The references to Land Registration Rules and prescribed Forms (if any) have not yet been updated to refer to the Land Registration Rules 2012, for changes to Rules & Forms, please seeSupplementary Information to the Land Registration Rules 2012
Introduction
Under Section 35 of the Registration of Title Act 1964, property which was subject to equities on the 1 January 1967 is deemed to be a "Possessory” title. Under the 1964 Act a note that the title is Possessory is now entered on the register instead of the note that the title was subject to equities.
There are three classes of title which relate to freehold, Absolute, Possessory, and Qualified.
Applications for conversion of title are provided for in Section 50 of the Registration of Title Act 1964 and
Rules 33 to 40 of the Land Registration Rules 1972.
Usually, conversion of title applications are used to convert Possessory titles to Absolute.
- Conversion of Title (published 1 December 2009)
- Conversion of Title in Form 15 (published 2006)
- LR Form 11 - Application for the conversion of possessory title registered for 30 years (Rule 33)
- LR Form 12 - Application for the conversion of possessory title registered for over 12 years, where the applicant claims under a transfer for valuable consideration registered not less than 12 years prior to the application (Rule 34)
- LR Form 13 - Application for the conversion of possessory title where the title to the tenancy existing prior to first registration has not been investigated by counsel (Rule 36)
- LR Form 14 - Application for the conversion of possessory title where the title to the tenancy existing prior to first registration has been investigated by counsel (Rules 36, 37)
- LR Form 15 - Application for the conversion of possessory title on a certificate of solicitor where the compensation, purchase money, does not exceed €1,000,000 (Rule 35)
First Published 20 December 2005
Updated 1 December 2009