Land Register of Scotland

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The Land Register of Scotland is the national public register that records and guarantees ownership and other legal interests in land and property across Scotland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf land register
property register
public register
administeredFrom Edinburgh NERFINISHED
contains title plans
title sheets
country Scotland
coverage heritable property in Scotland
land in Scotland
dataFormat digital register
firstAreaImplemented Renfrew District NERFINISHED
governedBy Scottish Ministers NERFINISHED
guarantees state-backed indemnity for title defects
title to registered land
identifiesPropertyBy title number
introducedBy Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 NERFINISHED
jurisdiction Scotland
language English
legalBasis Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 NERFINISHED
Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 NERFINISHED
legalSystem Scots law
operatedBy Registers of Scotland NERFINISHED
predecessor General Register of Sasines NERFINISHED
publicAccess publicly accessible
purpose to guarantee title to land and property in Scotland
to record other legal interests in land
to record ownership of land and property in Scotland
records leases meeting statutory criteria
ownership of buildings
ownership of land
real rights in land
standard securities over land
title conditions
reformedBy Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 NERFINISHED
relatedRegister Crofting Register NERFINISHED
General Register of Sasines NERFINISHED
Register of Community Interests in Land NERFINISHED
replaced General Register of Sasines NERFINISHED
scope whole of Scotland
startDate 1981
status principal register of land ownership in Scotland
titleSheetSections burdens section
property section
proprietorship section
securities section
typeOfTitleSystem map-based title registration system
uses Ordnance Survey mapping NERFINISHED

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Land Registration (Scotland) Acts relatedTo Land Register of Scotland