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Find out how to release instruments in your dealing in New Landonline.

Explore features of your landing page in Landonline.

Resources to help registered Landonline customers process a dealing or legal transaction affecting a parcel of land.

How to use Complex mode to prepare mortgages in Landonline

Common scenarios for severing a joint tenancy.

Information about the process for registering a memorandum under section 209 Land Transfer Act 2017.

A list of discharge instruments without the name of the charge holder.

Which A&I form to complete and who should sign when a dealing involves a trust.

Changes to the Unit Titles Act included new provisions that came into effect as of 9 May 2023. MBIE have created resources to support key stakeholders and potential buyers with the information needed to understand their rights, responsibilities, and obligations under the Act.

Information on how to prepare a transfer in Landonline.

How to prepare a change or correction of name for a mortgagee, lessee, encumbrancee or other interest holder.

How to prepare a Notice of Claim.

Which A&I form to complete and who should sign when a dealing involves a bankrupt.

Guidelines and policies issued by the Registrar-General of Land.

How to preview an image only instrument for a dealing in Landonline.

Information and links to online resources for the registration requirements for unit title subdivisions and other dealings under the Unit Titles Act 2010.

Information relating to subdivisions, including instruments that are commonly completed in a subdivision dealing.

Information and resources for the removal of easements (and profits à prendre) due to merger, redundancy or extinguishment under sections 113-115 Land Transfer Act 2017.

Caveats and notices of claim can be lapsed on application by a registered owner or other person under section 143 of the Land Transfer Act 2017.

Information about the different types of dealings and instruments that may require consent from a mortgagee or encumbrancee, or other charge holder.

Information about dealings and transactions involving Māori land, including common compliance issues.

Key guidance for practitioners to ensure they are aware of their certification obligations in regard to identity.

There have been a number of situations where practitioners have used the wrong instrument type for the type of action they are trying to complete.

It is now common practice for most Territorial Authorities (the TA) to attach certifications under sections 223 and 224 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (the RMA) to the Cadastral Survey Dataset (CSD) as supporting documents, or for a surveyor to attach the certifications by scanning them.

A unit plan may be cancelled by an application by the body corporate or by a Court declaration under section 177 or 189 of the Unit Titles Act 2010.

A covenant under s 240 of the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) and a certificate under s 77 of the Building Act 2004 (BA) hold allotments together and prevent separation by transfer, lease or disposal.

Remember to check that title details are correct before creating an e-dealing and preparing the instruments.

Limited partnerships may be registered as proprietors of land and deal with land under the Land Transfer Act.

A record of title of Māori land will not always show a conclusive notation confirming Māori Freehold Land status

This page covers the registration of mortgages held on escrow.

When land is owned by multiple owners, one owner may transfer their share in the property to one or more of the remaining owners. The resulting ownership is a tenancy in common as to the relevant shares.

Key guidance for practitioners to ensure they are aware of their certification obligations in regard to client authority and legal capacity.