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• Valerie and Morag jointly own a cottage in Auldearn. Their title is in the sasine register. Valerie dies, and Morag inherits Valerie’s half-share of the house. Valerie’s executors transfer her half pro-indiviso share to Morag.
• Morag now owns the whole cottage, but a one half pro-indiviso share is still in sasines (this is the half which Morag originally bought) and the other one half pro-indiviso share is now in the land register (this is the half which Morag inherited from Valerie).
• When Morag dies, her executors dispone the cottage to a new family – Mr and Mrs Nowak. The deed in favour of Mr and Mrs Nowak will dispone the cottage in two half-pro-indiviso shares.
  • One half pro-indiviso share will be a DW over Morag’s land registered title.
  • The other half pro-indiviso share will be an FA (“first add to”) of the other half pro-indiviso share which is still in sasines.
  • This second half pro-indiviso share will be added to the existing registered title.
  • Once registration is complete, Mr and Mrs Nowak will own the whole of the cottage on a single registered title.

• Pauline and Arthur jointly own a flat in Polmont. Their title is in the sasine register. Pauline dies, and Arthur inherits Pauline’s half-share of the house. Pauline’s executors transfer her half pro-indiviso share to Arthur.
• Arthur now owns the whole flat, but a one half pro-indiviso share is still in sasines (this is the half which Arthur originally bought) and the other one half pro-indiviso share is now in the land register (this is the half which Arthur inherited from Pauline).
• Several years later, Arthur applies to voluntary register his remaining sasine title in the land register. This will be submitted as a VA of the half-pro-indiviso share which remained in the sasine register.

• Stephen and Shirley jointly own a garden centre in Coldstream. Their title is in the sasine register. Stephen dies, and their daughter Margery inherits Stephen’s half-share of the business. Stephen’s executors transfer his half pro-indiviso share to Margery.
• The nursery is now co-owned by Margery and Shirley. Shirley’s half pro-indiviso share is still in sasines (this is the half which Shirley originally bought) and the other half pro-indiviso share is now in the land register (this is the half which Margery inherited from Stephen).
• Some years later, Shirley decides to gift her half pro-indiviso share to Margery. She draws up a disposition of the half pro-indiviso share, and it is registered in the land register as an FA.
• Margery now owns the whole business. Her title is entirely land-registered.

Important: the application type will be FA or VA in all examples.  

The deed will generally convey the subjects in two parts. These can be described in various ways, but they are often numbered (FIRST) and (SECOND) or (IN THE FIRST PLACE) and (IN THE SECOND PLACE).

• The deed will quote a title number for the part which is already land-registered.
• The deed will quote a sasine reference for the part which is being transferred from the sasine register.
• The deed will always use the phrase pro-indiviso shares or pro indiviso shares.
  • The shares can be described in various ways. “One half pro-indiviso share” is the most common description but you will also see other descriptions such as “one quarter pro-indiviso share”.
  • You might also see pro-indiviso shares described using percentages. This is especially common when the pro-indiviso shares are for unusual amounts such as “a 2.5% pro-indiviso share” or “a forty seven per cent pro indiviso share”.
• Sometimes, the Further Information section of the application form might state that additional pro-indiviso shares are being conveyed.
• Sometimes, the Further Information section of the application form might ask us to add the additional pro-indiviso shares into the existing title number.

• The property description in the application form will often specify a pro-indiviso share.
• The Further Information section of the application form should state that the VR application is in respect of a pro-indiviso share.
• The Further Information section of the application form will often ask us to add the additional pro-indiviso shares into the existing title number.

• The deed will always use the phrase pro-indiviso shares or pro indiviso shares.
  • The shares can be described in various ways. “One half pro-indiviso share” is the most common description but you will also see other descriptions such as “one quarter pro-indiviso share”.
  • You might also see pro-indiviso shares described using percentages. This is especially common when the pro-indiviso shares are for unusual amounts such as “a 2.5% pro-indiviso share” or “a forty seven per cent pro indiviso share”.
• The property description in the application form will often specify a pro-indiviso share.
• The Further Information section of the application form should state that the application is in respect of a pro-indiviso share.
• The Further Information section of the application form will often ask us to add the additional pro-indiviso shares into the existing title number.