financial year cut off times for lodging with LUV

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2021

Customer information bulletin 214: Dec 2021

Christmas and new year closure
Victorian Land Registry Services announces rebrand as SERV (Secure Electronic Registries Victoria)
Future options for non-represented parties and certificates of title
Guide to Leases
Surveyor’s Report Requirements
Subdivision (Registrar’s Requirements) Regulations 2021
Applications to remove a caveat under section 89A of the Transfer of Land Act 1958 (TLA)

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Customer information bulletin 213: Aug 2021

New lodgment and search fees for land and water from 1 July 2021
Traditional Owners acknowledged on Register Search Statements
Victorian Land Registry Services is moving
Appropriate use of the Generic Residual Document ‘Record-Notice-Transfer of Land Act - Section 104 (Generic Residual Document)
Aligning paper and electronic lodgment – section 207D Local Government Act 1989
Notice under section 89A(3)(b) of the Transfer of Land Act 1958
Resubmitting withdrawn electronic instruments and applications
References to off-Register documents and MCP
Common issues with creations of easements and survey applications
Reminder: Surveys supporting Subdivision Act dealings
Removal of Caveat where caveator is deceased
New change of name residual documents

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Customer information bulletin 212: Jun 2021

New change of name residual documents
Update: changes to the requirements for lost paper certificates of title applications
Variations and removals of restrictive covenants and restrictions
Justice Legislation Amendment (System Enhancement and Other Matters) Act 2021
Reminders from Registration Branch

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Customer information bulletin 211: Jun 2021

New lodgment and search fees for land and water from 1 July 2021
End of financial year cut off times for lodging with LUV
Processing times for plans of subdivision

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Customer information bulletin 210: Apr 2021

Operating requirements and participation rules for electronic conveyancing
Change in practice when subdividing existing Not in Common Ownership (NICO) folios
Plans lodged through the generic residual document ‘Record-Notice-Transfer of Land Act – Section 104'
Reminder: Evidence supporting an adverse possession application
Supporting evidence disclosure under Freedom of Information Act 1982
New Memorandum of Common Provisions (MCPs) forms for restrictive covenants
Change to requirements for lost paper certificate of title applications
Cluster Plan enhancement project
New Land Registry Compliance System
Reminder changes to notification for the Customer Information Bulletin

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2020

Customer information bulletin 209: Dec 2020

New Land Use Victoria website is now available
Changes to notification for the Customer Information Bulletin

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Customer information bulletin 208: Nov 2020

Christmas and new year closure
New Land Use Victoria website coming soon
Melbourne Strategic Assessment program - enhancements to SPEAR
Updates and reminders from Registration Branch
Reminder: Requirements for signing and witnessing instruments lodged in an approved form

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Customer information bulletin 207: Oct 2020

New Registrar of Titles and acting Chief Executive, Land Victoria
Christmas and new year closure
Answering requisitions, stopped case notices and other correspondence
Model Participation Rules and Model Operating Requirements for electronic conveyancing transactions

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Customer information bulletin 206: Sep 2020

Administrative Notices to convert paper Certificates of Title to electronic Certificates of Title and Certification 6 – important update [Victorian Participation Rules Waiver PR1/2020 – Certification 6]
Bulk conversion of paper Certificates of Title to electronic Certificates of Title

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Customer information bulletin 205: Jun 2020

Processing time for land transactions
Melbourne Strategic Assessment program – notifications recorded under the new Act
Victorian Water Register payment and process changes
Entitlement to sign registry instruments
Mortgages lodged for registration must be on the same terms as mortgage granted by the mortgagor
Administrative Notices to convert pCTs to eCTs and Certification 6
New ARNECC Notice to Subscribers
Adverse possession applications and the Fences Act 1968 – Magistrates’ Court Orders
SPEAR ELN payment methods
Crown Diagrams – for Crown folios and Plans of Crown Allotments

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Customer information bulletin 204: Jun 2020

Lodging and search fees from 1 July 2020- no change
Water Register prescribed fees from 1 July 2020 – no change
Generic residual document ‘Record – Notice – Transfer of Land Act – Section 104’ – nomination of Certificates of Title
COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Act 2020 and COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) (Electronic Signing and Witnessing) Regulations 2020
State Revenue Office streamlines Duties Online

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Customer information bulletin 203: May 2020

Lodging fees from 1 July- no change
Search fees from 1 July 2020
Secure Electronic Registries Victoria appoints new CEO
Update on the generic residual document 'Record - Notice - Transfer of Land Act - Section 104'
Requirements for attached PDF documents supporting all residual documents
SPEAR Electronic Lodgement Network (ELN) reminder
Caveats and parts of land
Abbreviated names of companies and incorporated associations in the Register

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Customer information bulletin 202: May 2020

Update to the generic residual document 'Record-Notice-Transfer of Land Act - Section 104'
Update to residual documents in PEXA

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Customer information bulletin 201: Apr 2020

Important reminders and updates
New generic residual document 'Record-Notice-Transfer of Land Act - Section 104'
SPEAR Electronic Lodgment Network update
Temporary suspension of Subscriber Compliance Examinations
Victorian Water Register - lodging documents

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Customer information bulletin 200: Apr 2020

Changes to Registration Services
New generic residual dealing type in PEXA 'Record-Notice-Transfer of Land Act - Section 104'
SPEAR Electronic Lodgment Network Update
Update to the issuing of paper Certificate of Titles
Victorian Water Register - lodging documents
Advice to all Subscribers and LUV Customers

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Customer information bulletin 199: Mar 2020

Advice to all Subscribers and LUV customers - coronavirus (COVID-19) related impacts
Notices of Action and new Court proceedings

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Customer information bulletin 198: Mar 2020

Application's under section 31 Transfer of Land Act 1958
Notes for Subscriber's on Residual Document type

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Customer information bulletin 197: Feb 2020

Participation Rules and Operating Requirements for electronic conveyancing transactions

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Customer information bulletin 196: Jan 2020

Reminder: Elimination of cheques as a payment method
Participation Rules and Operating Requirements for electronic conveyancing transactions
Statutory Declarations from 1 January 2020
Reminders and directions to Representatives signing Registry Instruments on behalf of their clients

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Customer information bulletin 195: Jan 2020

Support for bushfire-affected communities: tax and fee relief

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2019

Customer information bulletin 194: Dec 2019

Participation Rules and Operating Requirements for electronic conveyancing transactions
Review of the Intergovernmental Agreement for an Electronic Conveyancing National Law
New guidance for e-settlement subscribers and their instructing practitioners
Reminder: Christmas and new year closure

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Customer information bulletin 193: Dec 2019

Christmas and new year closure
New Customer call centre phone number
LANDATA® website details - reminder
Elimination fo cheques as a payment method
Residual documents in PEXA - an update
New dealing requirements - dealings lodged using an ELN
Reminder: Caveator's consent - change to requirement to produce consent to the Registrar

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Customer information bulletin 192: Oct 2019

Reminder: Phase out of Plan Acceptance counter services
SPEAR Electronic Lodgment Network - additional transactions available
Residual documents
Lodging plans and plan-based applications
Application under section 14 Transfer of Land Act 1958 - lodgment process

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Customer information bulletin 191: Sep 2019

Reminder: Phase out of Plan Acceptance counter services
Strata Plan enhancement project
Historical aerial photographs
ELN Subscriber Compliance Examination
Applications under section 47 of the Transfer of Land Act 1958
Defining burdened and benefited land in restrictive covenants in transfers and plans

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Customer information bulletin 190: Aug 2019

Reminder: Mandatory electronic lodgment 1 August
Review of the Intergovernmental Agreement for an Electronic Conveyancing National Law (‘IGA Review’)
Notices of Acquisition
New LANDATA website address
Phase out of Plan Acceptance counter services
Verification of Identity
Registrar’s verification of identity requirements regarding transfer of control of eCTs
Registrar’s power to rectify errors in the Register
Reminder on creating restrictive covenants in transfers and plans
SPEAR ELN information session

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Customer information bulletin 189: Jul 2019

Registrar’s requirements for paper conveyancing transactions
Release of Residual documents in PEXA and 1 August 2019 mandate

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Customer information bulletin 188: May 2019

New lodgment fees for 1 July 2019

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Customer information bulletin 187: May 2019

1 August 2019 – lodging electronically
New functionality in SRO and PEXA ELN
Removal of warnings on provisional folios after 15 years
Caveator’s consent – change to requirement to produce consent to Registrar

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Customer information bulletin 186: Apr 2019

Bulk conversion of paper Certificates of Title to electronic Certificates of Title
National electronic conveyancing - Model Participation Rules Guidance Notes
A conveyancer’s and lawyer’s obligation to know who their client is
Release of the first residual document
Joint Lodgments after October 2018

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Customer information bulletin 185: Feb 2019

Operating requirements and participation rules for electronic conveyancing
SPEAR electronic lodgment network participation rules
Registrar’s requirements for paper conveyancing transactions
Release of the first residual document
Removal of a Registrar’s Caveat lodged on behalf of a represented person
Trusts in the Register

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2018

Customer information bulletin 184: Dec 2018

Christmas and new year closure
Converting paper certificates of title to electronic
New Electronic Lodgment Network Operator (ELNO)
Extension of priority notices and guidelines on priority notices
Recording judgments, decrees, orders or processes of execution of a court
Deceased registered proprietors
Which caveats can be lodged using an ELN?
Update on 100% electronic lodgment

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Customer information bulletin 183: Nov 2018

Christmas and new year closure
Creating restrictive covenants in transfers
Remaining instrument types (residual documents) in the Electronic Lodgment Network
Australian Institute of Conveyancers workshop on processing transactions electronically

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Customer information bulletin 182: Sep 2018

Mandatory electronic lodgment – 1 October 2018

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Customer information bulletin 181: Aug 2018

Treasurer announces private operator for land registry

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Customer information bulletin 180: Aug 2018

Registrar’s requirements for paper conveyancing transactions version 5 – update to section 6 'Electronic Instruments'
Progression towards 100% electronic lodgment

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Customer information bulletin 179: Jul 2018

New lodgment and search fees from 1 July 2018
Reminder and update on creating restrictive covenants in transfers
Getting ready for 100% electronic lodgment in August 2019
Legal entity names

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Customer information bulletin 178: Jul 2018

New lodgement and search fees from 1 July 2018
Naming easements in plans
Plantation Licence Register
Registrar's requirements for paper conveyancing transactions – Transfers of land and survivorship
applications
Electronic instrument statements

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Customer information bulletin 177: Apr 2018

Changes to Transfer of land forms – New requirements for creating restrictive covenants in transfers

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Customer information bulletin 176: Apr 2018

Commercialisation of land registry functions
Participation Rules and Operating Requirements for electronic conveyancing transactions
Registrar’s requirements for paper conveyancing transactions – Transfers of land and survivorship applications
Improved timeframes for registering subdivision plans of 10 or more lots
Removing staged lots from plans of subdivision
Notices of Action on a Folio

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Customer information bulletin 175: Feb 2018

Registrar’s requirements for paper conveyancing transactions
Bulk conversion of paper Certificates of Title to electronic Certificates of Title
New folio output for deceased estates
Electronic lodgment workshops

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Customer information bulletin 174: Jan 2018

Bulk conversion of paper Certificates of Title to electronic Certificates of Title
Transition period ends for using 'old style' forms
Registrar’s requirements for paper conveyancing transactions and dates for transition to 100% digital
SPEAR Electronic Lodgment Network
Minor registered proprietors
Caveats requiring an attached plan

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2017

Customer information bulletin 173: Dec 2017

Christmas and new year closure
Transition period ends for use 'old style' forms
Registrar’s requirements for paper conveyancing transactions
SPEAR Electronic Lodgment Network pilot update
Electronic service of court documents

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Customer information bulletin 172: Nov 2017

Change to nominating eCTs to electronic conveyancing transactions
Important dates for electronic and paper transactions
Transition to 100% digital lodgment
Using new forms containing certifications
Entitlement to sign registry instruments

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Customer information bulletin 171: Oct 2017

Important dates for electronic and paper transactions
Transition to 100% digital lodgment
Next round of bulk conversion of paper Certificates of Title
Entitlements to sign registry instruments
Ordering plan numbers for plans of subdivision, plans of consolidation and title plans
Reserve with 'purpose' on a plan of subdivision
Land Legislation Amendment Act 2017

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Customer information bulletin 170: Sep 2017

Creating restrictive covenants in transfers and restrictions in plans
Consultation on trial of new process enabling five-day subdivision plan registration
Enduring powers of attorney – confirming a transaction is not a conflict of interest
Section 60 applications
Answering requisitions, stopped case notices and other correspondence
Victorian Water Register – grants of representation for certain water shares
Land Use Victoria has moved to 2 Lonsdale Street

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Customer information bulletin 169: Aug 2017

Land Use Victoria moving to 2 Lonsdale Street

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Customer information bulletin 168: Jul 2017

Land Use Victoria is moving - office closure
Refinance transactions to be lodged electronically
Transferring control of an electronic Certificate of Title (eCT)
22 July 2017 – Bulk conversion of paper Certificates of Title to electronic Certificates of Title
Status of Lodging Book and Registrar’s new approved forms
New forms
National mortgage form
Verification of identity (VOI) for people not using a conveyancer or lawyer – non-represented parties
Consideration in instruments
Transition to 100% digital lodgement
Strata enhancement project

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Customer information bulletin 167: Jul 2017

22 July 2017 - Bulk conversion of paper Certificates of Title

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Customer information bulletin 166: Jun 2017

New forms
Transition to 100% digital lodgment
New process enables five-day subdivision registration
New website for Land Use Victoria
Land Use Victoria is moving

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Customer information bulletin 165: May 2017

New lodgement and search fees from 1 July 2017
New forms
New website for Land Use Victoria
Creating restrictive covenants

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Customer information bulletin 164: Apr 2017

Update to Registrar's requirements for paper conveyancing transactions
Update to operating requirements and participation rules for electronic conveyancing
SPEAR electronic lodgment network participation rules
New process for more than 10 lots to enable five-day subdivision registration
Applications to record, vary or release a restrictive covenant
Enforceability of restrictive covenants and restrictions recorded on a folio
Availability and use of new forms
New DELWP website
Land Use Victoria moving to 2 Lonsdale St

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Customer information bulletin 163: Mar 2017

Registrar's requirements version 2 for paper conveyancing transactions
Transitioning to 100% digital timeline
Client Authorisations, certification and new forms – Transition period
Lodgement of paper transactions where the Certificate of Title is electronic (eCT)
Changes to over-the-counter lodgements
Land Legislation Amendment Bill 2017
Land Use Victoria moving to 2 Lonsdale St

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Customer information bulletin 162: Feb 2017

Registrar's requirements for paper conveyancing transactions – National Mortgage Form, client authorisations and certifications, refinance transactions to be lodged electronically
Forms – changes to form approvals
Delay to change of practice for Not in Common Ownership (NICO) plans
New lodgement option at Plan Acceptance – Plan Lodgement drop off
Update on bulk conversion of paper Certificate of Titles to electronic certificates of Titles, October 2016
Confirming note on priority notices

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2016

Customer information bulletin 161: Nov 2016

Land Registry Services – Christmas and new year closures
Priority notices
Announcing Land Use Victoria
Strata enhancement project
Electronic and paper Certificates of Title
Voiding Certificates of Title for common property folios
Victorian Water Register – general information on lodging documents for recording
Participation Rules and Operating Requirements for electronic conveyancing transactions

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Customer information bulletin 160: Oct 2016

22 October 2016 - Bulk conversion of paper Certificates of Title to electronic Certificates of Title
Electronic and paper Certificates of Title

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Customer information bulletin 159: Aug 2016

Registrar's requirements for paper conveyancing transactions - lodging mortgages and discharges of mortgage, bulk conversion of paper Certificates of Title to electronic Certificates of Title, introducing priority notices
Section 60 applications – critical deficiencies
New practice for Not in Common Ownership (NICO) plans
Transfer by direction
Changes to recording restrictive covenants on folios
Compliance examinations of subscribers to an ELN
Answering requisitions, stopped case notices and other correspondence

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Customer information bulletin 158: Jul 2016

Registrar's requirements for paper conveyancing transactions
Forms approval
Introduction of a Crown folio for Crown land records
New practice for Not in Common Ownership plans (NICO)
Co-operatives National Law (Victoria)
Victorian Water Register – Signing a transfer of water share and other documents under the Water Act 1989

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Customer information bulletin 157: May 2016

Lodging fees from 1 July 2016
Guides and fees calculators
Survey documents required when lodging a plan of subdivision or consolidation
New PEXA tool aids lodging caveats online

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Customer information bulletin 156: Mar 2016

Revised guides on VOI
Over-the-counter printing of Certificates of Title to cease
Changes to lodging mortgages and discharges of mortgage
Executions by foreign corporations in conveyancing transactions
Execution by markspersons

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Customer information bulletin 155: Feb 2016

Changes to lodging mortgages and discharges of mortgage
New verification of identity services for people overseas
Model Participation Rules (MPR) guidance notes
Historical aerial photographs
Lodging dealings by mail

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2015

Customer information bulletin 154: May 2015

Certificate of Title nomination process – further changes

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Customer information bulletin 153: Oct 2015

Verification of identity for paper conveyancing transactions
Invitation to comment on RIS closes mid-November
Lodgement of dealings by mail – reminder
Land Victoria plan lodgements
Execution by foreign corporations

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Customer information bulletin 152: Sept 2015

Participation Rules and Operating Requirements for electronic conveyancing transactions and Registrar's Requirements for paper conveyancing transactions

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Customer information bulletin 151: Sept 2015

Proposed Land Victoria fee regulations

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Customer information bulletin 150: Sept 2015

Registrar's Requirements for paper instruments - an update
New Forms guides and fees web page
Powers of Attorney Act 2014 - new requirements
Lodgement of dealings by correspondence
Image watermarks and page numbers
Electronic conveyancing – signing electronic instruments

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Customer information bulletin 149: May 2015

Registrar's Requirements for paper instruments – an update
New lodging fees from 1 July 2015
Certificate of Title nomination process
Certificates of Title and Administrative Notices
Waterway notation on plans

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Customer information bulletin 148: Mar 2015

Land Victoria moves to new department
Transfer functionality now in PEXA
New adverse possession forms and guides
Paper settlement with an electronic Certificate of Title
Certificate of Title nomination process
Revised guides
Joint proprietors, all deceased
Service of court documents on the Registrar of Titles
Victorian Water Register

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Customer information bulletin 147: Jan 2015

New caveat and withdrawal of caveat interactive forms and guides

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2014

Customer information bulletin 146

Paper settlement with an electronic Certificate of Title
Notices to caveators
Disclaimer of onerous freehold property
Recovery of possession by lessors – section 70 Transfer of Land Act
Conditions in Crown grants
Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution (GAIC)

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Customer information bulletin 145

Legislative changes to Transfer of Land Act 1958 effective 24 September 2014

Customer Information Bulletin 145/2014 (PDF, 66.7 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 145/2014 (DOC, 55.0 KB)

Customer information bulletin 144

Lodgement checklist requirements for adverse possession and amendment of title boundary applications
Aligning paper and electronic conveyancing – verification of identity
Attending a paper settlement when the Certificate of Title is electronic
Standardised caveat grounds of claim

Customer Information Bulletin 144/2014 (PDF, 435.7 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 144/2014 (DOC, 56.0 KB)

Customer information bulletin 143

New lodging fees from 1 July 2014
PEXA takes over from Electronic Conveyancing Victoria (ECV)
Caveat types
New interactive caveat forms
Caveat endorsement on folio search
Lodging subdivision applications online
Applications for discharges of mortgages on proof of payment – Registrar's requirements
Contact us – new page online

Customer Information Bulletin 143/2014 (PDF, 105.6 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 143/2014 (DOC, 54.5 KB)

2013

Customer information bulletin 142

Aligning paper and electronic conveyancing
Lodging requirements for applications to bring General law land under the Transfer of Land Act 1958
Nomination of Certificates of Title
Customer management of caveats – understanding when to consent and when not to consent to a dealing
Change of family name on forms
Opening Land Victoria forms
Transfer of Water Share by Mortgagee – changed procedures

Customer Information Bulletin 142/2013 (PDF, 272.9 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 142/2013 (DOC, 126.0 KB)

Customer information bulletin 141

National electronic conveyancing begins
Name used by registered proprietor
New fees
New forms
Delivery of Certificates of Title
Incorporated associations
Victorian Water Register

Customer Information Bulletin 141/2013 (PDF, 228.3 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 141/2013 (accessible version) (DOC, 81.0 KB)

Customer information bulletin 140

Electronic Conveyancing (Adoption of National Law) Act 2013
Changes to credit /debit card payment process
Certificate of title nomination process
Notice of Acquisition (NOA)
Use of approved forms
Tips for using new forms on DEPI website

Customer Information Bulletin 140/2013 (PDF, 341.6 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 140/2013 (DOC, 57.5 KB)

2012

Customer information bulletin 139

Changes to 'Made Available' process
Dealings by insolvent companies
Enhanced search services
Building subdivision boundaries

Customer Information Bulletin 139/2012 (PDF, 347.3 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 139/2012 (accessible version) (DOC, 1.0 MB)

Customer information bulletin 138

New Land Victoria forms – Discharge of Mortgage, Transfer of Land and Mortgage

Customer Information Bulletin 138/2012 (PDF, 577.5 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 138/2012 (accessible version) (DOC, 786.0 KB)

Customer information bulletin 137

Provisional Folio project for General law land – conversion of marketable parcels
Land Victoria can only deal with the lodging party
Folio versus Certificate of Title
Commencement of fee for pre-population of folio information

Customer Information Bulletin 137/2012 (PDF, 446.6 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 137/2012 (accessible version) (DOC, 41.5 KB)

Customer information bulletin 136

Changes to Land Victoria fees from 1 July 2012
Notice of Acquisition (NOA)
Section 89A of the Transfer of Land Act 1958, reminder
Adverse possession by joint beneficiaries
Accepting Section 45 transfers at Plan Acceptance
Other subdivision information

Customer Information Bulletin 136/2012 (PDF, 455.8 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 136/2012 (accessible version) (DOC, 46.5 KB)

Customer information bulletin 135

Land Victoria fee changes for Subdivision Act related lodgements
New forms for lodgement at Land Victoria
New caveat types introduced to EC

Customer Information Bulletin 135/2012 (PDF, 250.6 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 135/2012 (accessible version) (DOC, 1.3 MB)

2011

Customer information bulletin 134

Notice of Acquisition
Powers of Attorney
Caveat by registered proprietor
Restricted and accessory lots
Evidence in bankruptcy transmission applications
Contra proferentem rule
Land Victoria stock mortgage memorial register and register of crops and wool liens
Victorian Water Register

Customer Information Bulletin 134/2011 (PDF, 207.2 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 134/2011 (accessible version) (DOC, 75.0 KB)

Customer information bulletin 133

Subdivision (Registrar's Requirements) Regulations 2011
Subdivision (Procedures) Regulations 2011

Customer Information Bulletin 133/2011 (PDF, 108.3 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 133/2011 (accessible version) (DOC, 46.5 KB)

Customer information bulletin 132

Guidelines for preparing OCR-friendly bulk lodgement bundles
Name used by registered Proprietor
Company searches
Powers of Attorney
Caveats and removal of caveats
Court proceedings where the Registrar is joined for procedural reasons
Building Scheme covenants

Customer Information Bulletin 132/2011 (PDF, 200.5 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 132/2011 (accessible version) (DOC, 75.0 KB)

Customer information bulletin 131

Making payments to the Water Registrar

Customer Information Bulletin 131/2011 (PDF, 97.8 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 131/2011 (accessible version) (DOC, 39.0 KB)

Customer information bulletin 130

Customer Information Bulletin 130 explains the Climate Change Act 2010, and how forest rights operate

Customer Information Bulletin 130/2011 (PDF, 208.5 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 130/2011 (accessible version) (DOC, 57.0 KB)

Customer information bulletin 129

Making payments to the Water Registrar – important new requirements regarding cheques
Showing trusts on Water Shares

Customer Information Bulletin 129/2011 (PDF, 145.9 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 129/2011 (accessible version) (DOC, 44.0 KB)

Customer information bulletin 128

Removal of 'purchaser' caveats
Caveats and a transfer by mortgage (correction of error in CIB No. 125/2010)
Land Victoria Stock Mortgage Memorial Register

Customer Information Bulletin 128/2011 (PDF, 139.9 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 128/2011 (accessible version) (DOC, 46.5 KB)

Customer information bulletin 127

Top tips for completing Land Victoria forms
CIBs no longer printed – available online only from May 2011

Customer Information Bulletin 127/2011 (PDF, 189.1 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 127/2011 (accessible version) (DOC, 66.0 KB)

2010

Customer information bulletin 126

Section 35 plans
Land Victoria payment methods
Single signing in Electronic Conveyancing

Customer Information Bulletin 126/2010 (PDF, 400.1 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 126/2010 (accessible version) (DOC, 167.0 KB)

Customer information bulletin 125

Elimination of cheques as a payment method
Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution
Business practice clarifications
Electronic Conveyancing
Caveats and transfer by mortgagee
Drafting leases

Customer Information Bulletin 125/2010 (PDF, 104.5 KB)
Customer Information Bulletin 125/2010 (accessible version) (DOC, 113.5 KB)

Customer information bulletin 124

Changes to search fees and user charges from 1 July 2010

Customer Information Bulletin 124/2010 (PDF, 86.0 KB)

Customer information bulletin 123

Land Victoria lodgement fees from 1 July 2010

Customer Information Bulletin 123/2010 (PDF, 171.3 KB)

Customer information bulletin 122

Legislative changes to Transfer of Land Act 1958 and Subdivision Act 1988 effective 1 May 2010

Customer Information Bulletin 122/2010 (PDF, 107.9 KB)

2009

Customer information bulletin 121

Lodging online using EC
Reminder of changes to payment methods for lodgement fees

Customer Information Bulletin 121/2009 (PDF, 66.7 KB)

Customer information bulletin 120

Land Registration Services

Limit to over-the-counter lodgements
Changes to payment methods for Land Victoria lodgement fees
Electronic caveats online
Alerts on unregistered plans
Catchment and Land Protection (CaLP) Section 90 certificates

Victorian Water Register

Unconfirmed ownership of water shares in the Southern Declared Water Systems
End of 'no recording fee' on Discharge of Mortgage on a water share

Customer Information Bulletin 120/2009 (PDF, 68.9 KB)

Customer information bulletin 119

New Land Victoria search fees and user charges from 1 July 2009

Customer Information Bulletin 119/2009 (PDF, 59.9 KB)

Customer information bulletin 118

New Land Victoria fees - changes to lodgement fees from 1 July 2009

Customer Information Bulletin 118/2009 (PDF, 91.8 KB)

Customer information bulletin 117

Land Registration Services

Caveats online
Interactive forms
Plan lodgement checklists
Land Victoria plan requirements reminder
Checking for street addresses

Victorian Water Register

Changing your name in the Water Register
Unconfirmed ownership of water shares in southern and northern declared water systems
Lodging documents for recording in the Water Register

Customer Information Bulletin 117/2009 (PDF, 214.4 KB)

Customer information bulletin 116

Plan requirements reminder
Plan lodgement checklists
General reminders when preparing caveats
Changes to Search Register Statement

Customer Information Bulletin 116/2009 (PDF, 116.6 KB)

2008

Customer information bulletin 115

Changes to lodgement requirements for plans of subdivision and consolidation
Changes to 'made available' process
Return of old style paper or parchment certificates of title
Document signing
Adelaide Bank merger
T2 Transfer of Land form

Customer Information Bulletin 115/2008 (PDF, 61.7 KB)

Customer information bulletin 114

Planning Certificate fee increase

Customer Information Bulletin 114/2008 (PDF, 65.0 KB)

Customer information bulletin 113

Victorian Water Register

Further extension of waiver for recording fee on a discharge of mortgage of water share
Unconfirmed ownership of water shares in Northern Victorian declared water systems
Lodging documents for recording in the Water Register

Land Registration Services

Dealings on folios affected by various notices
Refused dealings
New LANDATA product – Verify Title Search
LANDATA Planning Certificate delivers on authority, price and service

Customer Information Bulletin 113/2008 (PDF, 128.3 KB)

Customer information bulletin 112

Land Victoria fees – Search fees and user charges from 1 July 2008
Landata service charges from 1 July 2008
Electronic Conveyancing fees and user charges from 1 October 2008

Customer Information Bulletin 112/2008 (PDF, 60.1 KB)

Customer information bulletin 111

Land Victoria fees – Changes to lodgement fees from 1 July 2008

Customer Information Bulletin 111/2008 (PDF, 92.5 KB)

Customer information bulletin 110

Unbundling of water entitlements in southern Victoria

Customer Information Bulletin 110/2008 (PDF, 59.5 KB)

Customer information bulletin 109

Victorian Water Register

Confirmation of ownership of Water Shares, Transfer of Water Shares and Forms

Land Registration Services

Name used by registered proprietors
Abbreviated names of companies/incorporated associations

Customer Information Bulletin 109/2008 (PDF, 68.2 KB)

2007

Customer information bulletin 108

Electronic Conveyancing Release 2.0 commences

Customer Information Bulletin 108/2007 (PDF, 59.0 KB)

Customer information bulletin 107

Owners Corporation Act 2006

Customer Information Bulletin 107/2007 (PDF, 1.3 MB)

Customer information bulletin 106

Revised Transfer of Land Act Lodgement Fees from 5 November 2007
electronic/paper transactions

Customer Information Bulletin 106/2007 (PDF, 63.6 KB)

Customer information bulletin 105

Register Search Statement improvements
Enhancements to Crown Land Status Report

Customer Information Bulletin 105/2007 (PDF, 60.1 KB)

Customer information bulletin 104

Land Victoria Water Share Transaction Fees

Customer Information Bulletin 104/2007 (PDF, 62.2 KB)

Customer information bulletin 103

Victorian Water Register

Customer Information Bulletin 103/2007 (PDF, 45.9 KB)

Customer information bulletin 102

Land Victoria Fees
Changes to Search Fees from July 2007

Customer Information Bulletin 102/2007 (PDF, 61.8 KB)

Customer information bulletin 101

Land Victoria fees
Changes to Lodgement Fees from 1 July 2007

Customer Information Bulletin 101/2007 (PDF, 60.2 KB)

Customer information bulletin 100

New fees as at 1 July 2007

Customer Information Bulletin 100/2007 (PDF, 43.7 KB)

Customer information bulletin 99

Property Transaction Alert Service
Section 173 Planning and Environment Act Agreements

Customer Information Bulletin 99/2007 (PDF, 48.1 KB)

Customer information bulletin 98

Generic Mortgage forms
Considerations in transfers and duty assessed
Evidence requirements in Section 22(1B) applications

Customer Information Bulletin 98/2007 (PDF, 241.4 KB)

Customer information bulletin 97

SPEAR Project

Customer Information Bulletin 97/2007 (PDF, 120.1 KB)

2006

Customer information bulletin 96

Lodging Book

Customer Information Bulletin 96/2006 (PDF, 36.4 KB)

Customer information bulletin 95

Body Corporate Information

Customer Information Bulletin 95/2006 (PDF, 57.2 KB)

Customer information bulletin 94

Victorian electronic conveyancing commences

Customer Information Bulletin 94/2006 (PDF, 236.0 KB)

Customer information bulletin 93

New search and lodgement fees as at 1 July 2006
Folios affected by a body corporate

Customer Information Bulletin 93/2006 (PDF, 55.3 KB)

Customer information bulletin 92

T2 transfers affecting a covenant or easement

Customer Information Bulletin 92/2006 (PDF, 31.9 KB)

2005

Customer information bulletin 91

Certification of Company Searches - an update
Notices to Caveators
Statutory Declarations and statements of Witness Qualification
Confirmations
Dealings by Insolvent Companies
Legal Profession Act 2004
Annexure Pages in dealings lodged
Tenancy in common in unequal shares
Considerations in Transfers
Registration Notification Report

Customer Information Bulletin 91/2005 (PDF, 41.6 KB)

Customer information bulletin 90

Caveats affecting multiple dwelling folios
Certification of company searches
New lodgement fees from 1 July 2005
Guidelines for the preparation of agreements under Section 173 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987
Section 173 Agreements
GST and consideration in a transfer
Change to VOTS search output

Customer Information Bulletin 90/2005 (PDF, 41.9 KB)

2004

Customer information bulletin 89

Planning Certificates
Crown Land Status Reports Online
Government Gazettes Online
Bank Integration Act 1992
Notices of Acquisition
State Revenue Office – opening hours

Customer Information Bulletin 89/2004 (PDF, 3.7 MB)

Customer information bulletin 88

SPEAR Streamlined Planning through Electronic Applications and Referrals
Changes to registration processes in Land Registry

Customer Information Bulletin 88/2004 (PDF, 115.7 KB)

Customer information bulletin 87

New search and lodgement fees 2004
The Land Registry Lodging Book

Customer Information Bulletin 87/2004 (PDF, 164.2 KB)

Customer information bulletin 86

Change in practice where a company is a mortgagor
Dating of All Mortgages
No duplicate or triplicate instruments to be lodged
Transfer of Land (General) Regulations 2004 – Superfluous markings on documents
Important Notice To Users Of The Combined Form [T1 Transfer and Notice Of Acquisition]
Adverse possession applications
Section 60 of the Transfer of Land Act 1958 (TLA)
Important change to Land Registry practice – New approved forms

Customer Information Bulletin 86/2004 (PDF, 72.4 KB)

Customer information bulletin 85

Review of fees regulations

Customer Information Bulletin 85/2004 (PDF, 30.2 KB)

2003

Customer information bulletin 84

Practice relating to powers of attorney
Plans and diagrams in dealings
Signing of Land Registry documents by current practitioners
Lodgement of duplicate mortgages with discharges

Customer Information Bulletin 84/2003 (PDF, 33.4 KB)

Customer information bulletin 83

Notices of acquisition
Amendment of dealings by agents
Patent errors
Caveats claiming an interest under a deceased estate
Things to consider when drafting leases and restrictive covenants
New location for Planning Certificates
Consents by mortgagees to leases, easements or restrictive covenants
"Withdrawal" of unrecorded caveats

Customer Information Bulletin 83/2003 (PDF, 191.4 KB)

Customer information bulletin 82

Title Plans
Y Dealing Numbers
Use of Post Office as Address for Body Corporate
Stratum Title Service Company Shares
Change of Customer Names in VOTS
Government Gazettes
Land Registry Customer Service Committees
Certification of a Probate or Letters of Administration

Customer Information Bulletin 82/2003 (PDF, 48.2 KB)

2002

Customer information bulletin 81

Changes to return of duplicate titles process
Transmission applications – new endorsement practice
Preparation of caveats
Titles made available
failure to endorse orders to register
VOTS folio search – new land description
Subdivision Act plan lodgement checklist
Improvement to the issuing of document process
Your guide to lost / New Title Applications
Archiving Of Title Records

Customer Information Bulletin 81/2002 (PDF, 471.2 KB)

2001

Customer information bulletin 80

Caveators Consent
VOTS Folio Search
New Land Descriptions
Regulation 57 Of The Subdvision (Procedures) 2000

Customer Information Bulletin 80/2001 (PDF, 52.9 KB)

Customer information bulletin 79

Folio Search
New Features
General Law Conversion Subsidy Finishing
Change of Lodgement Practice
Approved Forms and the Illegal use of Photocopies
Identity of Private Caveators
Subdivision (Body Corporate) Regulations 2001
Combined Transfer (TI) and Notice of Acquisition Form
Self Service Search

Customer Information Bulletin 79/2001 (PDF, 61.2 KB)

Customer information bulletin 78

Consideration for 'Off the Plan' Purchases
Combination of (T1) Transfer and Notice of Acquisition Forms
Lost Titles
New Practice for Section 31

Customer Information Bulletin 78/2001 (PDF, 45.3 KB)

2000

Customer information bulletin 77

Conversion Plans Pursuant to Section 98CA(1) Transfer of Land Act 1958 (TLA)
Lease Pursuant to Section 66 TLA
Application by Legal Personal Representative Section 49 TLA
Recording the Transferee as a Legal Personal Representative of a Deceased Person
Caveat Notices
The Subdivision (Body Corporate) (Interim) Regulations 2000
Return of Paper (Parchment) Duplicate Titles- Subdivision (Procedures) Regulations 2000

Customer Information Bulletin 77/2000 (PDF, 39.3 KB)