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Public guidance

Visit our public guidance page for a range of property matters including property ownership, registering property and property boundaries. This guidance is aimed primarily at members of the public and professionals who are not conveyancers.

Webinars

Visit our GoToWebinar stage to watch live, recorded and short bite-sized webinars covering submitting digital applications, avoiding requisitions, products and services, plans, leases and first registrations. You can alsowatch recordings of our webinarswith captions on our captioned Webinar channel.

Popular webinars include:

• Search of the Index Map (SIM)
• Restrictions entry, removal and compliance
• Introducing Form RXC

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Podcasts

Visit our Soundcloud channel to hear HM Land Registry experts talk about our land-registration practices, products and services.

Download the transcripts:

• Avoiding Variations in Names podcast (ODT, 17.1 KB)
• Feedback and the form RXC podcast (ODT, 14.1 KB)
• Digital by default podcast (ODT, 11.7 KB)

Videos

Visit our YouTube channel for a variety of helpful videos on land registration topics .

Commonly viewed videos include:

• How to fill in form AP1
• How to fill in form AS1
• How to fill in form RX3
• HM Land Registrys MapSearch - user guide

Checklists

Use our checklists to help you avoid requisitions.

• Application for registered land (PDF,44.8 KB, 1 page)
• Application for registered land (HTML)
• Application for first registration (MS Word Document, 26.3 KB)
• Application for first registration (HTML)
• Extension of leases: submitting an application to register the surrender and regrant of a leasehold estate (HTML)
• Quick wins for fewer requisitions (ODT, 40.6 KB)

Flowcharts

Use our flowcharts to help you avoid requisitions.

• Variations in names flowchart (PDF, 1.44 MB, 1 page)
• Fees flowchart (PDF, 106 KB, 1 page)

Practice guides

See our practice guides for detailed information on land registration. These guides are aimed primarily at conveyancers and often deal with complex matters and use legal terms.

Commonly viewed practice guides include:

• Notices, restrictions and protection of third-party interests (PG19)
• Execution of deeds (PG8)
• First registrations (PG1)

Guidance pages

Visit our individual guidance pages to access training materials and information on the following topics:

Business Gateway

• Help for business customers who use a case management system to access conveyancing services through Business Gateway.

Digital applications

• Help for business customers to submit applications digitally.

Digital Registration Service

• Help for business customers to submit applications digitally using the HM Land Registry portal.

Execution of deeds

• How to ensure deeds are validly executed before they are submitted with applications for registration.

Fees

• Help with calculating the correct fee for HM Land Registry applications and services.

First registrations

• Help with registering unregistered land for the first time, including registering land when deeds are lost or destroyed.

Forms

• Help with downloading and using the correct forms for your application.

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