Titles and Records

Titles

A title is a record of property ownership.

What's available

• Landonline Survey and Title Newsletter - February 2004 (pdf 150KB)
• Copies of land records:including property titles, survey plans, Crown grants and indexes. Find a record, order a record, "Skylight" Internet ordering system, list of fees, learn about land records
• Contact LINZ offices
• How to find the land record you want (pdf 469KB)
• Land Registration Guide: under Landonline, non-automated
• Application for a credit account (pdf 17KB)
• Processing performance: See the latest quarterly title and survey plan statistics
• Maori land information: Find Maori land information, resources and definitions
• Current Projects: Copying Paper Records and the Core Paper Records Project
• Landwrap: A monthly publication providing authoritative news and information for survey and title customers (opens in a new window)
• Torrenstalk: a bulletin of survey and title information for Land professionals
• Standards, policies and guidelines: from the offices of the Surveyor-General and Registrar-General of Land
• Landonline Bulk Data: LINZ makes Landonline data available in bulk via Bulk Data Extract (BDE). This data replaces titles data previously obtained via the Land Transfer Journal / Index
• Titles Requisition / Rejection Item List
• Seeking clarification or review of Titles or Survey Rejection/Requisition
• Record Correction Form
• Lapsing Caveat form

LINZ's role

Every time private land is bought or sold in New Zealand, Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) records the transaction onto the property title. Conveyancers and lawyers lodge legal documents (transfers, records of sale, discharge mortgages, new mortgages). LINZ registers the changes to the title.

Titles tell you the current property owner and other key information. Titles, survey plans and related documents are now available online through Landonline (registered users only).

Claims for compensation

If you have incurred a financial loss due to incorrect information in the Land Transfer Act Register, you may be able to claim compensation. Not all incorrect information entitles you to apply for compensation.

Examples where you may be entitled to a claim are a mistake in the Register, or false information in the Register as a result of fraudulent transactions. For further information contact the Registrar-General of Land.

Other land records

LINZ looks after millions of other land records for the Crown including:

• Crown grants
• Deeds
• Indexes

Anyone can order a copy of a land record (including copies of titles and survey information held in Landonline), subject to size and fragility.

Maori land records

The Maori Land Court (MLC) holds the majority of Maori land records. If you are searching for Maori land records, we suggest you contact the MLC in the first instance.

Who uses land records

Users include:

• Homeowners
• Lawyers and conveyancers
• Surveyors
• Real estate agents
• Banks
• Search agents
• Trampers/hikers
• Genealogists
• Iwi
• Other New Zealand Government Departments e.g. Department of Conservation
• New Zealand city and district councils
• New Zealand power and gas companies