Late last month, the Minister of Land Reform and Rural Development published annual amendments 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 to come into effect on 1st April 2026, include an across-the-board increase in the costs to register property transfers and mortgage bonds.
For instance, the Deeds Office fee for a transfer with a transaction value of R2 million is now R1 738.00, with a maximum fee of R7 751.00 for transactions exceeding R20 million. On the other hand, the charge for registering a bond of which the capital amount is R3 million is R2 408.00, with the fee capped at R9 690.00 for high-value matters.
The mandatory lodgement fee has increased to R52.00 per lodgement, while the fee for issuing a VA copy to replace a lost, destroyed, or misplaced title deed is now R658.00 per copy. The cancellation of a mortgage or notarial bond and a section 4(1)(b) application will each set you back R178.00, and requests for copies of title deeds will now cost R109.00 per copy.
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