Lists and registers
Public registers maintained by the department, which are are generally created and maintained under statute, include the following:
Registers included in the Titles Registry
- Documents under part 18 of the Property Law Act 1974 register
- Freehold land register
Details of ownership and other interests and transactions relating to freehold land - Foreign ownership of land register
All prescribed forms lodged under the Foreign Ownership of Land Act. - Harbour Board leases register
- Leasehold land register
Details of ownership and other interests and transactions relating to leasehold land - Licences and permits register
- Power of attorney register
- Reserves and trustees of trust land register
- State housing leases register
- Unallocated State land register
- Water allocations register
Record of ownership and other information on water allocations. To have effect, the trade of a water allocation must be recorded on the register.
Searching the registers
You can search these registers at DERM business centres after paying the prescribed fee. Some searches can be conducted online using public access providers licensed by the department.
Registers maintained under the Valuation of Land Act 1944
- Valuation roll
Details of the name and address of the owner of a parcel of land, the current unimproved value of the land, its property description, and the sale price and date of sale of each property. - Section 81 notices (Form 24s)
These notices include details of the purchaser, vendor and consideration under a contract of sale.
Searching the registers
You can search these registers at DERM business centres after paying the prescribed fee.
Registers maintained under the Water Act 2000
- Water allocations register
- Water authorisations register
Copies of water entitlements (licences, allocations and interim allocations)
Searching the registers
You can search these registers at DERM business centres after paying the prescribed fee.
Registers maintained under the Environmental Protection Act 1994
- Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) Register
- Environmental Management and Contaminated Land registers
Details of land that has been used for a notifiable activity or contaminated by a hazardous contaminant.
Searching the registers
You can search:
- the EIS register at DERM business centres after paying the prescribed fee
- the Environmental Management and Contaminated Land registers online, or you can post, fax, or email the department a search request.
Registers maintained under the Nature Conservation Act 1992
- Estate Register
Information on protected areas gazetted under the Act, including current and historic records.
- Protected Area Management Plan Register
Approved management plans prepared after the dedication of a national park (scientific), a national park, a national park (recovery), a conservation park or a resources reserve, or after the declaration of a nature refuge, a coordinated conservation or a wilderness area.
Searching the registers
You can search these registers at DERM business centres after paying the prescribed fee.
Other registers
- Queensland Heritage Register
A list of places, trees, natural formations, and buildings of cultural heritage significance. Once a place is entered in the register, the Queensland Heritage Council must assess any changes to be made to it.
Summary information on some places in the Queensland Heritage Register.
Searching the register
- Application form to order an extract from the register (fees apply).
Last updated: 02 September 2009