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Blog | Lodging Form LLL: What you should know

Following a recent amendment to the Deeds Registries Act (‘the Act’), conveyancers are now required to lodge Form LLL for statistical and land audit purposes. The form is contained under reg 18(4) of the amended Regulations to the Act, which

Blog | Disrupted services: Johannesburg Deeds Office update

Following the closure and ongoing disrupted operation of the South Gauteng Deeds Registry: Johannesburg (‘the Johannesburg Deeds Office’) for alleged non-compliance with occupational health and safety requirements, officials have now approved the relocation of the Johannesburg Deeds Office to a

Conveyancing Correspondent | Deeds Registry fee increases scheduled for 1st April 2025

On Friday, the Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development published the anticipated annual amendment to the Schedule of Fees of Office, as prescribed by the Regulations to the Deeds Registries Act. The amendments, which apply nationally and are scheduled

Conveyancing Correspondent | Important notice: Chief Registrar suspends new RCR 9/2024

Late last year, the Office of the Chief Registrar issued an important circular suspending the operation of a new Registrars’ Conference Resolution, namely RCR 9/2024. Introduced to clarify the correct transaction date to insert on a transfer duty receipt in

Conveyancing Correspondent | Modernising deeds registration: Ramaphosa signs the much-awaited Deeds Registries Amendment Bill into law

Tabled before Parliament in 2022, the Deeds Registries Amendment Bill (‘the Bill’) was passed earlier this year and finally assented to by President Ramaphosa last week. Designed to modernise and streamline the administration of deeds registration processes and procedures, the

Conveyancing Correspondent | Announcement: Sections 4 and 5 of the Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Act come into effect today

According to Proclamation Notice 230 of 2024, sections 4 and 5 of the Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Act (‘the EDRS Act’) come into effect today, Monday, 2nd December 2024. Assented to in 2019, the EDRS Act aims to facilitate the implementation of an

All About Property | Securing land tenure: An overview of the key provisions of the Deeds Registries Amendment Bill

SECURING LAND TENURE: AN OVERVIEW OF THE KEY PROVISIONS OF THE DEEDS REGISTRIES AMENDMENT BILL The Deeds Registries Amendment Bill (‘the Bill’) is currently awaiting presidential assent. The Bill, which was first tabled before Parliament in late 2022, is

STBB Newsflash | Deeds Office Fee Increases

As anticipated, the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Thokozile Didiza, published an amendment to the Schedule of Fees of Office, as prescribed by the Regulations to the Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937, under GN R4447 in

Blog | Lodging Form LLL: What you should know

Blog | Disrupted services: Johannesburg Deeds Office update

Conveyancing Correspondent | Deeds Registry fee increases scheduled for 1st April 2025

Conveyancing Correspondent | Important notice: Chief Registrar suspends new RCR 9/2024

Conveyancing Correspondent | Modernising deeds registration: Ramaphosa signs the much-awaited Deeds Registries Amendment Bill into law

Conveyancing Correspondent | Announcement: Sections 4 and 5 of the Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Act come into effect today

All About Property | Securing land tenure: An overview of the key provisions of the Deeds Registries Amendment Bill

STBB Newsflash | Deeds Office Fee Increases

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