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
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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:
If one of the owners of a property dies you need to notify Land Services SA. Land Services SA strongly advises all people to seek the assistance of a registered conveyancer or solicitor when dealing with any estate and interest in land. However, should you decide to prepare and lodge your own legal documents as a self-represented party, this page has been developed to assist you.
You'll need to know whether the property is held as joint tenants or tenants in common because this will dictate what steps to take.
To find out, you may order a register search under the heading 'Land Search' using SAILIS.
Where two or more people hold land under a joint tenancy, the right of survivorship applies. This means the surviving joint tenants are solely entitled to the land upon the death of another joint tenant.
If the property is held as joint tenants and an owner of the property has died you will need:
Find out about obtaining a death certificate from the sa.gov.au website.
Application to register death by survivor form (DOC 73.0 KB) Guidance Notes - Application to register death by survivor (PDF 287.6 KB) Example - Application to register death by survivor (54.6 KB PDF)
If you fill in this form without the help of a registered conveyancer or legal practitioner, you will need to comply with the legislative requirements and provide the relevant certifications that apply to self-represented parties.
All LTO forms must be printed in black ink on white, A4, 80-gsm paper and printed on both sides. If you do not have access to a duplex printer, use the manual feed option to make a double-sided copy.
Applications to register death by survivor are subject to the Registrar-General's Verification of Identity requirements.
For more information, see the Verification of identity for self-represented parties fact sheet.
Applications to change name are subject to the Registrar-General's Verification of Authority requirements.
For more information, see the Verification of Authority Guidelines.
Lodge the completed application with Land Services SA along with:
There is no right of survivorship under a tenancy in common. On the death of a tenant in common their share will pass according to their will or, in the absence of a will, according to the laws of intestacy.
If the property is held as tenants in common and an owner of the property has passed away you will need:
A transmission application form can also be used when there is only one owner registered on the title.
Request a copy of probate and the registrar's certificate from the probate office.
Transmission application form (DOC 75.5 KB)Guidance Notes - Transmission Application (102.8 KB PDF)
If you fill in this form without the help of a registered conveyancer or legal practitioner, you will need to comply with legislative requirements and provide the relevant certifications that apply to self-represented parties.
Lodge your completed transmission application form with Land Services SA along with:
