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Conveyancing Correspondent | Payment requirements: Chief Registrar provides clarity in new circular

Pursuant to the commencement of the revised Schedule of Fees of Office on Tuesday, 1st April, and the imminent commencement of the amended Regulations to the Deeds Registries Act (‘the Regulations’), the Chief Registrar has issued another circular (‘CRC 5’) clarifying

Conveyancing Correspondent | New circulars released: Chief Registrar provides clarity on recent amended Regulations

In light of the commencement of amended Regulations to both the Deeds Registries Act and Sectional Titles Act early next month, the Office of the Chief Registrar recently released two circulars (‘CRC 3’ and ‘CRC 4’) to clarify the nature

Conveyancing Correspondent | Digitalising deeds registration: Government publishes new EDRS Regulations and amended Deeds Registries Regulations

Pursuant to the partial commencement of the Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Act (‘the EDRS Act’) in December 2024, the Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development published the Regulations to the EDRS Act (‘the EDRS Regulations’) last week. Scheduled to

Cape Town Conveyancing Correspondent | Important note: New Cape Town address for lodging objections to VA adverts

Pursuant to our earlier notification that the Western Cape Deeds Registry: Cape Town had confirmed its relocation to new premises in the Cape Town CBD, please note the following regarding the Notice of Intention to apply for certified copies of

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 | The Western Cape Deeds Registry: Cape Town Confirms Relocation

Earlier this week, the Office of the Western Cape Deeds Registry: Cape Town issued a notice confirming that the much-discussed and anticipated relocation of the Western Cape Deeds Registry: Cape Town (‘the Deeds Office’) is scheduled to begin today, Friday, 28th February 2025.

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

Conveyancing Correspondent | The procedural effect of the renaming of Deeds Registries on deeds registration

Last month, the Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development published an amendment to the names of the country’s eleven Deeds Registries, pursuant to section 1(1)(a)(iii) of the Deeds Registries Act. The amendment took effect on Thursday, 10th October 2024.

Conveyancing Correspondent | Payment requirements: Chief Registrar provides clarity in new circular

Conveyancing Correspondent | New circulars released: Chief Registrar provides clarity on recent amended Regulations

Conveyancing Correspondent | Digitalising deeds registration: Government publishes new EDRS Regulations and amended Deeds Registries Regulations

Cape Town Conveyancing Correspondent | Important note: New Cape Town address for lodging objections to VA adverts

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

Conveyancing Correspondent | The Western Cape Deeds Registry: Cape Town Confirms Relocation

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

Conveyancing Correspondent | The procedural effect of the renaming of Deeds Registries on deeds registration

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