Completing and sending a Notice of Change of Ownership (NoC) to a territorial authority is easy in Landonline.
The NoC legal process is started in Landonline when any change of ownership to a property is registered through a land title transaction.
This typically happens when an instrument is registered against a Record of title for a property. Examples of instruments are:
- transfer – transfer a property from the current owners to new owners
- transmission – when an estate is acquired in law, for example, on the death of the owner
- change or correction of name.
How the NoC process works
The NoC notification is automated in Landonline.
When someone changes ownership of a title, their conveyancing professional enters the rating valuation information for the instrument they’re actioning in Landonline’s Record of title.
The conveyancing professional can then select the Notice of Change option to inform the local council of the change of ownership.
This automatically pre-populates a form for the council’s rating database which, includes:
- council name
- valuation reference
- address of the property
- record of title details
- existing owners
- new owners
- solicitors acting.
Conveyancing professionals then confirm the transaction type. For example, sale.
When the form is completed, the vendor’s conveyancing professional selects the Ready to Send button. This prepares the NoC, which sits behind the land title instrument pending registration.
When the land title instrument is registered, the NoC is sent overnight to the relevant council so they can update their rating information databases. The notice may also be sent to other territorial authorities.
This helps make sure new owners receive all future rating notices for that property.
The conveyancing professional also receives confirmation, including a copy of the NoC.
Notice of Change support
For tutorials on how to initiate or edit a Notice of Change, go to our help pages: