How to transfer land ownership rights by myself

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Dear Sir\Madam, I am buying a cheap plot of land for cash in Ireland and looking for the steps on how to register the land without solicitor and what verifications I should perform. I will apreciate it very much if you could shed some light on this.
 
I've never heard of anyone registering property without a solicitor and in any case you'd be crazy to attempt such a thing.
 
Thank you for your opinion, but there is no legislation which would enforce usage of solicitors. This process is straight forward and does not worth as much as the land cost. But I would deferentially use solicitor with big purchases.
 
How much is the land and who are you buying it from?

You'd need a contract and you'd need to find out if the person selling actually owns the land, you'd need to find out if there was any loan secured on it. And you'd need to do a transfer from the current owner to you. And finally you'd need to register it with the new Land Registry.

I presume the person selling will be using a solicitor? They're going to love you.
 
Well done. I love to see people doing things for themselves and especially if its a cheap pirce of land as you say. If I was you Id go about picking up a book on Irish conveyancing and read through it from front to back.

The selling Solicitor will draw up the contract. You dont have to worry about that.

You will need to be familiarise yourself with the 2009 land and conveyancing act, particylarly in relation to any unregistered right of ways. That's a bit of a mindfield at the moment.

Best of luck
 
Importer said:
. That's a bit of a mindfield at the moment.
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He's not buying a car Importer. Even well experienced solicitors can make mistakes with conveyancing which can be very tricky. So OP would not be well advised to go it alone.
 
Hi winters

Irish conveyancing law is very complicated and you should normally use a solicitor, but...

I am buying a cheap plot of land for cash in Ireland
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If it's only €5,000 and you don't mind not being able to sell it on again, or you don't mind never being able to get permission to build on it, or you don't mind being exposed to claims from others that they own the land, then maybe it's worth the saving of €1,000 in legal fees.
 
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