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.
You can search the history of a block of land and research family history through the register book.
Subscribe to our Title Watch service and monitor activity against selected properties
Read the latest communications from the Registrar-General.
The Registrar-General’s Statutory Instruments set out specific legal requirements for dealing with land in South Australia.
This calculator will add up the fee for all types of plans and documents that can be lodged with Land Services SA.
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 Requirements (PPR) describes the requirements for property related plans lodged Land Services SA in South Australia.
Lodge your cadastral survey plans through the Electronic Plan Lodgement System.
Land Services have developed a Guidance Note to assist Industry Professionals when completing an "Application for Rectification of Boundaries under s223J of the Real Property Act 1886."
Access the most comprehensive property datasets held by Land Services SA through API to upgrade your research ability.
Find out SAILIS account and invoicing updates here
You are not legally obliged to engage the services of a solicitor or registered conveyancer, however Land Services SA always recommend engaging an industry professional to seek representation due to the complex legal nature of land transactions / dealings, subdivisions and boundary realignments.
A registered conveyancer or legal practitioner will generally undertake the following on your behalf: -
A licenced surveyor will generally undertake the following on your behalf: -
The best way to find an Industry Professional is through a recommendation by a friend or family. Alternatively, the Industry Bodies below publish lists of registered and certified practitioners in your areas:
Legal Practitioner – Law Society of South Australia
Conveyancer – Australian Institute of Conveyancers South Australia
Surveyor – Surveyors Board of South Australia
Should you not engage the services of an industry professional, you will be responsible to:
While Land Services SA provide a range of educational materials, factsheets and guidance notes – we will not provide any legal or advisory assistance to non-represented clients.