FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Payment can be made with a credit card or bank transfer. Once you have submitted your request, we will E-Mail you a quote and payment details.

Doing a search against the Deeds Office is perfectly legal. In terms of Section 7 of the Deeds Registries Act, 47 of 1937 which relates to inspection of records and supply of information, the Deeds Office cannot deny anyone access to its information.

We can obtain an electronic copy of your title deed document from the Deeds Office. Just log a ORDER COPY OF DOCUMENT request on our website and we will do the rest.

In the event that an incorrect result is supplied, we will, at no extra charge, process the search again and supply you with the correct result.

No, all information supplied as a result of a search request is considered correct. We do not accept any responsibility regarding the accuracy or completeness of any content, as this is out of our control.

All results will be sent via E-Mail to the E-Mail address supplied when the search was requested.

A not found result is classified by the Deeds Office as a successful search. A lot of customers actually expect a not found result. This confirms that a person or company does not own property in a specific Deeds Office.

Mortgagee, Developer, Buyer, Mortgagor, Seller, Cedent, Cessionary, Grantor, Grantee, Usufructuary, Lessee, Lessor, Prospector, Defendant, Holder Minerals, Holder Habitatio, Owner, Holder, Spouse, Holder Usus, Trust, Trustee, Administrator.

Customary Union, Unmarried, married in, married out, Foreign marriages, Moslem / Hindu Rites and Married.

The deeds registration system is based on a negative system of land registration which means that the deeds data is only updated regarding the status of a person when the deeds are presented for an act of registration. The conveyancer who prepares the deed for registration is responsible for the correctness of the current facts pertaining to the transacting parties such as full names, identity numbers and status amongst others. It may be that intervening marriages may never be captured as a result of this negative system.

In short, yes

An endorsement is a restriction placed on a property or person. Typical endorsements are bonds, interdicts, mineral rights and servitudes.

It is easy. Just log a request on our website and we will obtain the information from the Deeds Office.

In most cases that will be enough. 99% of the time we can locate a property only by address. If we have any trouble locating the property we will let you know and you can provide us with any additional information that might help us to find the property.