Index to the Land Registry rules

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On this page you can find out more about the Land Registry rules that apply and where they can be found in the legislation.

A

Land registry rule	Rule number
Abandonment	Rule 202
Absolute title	Section 15, 20, Rule11
Address	Rule 194
Adjournment of proceedings	Rule 200
Adverse possession – first registration	Sections 14, 17, Rule 11
Adverse possession – registered land	Section 53, Rule 115
Alteration of documents	Rule 34
Approval of draft	Rule 172
Appurtenance	Section 51, Rule147
Area	Section 63
Assent	Rule 42
Attestation	Rule 175
Attorney	Rules 176, 177

B

Land registry rule	Rule number
Bankruptcy	See Insolvency
Blind person	Rule 175
Boundaries	Sections 62, 64, Rules 144-146
Burdens – generally	Sections 38-50, Sch.5-6, Rules 59-65
Burdens – cancellation	Section 48, Rules 64, 148, 163
Burdens – merger	Rule 116
Burdens – modification	Section 48, Rule 64
Burdens – priority	Section 40, Rules 61-63
Burdens – will, created by	Rules 42, 45

C

Land registry rule	Rule number
Caution against dealings	Sections 58, 65-66, Rules 98-103
Caution against first registration	Section 65, Rules 17-21
Caution against reclassification of title	Rule 104
Cellar	Rule 25
Certificate of charge	Section 79, Rules 121-140
Certified copy	Rule 2
Charges – generally	Sections 41-46, Sch. 7
Charges – cancellation	Section 49, Rules 72-74
Charges – company	Rule 68
Charges – form	Rule 66
Charges – modification	Rule 74
Charges – mortgage operating as	Rule 71
Charges – new folio	Rule 60
Charges – ownership of	Rules 5, 70
Charges – part of land in folio	Rule 30
Charges – power to charge	Section 42, 44
Charges – priority of	Rules 61-63
Charges – receipt	Rule 72
Charges – release	Rule 73
Charges – sale of land by charge owner	Sch. 7, Rule 41
Charges – settlement	Rule 63
Charges – sub-charge	Rule 69
Charges – transfer of charge	Rule 67
Charges – transmission	Rule 42
Charges – trustee	Section 45
Charging order – generally	Sch. 6, Rule 88
Charging order – cancellation	Rule 90
Charitable trusts	Section 56, Sch. 8
Class of ownership	Section 12
Class of title	Section 13, Rule 5
Compensation	Sections 71, Sch. 9, Rules 203, 220
Compulsory registration	Sections 24-25, Sch. 2
Conclusiveness	Sections 11, 64
Conveyancing formalities	Section 35
Contracts	Section 76
Co-ownership	Section 55, Rules 28, 47
Corporate body – generally	Sections 35, 58, Rule 150
Corporate body – crystallised charge	Rule 95
Corporate body – liquidator / administrator	Rule 166
Costs	Section 57, Rules 204, 205
Crown land	Sections 77-78
Court – judicial notice	Sch. 1
Court – jurisdiction	Sections 4-9

D

Land registry rule	Rule number
Date of registration	Rules 15, 35
Dealings with registered land	Section 32
Death – full owner	Rule 49
Death – joint tenant	Rule 47
Death – transmissions	Sections 33, 37, Rules 39-40
Defeasance	Section 36, Rule 52
Delay	Rule 202
Deposit of land certificate	Section 50, Rules 129, 137
Description of land	Sections 63-64, Rules 5, 149
Disclosure, affidavit of	Rule 27
Documents	Rules 172-182
Duplicate certificate	Rules 132-4

E

Land registry rule	Rule number
Easement	Rule 94
Electronic registration	Sections 32, 32A, Sch. 1A, Rules 31, 120, 121
Enforcement order	Sch. 6, Rules 89-90
Errors	Section 69, Rules 34, 148, 164
Evidence	Rules 178, 198, 200
Examination of title	Sections 28-31, Rules 22-23, 56, 64, 74, 90
Execution	Section 74, Rules 94, 175-176

F

Land registry rule	Rule number
Fax searches	Rules 189, 216
Fee farm grant	Section 16, Rule 79
Fees	Section 84, Rules 11, 31, 189, 216
First registration – general	Sections 14-25, Rules 11-16
First registration – caution against	Section 65, Rules 17-21
First registration – compulsory	Sections 24-25, Sch. 2
Fishing right	Sch. 2, Rule 80
Flats	Rules 25-26
Folio – alteration	Rule 148
Folio – authentication	Rule 8
Folio – editions	Rule 9
Folio – form	Rule 5
Folio book	Rules 7-8, 124
Foreshore	Section 78, Rule 14
Fraud	Sections 82-83
Friendly society	Rule 152

G

Land registry rule	Rule number
Good leasehold title	Sections 19-23, Rule 13
Good fee farm grant title	Section 16, Rule 11
Ground rents	Rules 116A, 222A-H

H

Land registry rule	Rule number
Hearings – adverse possession	Section 53
Hearings – boundaries	Rule 146
Hearings – cautions	Rule 101
Hearings – inhibitions	Rule 109
Hearings – investigation of title	Rule 190
Hearings – objections	Rules 19, 101
Hearings – proceedings	Rule 190
Hearings – statutory charges	Rule 222

I

Land registry rule	Rule number
Identity, affidavit or certificate of	Rules 42, 44, 49
Indemnity of officials	Section 3, Rule 219
Index of names	Rule 10
Inhibitions	Sections 67-68, Rules 105-114
Inland revenue charge	Rules 76-77
Insolvency	Sections 59, 59A, 67A, Rules 153-166
Intestacy	Rules 42, 46

J

Land registry rule	Rule number
Joint tenant	Section 55, Rule 47
Judgement	Sch. 6, Rules 85-87, 161

L

Land registry rule	Rule number
Land certificate – authentication	Rules 120, 123
Land certificate – custody	Rule 75
Land certificate – certification	Rules 120, 125
Land certificate – delivery	Rules 123, 125, 138-139
Land certificate – deposit	Section 50, Rules 128-129, 137
Land certificate – evidential value	Rule 127
Land certificate – form	Rule 120
Land certificate – generally	Section 79
Land certificate – issue	Rule 119
Land certificate – new	Rules 9, 132-133
Land certificate – order for production	Rules 31, 129
Land certificate – production	Rule 128
Land certificate – re-issue	Rules125, 131, 139
Land certificate – separate certificates	Rules 124, 126
Lands tribunal	Sections 60-61, 71, 82, Sch. 9, Rule 181
Leasehold estates	Sections 19-23, 27, Rules 116-117, 169-171
Letters of administration	Rules 42-49
Lien	Section 54A, Rule 81
Limited ownership (termination)	Sch. 4, Rule 48

M

Land registry rule	Rule number
Map, registry	Sections 62-64, Rules 30, 141-146
Map in document	Rule 34
Matrimonial charge	Sch. 6, Rules 92-93
Mines and minerals	Sections 11, 24, Sch. 5, Rule 24
Minor	Section 60, Rules 167-168
Mortgage	Sections 41, 46, 58, Sch. 7, Rule 71

N

Land registry rule	Rule number
Note of death	Rules 47, 49

O

Land registry rule	Rule number
Objections – cautioner	Section 65, Rule 19
Objections – first registration	Section 28, Rule 101
Objections – inhibition	Rules 109, 111, 112
Objections – lodgement	Rule 191
Objections – order for production	Rule 129
Objections – possessory title	Section 53, Rule 115
Objections – procedure in registry	Rule 191
Objections – reclassification of title	Rule 57
Objections – rectification	Section 69
Objections – registration of dealing	Rules 57, 101, 112, 191
Obsolete documents	Rule 182
Orders charging land	See Charging orders
Owners	Section 12

P

Land registry rule	Rule number
Pending action	Sch. 6, Rule 91
Pending dealing	Rules 37, 39, 40, 201
Possessory title	Section 17, Rule 11
Presentation of dealings	Rules 31, 39, 195
Priority – burdens	Sections 40-43, Rules 61-62
Priority – dealings	Rules 33-34
Priority – deposit of certificate	Rules 129, 137
Priority – priority search	Rule 188
Priority – settlement	Rule 63
Priority – statutory charge	Rule 207
Profit-a-prendre	Sch. 5- 6, Rules 80, 94

Q

Land registry rule	Rule number
Qualified title	Sections 18, 23, Rule 11

R

Land registry rule	Rule number
Reception of dealings – change of interest	Rules 39, 40, 201
Reception of dealings – conditions	Rules 31, 195
Reception of dealings – death after	Rules 40, 201
Reception of dealings – order	Rule 33
Reception of dealings – procedure	Rule 37
Reclassification of title	Section 26, Sch. 3, Rules 53-58
Records	Section 85A
Rectification	Sections 62, 69, Rules 34, 148, 164
Register	Section 10, Rules 58, 148-149
Registrar’s powers – affidavit	Section 29, Rule 199
Registrar’s powers – appeal	Section 6
Registrar’s powers – appurtenant rights	Section 51
Registrar’s powers – boundaries	Sections 62, 64
Registrar’s powers – bankruptcy	Sections 59, 67A
Registrar’s powers – burdens	Section 48, Sch. 5-6
Registrar’s powers – caution	Sections 65-66
Registrar’s powers – charge	Sections 41, 49, 58, Sch.7
Registrar’s powers – compensation	Rule 203
Registrar’s powers – co-owners	Section 55
Registrar’s powers – court	Sections 6, 9, 53, Rule 192
Registrar’s powers – decisions	Rule 190
Registrar’s powers – description of land	Section 63
Registrar’s powers – defeasance	Section 36
Registrar’s powers – directions	Section 32, Rule 173
Registrar’s powers – enforcement	Section 8
Registrar’s powers – errors	Sections 68-69
Registrar’s powers – examination of title	Section 28
Registrar’s powers – first registration	Sections 14, 18-19, Sch. 2
Registrar’s powers – foreshore	Section 78
Registrar’s powers – formalities	Rule 200
Registrar’s powers – improper forms	Rule 174
Registrar’s powers – inhibition	Sections 67-68
Registrar’s powers – irregularity	Rule 200
Registrar’s powers – management	Section 1, Sch. 1
Registrar’s powers – map	Section 62, Rules 141-149
Registrar’s powers – objections	Rules 101, 109, 115, 191
Registrar’s powers – order	Rules 9, 129, 178, 197
Registrar’s powers – proceedings	Rule 190
Registrar’s powers – person entitled to be registered	Section 33
Registrar’s powers – procedure	Rule 200
Registrar’s powers – production of documents	Sections 30-31
Registrar’s powers – records	Section 85A
Registrar’s powers – service	Rule 197
Registrar’s powers – statutory charges	Sections 86, 91
Registrar’s powers – summons	Section 2, Rules 193, 218
Registrar’s powers – transfers	Section 34
Registry map	Sections 62-64, Rules 141-149
Rent charge	Rules 78, 80
Reservations	Section 74
Residence, right of	Section 47
Rules	Section 85

S

Land registry rule	Rule number
Schedule folio	Rule 6
Searches	Section 81, Rules 183-189, 214-216
Settlement (See also Trustee)	Section 56, Sch. 8, Rules 48-51
Souvenir land	Section 50A
Sporting right	Sch. 2, Rules 80, 94
Statutory charges register	Sections 86-92, Sch. 11, Rules 206-222
Statutory declaration	Rules 198-199
Statutory prohibition note	Rule 97
Sub-charge	Rule 69
Summons by Registrar	Rule 193

T

Land registry rule	Rule number
Tenant in common	Section 55, Rule 28
Tenant for life	See Limited Ownership
Transfer	Sections 44-45, Rules 41-44
Transmission	Section 37, Sch. 4, Rules 42-49
Trustee	Section 57, Rules 50, 51, 81, 151
Trusts	Section 54, Sch. 8

U

Land registry rule	Rule number
Unsound mind	Section 61

V

Land registry rule	Rule number
Vesting by Irish Land Commission	Section 80, Sch. 10

W

Land registry rule	Rule number
Will	Rules 42, 44, 45
Words of transfer	Section 35

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