Land Registry Act 1862
Act of Parliament | |
Long title | An Act to facilitate Proof of Title to, and the Conveyance of, Real Estates. |
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Citation | 25 & 26 Vict. c. 53 |
Territorial extent | England and Wales |
Dates | |
Royal assent | 29 July 1862 |
Other legislation | |
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Status: Repealed | |
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Revised text of statute as amended |
The Land Registry Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 53) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was the country's first attempt at a system of universal land registration, specifically a title register, applying to England and Wales.[2] It replaced several local deed registries throughout England, which had been established in the early 1700s in order to protect against fraud conducted by undisclosed prior incumbrances on titles.[3][4] The legislation simplified the transfer of land.[3] At the time, land ownership was difficult and expensive, and usually only done by the very privileged.[3] Registration under the 1862 act was also expensive, partially because it was necessary to map and survey the entirety of the property (this was fixed by later legislation).[4] 2,000 properties were registered under the act.[2]
Opponents of deed registration at the time claimed that a general registry was unnecessary.[4] Conditions of sale at the time circumvented a number of the problems that motivated the legislation, in practice.[4] A system of deeds registration was also considered at the time: title registration was a new and untried system.[4] The prior deed registries had a number of problems, including those relating to notice, and the lack of standardized and reliable indexes to the considerably large documents.[4] General registry bills had previously been narrowly lost in Parliament in 1740 and 1758.[5]
This system quickly proved seriously flawed due to high costs and long delays.[5] Following further attempts in 1875 (a failure) and 1897 (a near-failure), the present system was brought into force by the Land Registration Act 1925,[4] as amended by the Land Registration Act 2002.
Registry
The register was divided into three main parts: one with details on the properties and their locations, one with details on the owners and sales, and one with details on mortgages and leases.[2] These were called "The Register of Estates of Indefeasible Title to Land", "The Record of Title to Lands on the Register", and "The Register of Mortgages and Incumbrances" respectively.[2]
About 2,000 properties were registered under the act, and the final register comprised 272 volumes.[2] "Instrument Books" were also kept, containing documents like deeds, plans, and marriage certificates to verify contents of the registry.[2] The first registered title (Title Number 1) corresponded to the properties Crane Hall and The Chantry of Fitzroy Kelly, registered in 1863.[3]
Notes
This article incorporates content from the following article: Land registration.
References
- ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ^ a b c d e f "HM Land Registry: 1862 Act Register". GOV.UK. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d "1862 property ownership records released". GOV.UK. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g Howell, Jean (July 1999). "Deeds Registration in England: A Complete Failure?". The Cambridge Law Journal. 58 (2): 366–398. doi:10.1017/S0008197399002056. ISSN 0008-1973.
- ^ a b Mayer, Peter and Pemberton, Alan. "A short history of land registration in England and Wales", Great Britain Land Registry, 2000. Indexed in the Stockport library system, available from a freedom of information request in 2022.
Further reading
- Charles Fortescue-Bricksdale. The Practice of the Land Registry Under the Transfer of Land Act, 1862. Waterlow and Sons Limited. London. 1891. Google Books.
External links
- Text of the Land Registry Act 1862 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
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