Does Registry of Deeds provide as much information as Land Direct?

MackBB

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When searching on land direct website property adjoining mine is not registered with the land registers, however it shows information may be available from the Registry of Deeds. Am I correct in saying the ROD will not give me the same detail as the land registry e.g. I can order the full folio from them , I would like to view the map etc. if possible, or can I only get that info via a solicitor Thanks
 
No, you won't get anything like the same information. The Registry of Deeds doesn't have folios; it's not a registry of land, but rather of documents that give effect to transactions (mostly, transactions that affect land). So it records deeds of sale, purchase, transfer, mortgage, etc.

Plus, the Registry of Deeds doesn't register copies of deeds; just a summary, called a "memorial", of certain key points of each deed registered — the kind of deed it is, the date of execution, the parties to the deed, the location of any land involved, etc. It is the memorials that can be searched at the Registry of Deeds.

As mentioned, the points recorded include details of where the land is located, so you can do a search for all records of deeds registered between two dates that affect land at a particular location. But the Registry have no maps or plans of that land.

If you want to know more than what is in the memorial you'll have to get your hands on the deeds themselves. Usually, the owner of land has all the deeds relating to it or, if the land is mortgaged, the mortgagee has them. If you're, e.g., negotiating to buy the land the seller will give you (or your solicitor) the deeds, or copies of them, so you can satisfy yourself that the seller does own the land, and has good title to sell.

But, even if you can get your hands on the deeds, they may or many not include a map or plan of the land and, if they do, it may not be a map of the standard that you would expect for registered land.
 
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