Missing Title Deeds · Report on Title scenarios
Missing title deeds
3 situations in which missing title deeds comes up during a conveyancing transaction, each answering a different question.
- The title refers to covenants in deeds nobody hasThe register refers to covenants in documents that were already missing at first registration. What remains binding, what can be found out, and the one thing not to do.
- The seller is providing a policy for the unknown covenantsA policy for unknown restrictive covenants is the standard answer to lost deeds. What it pays for, what it leaves in place, and the terms that decide whether it answers.
- There is an unregistered headlease above my leaseA lease above yours that nobody can inspect on the register, and a chain of forfeiture that could in principle reach your flat. Why the risk is small and why it is still insured.
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