Sasine Register
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The Sasine Register is Scotland’s historic public record of property ownership and land transactions, maintained in a deeds-based system prior to the modern map-based land register.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
land register
ⓘ
property register ⓘ public register ⓘ |
| accessPolicy | publicly accessible register ⓘ |
| basisOfRegistration | recorded deeds ⓘ |
| containsInformationOn |
dates of registration
ⓘ
legal conditions affecting title ⓘ names of proprietors ⓘ property descriptions ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| digitalAccess | searchable via Registers of Scotland online services ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | map-based title register ⓘ |
| geographicCoverage | whole of Scotland ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Land Registration etc. (Scotland) Act 2012 NERFINISHED ⓘ Registration of Sasines (Scotland) Act 1858 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | oldest national public land register in the world ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Scots law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Scots ⓘ |
| legalNature |
public record of land transactions
ⓘ
public record of property ownership ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Registers of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatesFrom | feudal system of landholding in Scotland ⓘ |
| partOf | Scottish system of land registration ⓘ |
| precedes | Land Register of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
provide evidence of title to land
ⓘ
provide public notice of transactions affecting land ⓘ |
| recordFormat |
chronological volumes of recorded deeds
ⓘ
index-based search system ⓘ |
| records |
conveyances of heritable property
ⓘ
leases of heritable property ⓘ other real rights in land ⓘ servitudes affecting land ⓘ standard securities over heritable property ⓘ |
| registrationUnit | deed ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
General Register of Sasines
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Land Register of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scope | heritable property in Scotland ⓘ |
| status | being phased out ⓘ |
| supersededBy | Land Register of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| systemType | deeds-based system ⓘ |
| titleEvidenceType | recorded deed rather than title sheet ⓘ |
| transitionedTo | map-based land registration system ⓘ |
| usedFor |
due diligence in property transactions
ⓘ
historical research on land ownership ⓘ title investigation by solicitors ⓘ |
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