Land title lodgements

Conveyancing transactions and changes to land title ownership are lodged with the ACT Land Titles Office (LTO) for recognition on the ACT Land Titles Register.

The ACT Land Titles Register is the official record of who owns property in the ACT including registered interests on the property such as a mortgage or caveat.

Lodgements can be made by:

Forms and guidance notes

Fees are updated on 1 July of every year.

Seller verification declaration form

You must use the Seller verification declaration form if you are selling land and lodging any of the following:

Buyer verification declaration form

You must use the Buyer verification declaration form if you are buying land and lodging any of the following:

Self-representation

Self-Represented Parties are individuals who want to prepare and lodge their own documentation with the LTO.

Use one of the Self-Represented Party Lodgement Packs:

If you choose to self-represent yourself in the lodgement process, you have 2 options:

Make an appointment

The LTO is located at the Dickson Specialised Centre, 480 Northbourne Avenue, Dickson ACT. To attend the Specialised Centre, you must make an appointment.

Verifying your identity

As a Self-Represented Party, you are responsible for verifying your identity per the Land Titles (Verification of Identity) Rules 2020.

To have your identity verified you will need to see an ‘Authorised person’ to certify your documents. An Authorised person is:

Verifying your authority to deal on the land

You also need to provide evidence that you have the authority to deal on the land per the Land Titles (Verification of Authority) Rules 2020.

The LTO will only accept your lodgement if you include:

The LTO will check your documents before accepting the lodgement.

Legal practitioners and financial institutions

Legal practitioners and financial institutions can use electronic conveyancing (e-conveyancing) to lodge documentation.

They must verify your identity first, and also gain your authority to transact on your behalf.

E-conveyancing

The ACT uses an e-conveyancing platform called PEXA to streamline the property transaction process.

Under the Electronic Conveyancing National Law (ACT) Participation Rules 2021 only your legal practitioner or financial institution can use e-conveyancing.

If your representative is a PEXA subscriber you can track the settlement through a smartphone app.

Mortgage Validation Service

Financial institutions that hold mortgages in the ACT can use this service to:

The fee for this service is $6.60 per mortgage.

Help to fill in application forms

To help you fill in land title application forms, you should:

Avoid common errors

If you need your details changed, check it matches what’s on the land title. This includes:

You can avoid most of these errors by using Title Search on ACTLIS.

If your land titles application is not correct

Mistakes and missing information can lead to costly delays:

Requisition fees

You will pay a requisition fee if we need to:

Fees depend on how complex the application is. Check the list of simple and complex applications below.

Requisition fees are:

Requisition fees will apply to applications lodged from 11 June 2024.

Get your application checked before you lodge

A pre-lodgement check will:

Fees for a pre-lodgement check depend on how complex your application is. Check the list of simple and complex applications below.

Fees for pre-lodgement checks are:

You can get a pre-lodgement check:

Simple and complex land title applications

Simple applications
Complex applications

Bulletins, waivers and memorandums

ACT Land Titles Bulletin

Access Canberra publishes bulletins to let you know about new procedures and current issues that affect the LTO.

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