For industry professionals
Land Title Practice Manual
The Land Title Practice Manual for industry professionals details the requirements for completing and lodging land registry forms.
The manual is updated frequently. You can read the list of important updates on the site. To receive notification about updates subscribe to the Titles Registry Alert mailing list.
Fee calculators
Use the online calculator or the downloadable version to calculate the lodgement fees payable on commonly lodged land registry forms.
Forms—land registry
- Land registry forms and guides for completing them.
- Regular users of these forms may prefer to subscribe to the forms on disk service.
Registrar of Titles Directions for the Preparation of Plans
The Registrar of Titles directions for the preparation of plans, Ver 3.7 details the standards and specifications for the types of plans acceptable to the Titles Registry.
These Directions are modified periodically, and changes from previous versions are detailed in Notifications of amendments.
Survey standards and requirements
Registered surveyors in Queensland must comply with survey standards and requirements provided by the Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM).
To address issues regarding ownership of, and public access to, beaches and other tidal areas, the stay on the registration of survey plans with tidal boundaries has been extended until 8 May 2010.
To receive email notification of updates about survey practice, practitioners can subscribe to the Surveying Alerts mailing list.
Titles Registry alerts
- Titles Registry Alerts provide information about recent policy, fee and legislation changes and other important business matters.
- Subscribe to the Titles Registry Alert mailing list for emailed alerts and updates from the Land Title Practice Manual on the preparation and lodgement of land registry documents and other relevant information.
Online dealings status search
This free online search facility provides basic information on the current status of dealings received in the Titles Registry.
Contacts
For further information, please contact the Titles Registry.Related information
In Queensland, a statutory covenant is a written agreement in a prescribed form that may be registered on title to ensure that the obligation to comply with the covenant is transferred to another person with the transfer of title to the land.
Last updated: 12 November 2009