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All practitioners who certify electronic instruments will, from time to time, be reviewed under section 30 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 as part of the Registrar-General of Land’s routine monitoring programme.

Information on tax statements and download a land transfer tax statement form.

When LINZ checks documents that are manually lodged, we follow a process established in the Land Transfer Act 2017, and the Land Transfer Regulations 2018.

Standards, directives and guidelines issued by the Registrar-General of Land.

Information about land title transactions lodged in paper form, commonly known as manual dealings.

Information about how certain errors in the register may be corrected.

Information and links to online resources for the registration requirements for subdivisions.

Information about the registration requirements for transmission instruments under section 87 of the Land Transfer Act 2017.

Information on the latest updates in Landonline - Dealings.

How to partially discharge or withdraw a party's share or interest in an affected instrument in Landonline.

The Commerce Commission New Zealand provides authoritative information on anti-competitive land covenants, including how to assess whether a land covenant is in breach of section 28.

Read the Commerce Commission’s advice on anti-competitive land covenants

How to add, edit or remove an instrument to a dealing in Landonline.

Find the Certify & Sign page in Landonline.

How to enter a bank client reference so a Notice to Mortgagee can be sent to lenders when a dealing is registered.

Set up post-registration searches and orders when submitting a dealing in Landonline.

How to open tax statements and navigate between customers' tax statements.

About Notices of Change of Ownership.

Watch how to prepare instruments in a dealing in New Landonline – Dealings.

How to delete a dealing in Landonline.

How to prepare discharges or withdrawals in Landonline.

Simple tips for using Landonline-Dealings.

How to add details of the transaction in a Notice of Change (NoC).

How to complete the practitioners section of the Notice of Change form (NoC).

How to send a Notice of Change (NoC) form to the territorial authority (TA).

Guidance on the information that must be contained in an instrument lodged for registration.

Information about moveable water boundaries and accretion and erosion.

Information about instruments created for applications under the Racing Industry Act 2020 and the requirements for dealing with titles that are affected by the Act.

Under the Land Transfer Act 1952, easements which were ancillary to a lease could be granted or reserved in a lease instrument. The Land Transfer Act 2017 specifies the type of instrument which must be used to register an easement so lease instruments can no longer be used.

The Land Transfer Act 2017 and Land Transfer Regulations 2018 introduced changes to the classes of easements to which implied rights and powers apply.

Information about recent compliance trends and some tips on how to get it right first time and avoid unnecessary rework.

How to prepare an Order for New Certificate of Title (OCTN) in Landonline - Dealings.

About special certifications when certifying and signing instruments.