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Note

All fees are GST inclusive.

Advertising

Code	Detail	Manual	Auto-registration or e-lodgement
-	in addition to registration fees	545	545

Accretion

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
ACC	Application in respect of	243	122

Agreements for Sale & Purchase

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
ASP	Agreement for Sale and Purchase	243	122
ASP	under Maori Housing Amendment Act 1938	243
ASP	under Housing Act 1955	243
ASP	under Local Government Act 1974	243
RASP	Rescission or surrender of ASP under Housing or Local Government Act	Nil
RASP	Rescission/Revocation of Agreement for Sale and Purchase	243	122
RASP	Revocation of ASP under Maori Housing Amendment Act	243
RASP	Surrender of ASP	243

Agreements

Please note some agreements might incur fees.

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
AG	Electricity, forestry etc
RAG	Revocation of AG
PRAG	Partial revocation of AG

Amalgamation

See:

Local Government Act 1974

Public Works Act 1981

Resource Management Act 1991

Appellation

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
NAP	Change of / new	Nil	Nil

Applications

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
AP17	Application for Record of Title - ss155, 172 or 204 Land Transfer Act 2017 Registration Advertising Total + for each notice required to be sent + for each issue of each new title	243 545 788 8 165	122 545 667 8 165
A8	under s8 Housing Assets Transfer Act 1993 + new record of title to issue (where required)	243 165	122 165
A9	application to transfer ownership - s9 Health Reforms (Transitional Provisions) Act 1993	243	122
A10	under s10 Irrigation Scheme Act 1990 + new record of title to issue (where required)	243 165	122 165
A25	under s25(1) or (2) State Owned Enterprises Act 1986 + new record of title to issue (where required)	243 165	122 165
A60	under s60 New Plymouth District Council (Waitara Lands) Act 2018	243	122
A86	for ownership of minerals s86 Crown Minerals Act	243
A185	Application for Title to Access Strip under s185 LTA 2017 Application + Advertising Fee + new record of title to issue	243 545 165	122 545 165
A120	Application for Release of Statutory Land Charge - s120(3) Land Transfer Act 2017	243	122
A90	Application under s90 Land Transfer Act 2017	243	122
A143	Application to lapse caveat under s143 Land Transfer Act 2017	251 (includes $8 notice fee)	130 (includes $8 notice fee)
APOL	Application - (other legislation) + new certificate of title to issue (where required) + advertising fee (where required) + for each notice required to be sent (where required)	243 165 545 8	122 165 545 8
CFEN	Application to Cancel Fencing Covenant or Agreement - s21 LTA 2017, r19 LTR 2018	243	122
EE	Extinguishment of Easement - s113/114/ 115 LTA 2017	243	122
M143	Application under s143 LTA 2017 MLC	0	0
R55	Application under s55(7) New Plymouth District Council (Waitara Lands) Act 2018	243	122

Approving any Form

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
FAP	If an instrument, as prescribed under the Land Transfer Act is presented on a form not approved by the Registrar-General of Land under regulation 6 of the Land Transfer Regulations 2018 (whether printed on a printed form or not) then a form approval fee may be payable. This fee should be added to the registration fee but the code "FAP" should not be used. This would include transfers, mortgages, encumbrances, variations of mortgage, mortgage priority instruments, leases, variations of leases, caveats, easement certificates, variations of easements and applications under the Land Transfer Act.	97

Body Corporate

See Unit Titles Act 2010

Bonds

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
BON	Local Government Act 1974/Resource Management Act 1991	243	122
DBON	Discharge of	243	122
DBON	Application to have expiry of BON noted	243	122
PBON	Partial discharge of	243	122
VBON	Variation of	243	122

Building Act 2004

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
C73	Notification of Condition s73(1)(c) and 73(3)	243	122
C77	Certification Imposing Condition s77(4)	243	122
RC74	Notification of Redundant Entry s74(3) and (4)	243	122
RC83	Certificate Approving Removal of Entry s83(3)	243	122

Building Line Restrictions

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
CBLR	Cancellation of	243	122
PBLR	Partial cancellation of	243	122

Building Permits / Restrictions

See sections relating to the principal registration

Caveats

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
X	Caveat (plus notice to registered owner)	243 8	122 8
WX	Withdrawal of	243	122
A143	Application to lapse caveat under s143 LTA 2017 (plus notice served to caveator)	243 +8	122 8
M143	Application under s143 LTA 2017 MLC	0	0
PWX	Partial withdrawal of	243	122
XAPP	Caveat against Application for Record of Title - ss162, 174 or 187 Land Transfer Act 2017	243 8	122 8
XJFH	Caveat under s6 Joint Family Homes Act 1964	243 8	122 8
XUTA	Caveat forbidding Subdivision of Land - s195 Unit Titles Act 2010	243 8	122 8

Certified Copies

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
	For certification of a true copy	25

Certificates / Notices

All types refer to relevant Acts eg:

Crown Forest Assets Act
Crown Research Institutes Act
Land Transfer Act
Public Works Act
Resource Management Act

Certificates of Title (Issue of New)

See Records of Title

Changes / Correction of Name

See the Names section

Charges

See Statutory land charges

Charging Orders

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
CHO	under s184 District Court Act 2016	Nil	Nil
CHO	under Rating Powers Act 1988	Nil	Nil
CHO	Family Proceedings Act 1980	Nil	Nil
CHO	under Child Support Act 1991 (or variation of charging order)	Nil	Nil
CHO	Local Government (Rating) Act 2002	243	122
CHO	Extension of Charging Orders	243	122
CHO	Charging Order - High Court	243	122
DCHO	Cancellation of	243	122
DCHO	Cancellation of CHO Rating Powers Act 1988	243	122
DCHO	Discharge of CHO Local Government (Rating) Act 2002	243	122
DCHO	Discharge of CHO Family Proceedings Act 1980	Nil	Nil
DCHO	Discharge of CHO Child Support Act 1991	Nil	Nil
DCHO	Discharge of CHO s96A District Courts Act 1947	Nil	Nil
PCHO	Partial discharge of charging order	243	122
PCHO	Discharge of CHO s96A District Courts Act 1947	Nil	Nil
DTC	Discharge of Tax Charge	Nil	Nil
PDTC	Partial discharge of Tax Charge	Nil	Nil

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
ANT	Appointment of Trustees s4	243	122

Child Support Act 1991

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
CHO	Charging order (or variation of charging order)	Nil	Nil
DCHO	Discharge of charging order	Nil	Nil

Claims

See Notices of claim

Climate Change Response Act 2002

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
CCR	Climate Change Response Act 2002 - Notice of status under s195(2)	243	122
CCRC	Climate Change Response Act 2002 - Cancellation of Notice of status under s195(3)	243	122
CCRP	Climate Change Response Act 2002 - Partial cancellation of notice of status under s195(3)	243	122

Compensation Certificates

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
CC	Compensation certificate	Nil	Nil
DCC	Discharge of	Nil	Nil
PDCC	Partial discharge of	Nil	Nil

Consents

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
CONO	Consent to notice s221 (4)(a) Resource Management Act	243	122
CCON	Cancellation of CONO	243	122
V221	Variation of CONO	243	122

Court Orders (District and High and Family Courts)

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
CHO	Charging order District Court	Nil	Nil
CHO	Charging order High Court	243	122
CHO	Extension of charging order	243	122
CHO	Charging Order or variation of Charging Order under Family Proceedings Act 1980	Nil	Nil
CHO	Charging Order or variation of charging order under Child Support Act 1991	Nil	Nil
CO	Court Orders eg: vesting under Matrimonial Property Act	243	122
CO	Court Order under Proceeds of Crime Act 1991	243	122
CO	Order under Protection and Personal Property Rights Act	243	122
CO	Order appointing manager under Mental Health Act 1969	243	122
DCHO	Memorandum of satisfaction	243	122
DCHO	Discharge of CHO under Family Proceedings Act 1980	Nil	Nil
DCHO	Discharge of CHO under Child Support Act 1991	Nil	Nil

Covenants

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
CFEN	Application to Cancel Fencing Covenant or Agreement - s21 LTA 2017, r19 LTR 2018	243	122
COV	All types (fencing, open space, restrictive, QEII National Trust, Resource Management Act etc except Land Covenants)	243	122
C25A	Covenant against Transfer of Allotments - s25A(2)(b) NZ Railways Corporation Restructuring Act 1990	243	122
C240	Against transfer of allotments - s240 Resource Mgmt Act	243	122
LCOV	Land Covenant under s116(1)(a) or (b) Land Transfer Act 2017	243	122
PCOV	Partial surrender / revocation / rescission / cancellation / expiry of	243	122
PRLC	Partial Revocation of Land Covenant under s116(1)(c) LTA 2017	243	122
P25A	Partial cancellation of Covenant - s25A(9) NZ Railways Corporation Restructuring Act 1990	243	122
RCOV	Surrender / Revocation / Rescission / Cancellation / Expiry of Covenants other than Land Covenants	243	122
RLC	Revocation of Land Covenant under s116(1)(c) LTA 2017	243	122
R25A	Cancellation of Covenant - s25A(9) NZ Railways Corporation Restructuring Act 1990	243	122
VCOV	Variation of Covenants other than Land Covenants	243	122
VLC	Variation of Land Covenant under s116(1)(c) LTA 2017	243	122

Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
ROCP	Restraining Order under the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009	243	122
FOCP	Forfeiture Order under the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009	243	122
COCP	Court Order under the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009	243	122

Crown Forest Assets Act 1989

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
RFL	Rescission of FL	Nil	Nil
VFL	Variation of FL	243	122
TFL	Transfer of FL	243	122
PAE	Public Access Easement Certificate	243	122
CPAE	Cancellation of PAE	243	122
COV	Protective covenant	243	122
VCOV	Variation of COV	243	122
RCOV	Cancellation of COV	243	122

Crown Minerals Act 1991

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
RMIP	Revocation of MIP	Nil	Nil
PMIP	Partial surrender Mining/Prospecting/Exploration permit	Nil	Nil
SMIP	Surrender of MIP	Nil	Nil
N83	Notice of Access Rights	243	122
A86	Application for ownership of minerals	243

Crown Pastoral Land Act 1998

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
N61	Notice of Acceptance of Proposal under s61 Crown Pastoral Land Act 1998	243	122
SP64	Substantive Proposal & Approved Plan under s64 Crown Pastoral Land Act 1998	243	122
BCA	Crown Pastoral Land Act 1998 - Advice of Base Carrying Capacity - s231(7)	243

Deeds

Registration - prefix 'Y' to code for document type

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)
Y	Registration of Deeds	1
YEC	Deed of easement under s60 Land Act	243
YRCV	Deed of Revocation of a Covenant	243

Deferred Payment Licences

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
DPL	Deferred payment licence + bringing forward of encumbrances (where appropriate)	243	122
PDPL	Partial surrender of	243	122
SDPL	Surrender of	243	122

Discharges (general)

See sections relating to the principal registration

Discharges of

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
DM	Mortgage	243	122
DM	2 or more mortgages (same mortgagees/same title) presented as one document otherwise $105.00 per operation	243	122
DM	Mortgage Disabled Persons Community Welfare Act	Nil	Nil
DM	Rehabilitation mortgage	243	122
DM	more than one mortgagee executes on separate pages, presented as one documen	243	122
DMM	Mortgage of a Mortgage	243
PDM	Partial - Mortgage	243	122
DENC	Encumbrance	243	122
PENC	Partial - encumbrance	243	122
DFBC	Family benefit charge	Nil	Nil
DCC	Compensation certificate	Nil	Nil
DCHO	Charging order (See Charging Order)	Varies	Varies
DTC	Tax charge	Nil	Nil
PDTC	Partial - tax charge	Nil	Nil
DLN	Lien	Nil	Nil
DSLC	Statutory Land Charge (See Statutory Land Charge)	Varies	Varies
A120	Application for Release of Statutory Land Charge - s120(3) Land Transfer Act 2017	243	122
D115	Discharge of Certificate under s115 Public Works Act 1981	Nil	Nil
D221	Irrigation Charge	Nil	Nil
D643	Certificate under s643 Local Government Act	243
DBON	Discharge of Bond	243	122

Earthquake & War Damage Regulations 1984

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
RC5A	Discharge s28(5)	Nil	Nil

Easements

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
EI	Easement Instrument	243	122
VE	Variation of	243	122
SE	Surrender of	243	122
E	Grant of (without transferring land)	243	122
SE	Surrender of (with or without transferring land)	243	122
EE	Extinguishment of Easement - s113/114/ 115 LTA 2017	243	122
TE	Grant of and transfer of land (2 operations)	486	243
TSE	Surrender of and transfer of land (2 operations)	486	243
HCEC	Certificate under Housing Act (pipeline, right of way etc)	2	2
C243	Revocation of conditional easement - s243 Res. Mgmt Act	243	122

Electricity Act 1968

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
AG	Agreement	Nil
RAG	Expiry of electricity agreement	Nil
PRAG	Partial release of agreement	Nil
SLC	Charge	Nil	Nil

Encumbrances

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
ENC	Encumbrance	243	122
DENC	Discharge of	243	122
PENC	Partial discharge of	243	122
VENC	Variation of	243	122

Family Benefit Charges

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
DFBC	Discharge of production	Nil	Nil
PFBC	Partial discharge of	Nil	Nil

Fencing Act 1978

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
AG	Agreement, Deed of	243
CFEN	Application to Cancel Fencing Covenant or Agreement - s21 LTA 2017, r19 LTR 2018	243	122
COV	Covenant, Deed of	243	122
PRAG	Partial release of agreement	243
RAG	Discharge of	243
RCOV	Revocation / Surrender / Rescission of a COV	243	122

Forestry

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
AG	Forestry Rights Registration Agreement	243
AG	Forestry Encouragement Agreement	Nil
EI	Registration of a forestry right	243	122
PRAG	Partial release of AG	Nil
PSAG	Partial surrender of AG	243
RAG	Expiration or termination of AG	Nil
SAG	Surrender of AG	243
TAG	Transfer of Forestry Rights Registration Agreement	243	122
VAG	Variation of AG	Nil

Forestry (Crown)

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
CFL	Crown forestry licence	243	122
FMP	Sustainable forest management plan	243	122
SFP	Sustainable forest management permit	243	122

Friendly Societies Act 1908

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
-	Appointment of trustees. Not lodged as a document.	Nil

Gazette Notices

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
GN	Gazette Notice (Order in Council)	Nil	Nil
GN	Revocation / Cancellation of Gazette Notice	Nil	Nil
PROC	Gazette Notice (Proclamation)	Nil	Nil
C346	Local Government Act 1974 – Limited access road	243	122

Government Roading Powers Act 1989

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
C43	Certificate - s43 Government Roading/Transit New Zealand Act	243	122
C91	Certificate - s91 Government Roading/Transit New Zealand Act	243	122
C93	Certificate notifying conditions	243	122
C94C	Copy of declaration gazetted	243	122

Greater Christchurch Regeneration Act 2016

Code	Detail	Manual fees (GST incl)	Auto-registration or e-lodgement fees (GST incl)
N103	Greater Christchurch Regeneration Act 2016 – Notice of Intention under s103(1)	Nil	Nil
W103	Greater Christchurch Regeneration Act 2016 - Withdrawal of Notice of Intention - s103(4)	Nil	Nil