Find out what professional assistance you might need and how to engage a registered conveyancer, legal practitioner or licensed surveyor.
Change your residential, postal or company address. If you don't do this your old address will remain on the certificate of title.
Your Certificate of Title needs to be updated if you have changed your name. Read more to find out how to change your name on your Certificate of Title.
Notification of a death
While Land Services SA cannot provide legal advice on property transactions, we have developed resources to assist you, should you decide to prepare and lodge your own legal documents as a self-represented party.
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Registrar-General’s LTO Fee Calculator.
The property transfer fees calculator quickly figures the stamp duty
Click here to view all relevant Land Transaction Fees
The Registrar-General’s Plan Presentation Guidelines (PPG) describes the requirements for property related plans lodged Land Services SA in South Australia.
Surveying and lodging organisations can electronically submit the following plan types with Land Services SA (LSSA) using the Electronic Plan Lodgement (EPL) system:
An easement gives an individual or a company (grantee), the right to use land for a specific purpose. An easement can restrict how the owner of the land (grantor) can use their property. Common easements include:
Easements and rights of way that are registered on a certificate of title will remain as the land is bought and sold. It can only be removed when both the easement holder and the owner of the land agree to it. Some easements may not be listed on the certificate of title - e.g. electricity, sewerage and water, telecommunication easements.
If SA Water has a sewer pipe positioned under your land it is likely they will have an easement on your property. This entitles them to access the land to repair, maintain or replace this pipe.
Have a look at the Land Services SA Factsheet on Easements and Rights of Way for more information.
The following document and webinar has been developed to assist Industry Professionals when dealing with Easements.
Grant of Easement (TG) – Preparation Notes
Webinar
There may be restrictions placed on how you can use the property and the land the easement covers. This can include building on the easement. When applications for development approval are lodged, any registered easements will be taken into consideration.
You may not be able to build in an area that would restrict access to the easement, or to fence off a right of way to prevent access. Other types of restrictions may apply - e.g. you may not be able to plant certain types of trees on or near a water pipe.
If your property holds an easement over someone else's land this could be a benefit that may increase the value of your property. If you don't check the easements on your property and the restrictions associated with it when you build you will be held responsible for organising and paying for the structure to be removed, and repairing any damage caused.
You can purchase a Register Search Plus product through SAILIS – this will provide you a copy of the certificate of title which would provide information about any easements and their location on the property, and a copy of the plan which will show the exact location of the easement.
You can contact the easement holder for more information on its size and location or you can engage the services of a professional surveyor to locate and measure the easement on the property.
If you are planning to buy a property your registered conveyancer or solicitor will be able to locate information on your behalf about any easements registered. This information will also be included in the buyer's information notice and the vendor's statement that the vendor or their agent will provide. You should carefully consider all the potential implications of an easement on a property before you sign the contract of sale.
It is strongly recommended that you engage the services of a registered conveyancer or solicitor if you intend to register, remove or change an easement.
As a land owner you can refuse a request to register an easement but in rare circumstances some statutory bodies - e.g. SA Water, can register an easement without your permission.
An easement is registered by completing a grant of easement form and lodging this, together with the applicable fee, with Land Services SA.
When an easement is first created you may be able to negotiate for compensation from the grantee. Once an easement is registered you can't refuse the grantee the use of, or access to, the easement.
An easement can only be changed or removed when both you and the grantee agree to it. If no agreement between the grantor and grantee can be reached the matter can be taken to court for a decision.
To have an easement removed or changed complete an application to extinguish or vary an easement and lodge this, together with the applicable fee, with Land Services SA.
