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Searching the Land Registry

Land Registry is a record of land, houses and properties registered in Northern Ireland. Land & Property Services (LPS) is responsible for the registry. To check if land is registered, you can search the registry in LPS offices.

How to search the Land Registry

Land & Property Services keep the Land Registry for Northern Ireland. They can help you search for land registered on the Land Registry map.  You'll need the postal address to find a property or land.  If you aren't sure about an exact address, it's helpful to bring a map showing nearby landmarks and road names.

Property is registered with Land Registry

If the land is registered, you'll see folio detail and find out:

  • current registered owner
  • any rights or charges that affect the folio

You can also see previous owners, rights and charges from the date the property was first registered with Land Registry.

If your search shows the land is unregistered, there will be no information in Land Registry records. You will need to search the Registry of Deeds (ROD) records.

Registry of Deeds

You can search ROD records from 1 January 1990  in LPS offices. The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) keeps all earlier records. 

  • Searching the Registry of Deeds

Fees to search and copy Land Registry documents

There are fees to search and copy documents:

  • £5.00 for inspection of each folio, map or instrument
  • £5.00 for inspection of the Index of Names for one name
  • £7.00 for an uncertified copy folio/instrument
  • £17.00 for a certified copy folio / instrument
  • £7.00 for an uncertified copy of the Registry Map
  • £17.00 for a certified copy of the Registry Map, not showing appurtenant rights
  • £51.00 for a certified copy of the Registry Map, showing appurtenant rights

Appurtenant rights

An appurtenant right is attached to land and gives the landowner a benefit, for example a right of way over neighbouring land.

Contacting Land Registry

For more information  about the registry, contact Land & Property Services (LPS) Land Registration team. 

  • LPS offices
  • telephone: 0300 200 7803 
  • telephone: +44 28 9049 5827 (from outside the UK)
  • email: CustomerInformation.LandRegistration@finance-ni.gov.uk

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Land and property registers

  • How to search the registers
  • Personal applications to land registers
  • Protect your land and property from fraud
  • Searching the Land Registry
  • Searching the Registry of Deeds
  • Searching the Statutory Charges Register

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