Sasines Manual
S1 Introduction
S2 Recording deeds in the Sasine register
- S2.12 Marking on Writs
- S2.14 Contractions
- S2.9 Checklist for Requirements of Recording
- S2.13 Backing
- S2.11 Rubrics
- S2.8 Main Considerations in Minuting
- S2.6 Security of Writs
- S2.7 Principal Conveyancing Statutes
- S2.10 Multiple County Writs and Joint Recordings
- S2.5 Reading the Search Sheet
- S2.1 The four stages of a Sasine recording
S3 Minuting procedures
S4 Descriptions
- S4.13 Reference Descriptions
- S4.2 Boundaries in Breakaways
- S4.1 Breakaways
- S4.9 Information from Plans
- S4.12 Full Bounding Descriptions in Subsequent Transactions
- S4.11 Subsequent Transactions
- S4.14 Solum, Pertinents and Rights
- S4.3 Extents in Breakaways
- S4.8 Verification of Information
- S4.5 Rights in Breakaways
- S4.7 Development Names
- S4.4 Pertinents in Breakaways
- S4.6 External Information
- S4.10 Order of Minuting
S5 Linking
- S5.3 Subsequent Transfers
- S5.4 Square Brackets
- S5.2 Part of Subjects Bounded by Named Roads
- S5.1 Estates
S6 Execution of Writs
- S6.1 Execution
- S6.2 Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995
- S6.3 Methods of Subscription
- S6.4 Execution Prior to 1 Aug. 1995
- S6.5 Schedules and annexations in general (Post 1995)
- S6.6 Execution of Attested Writings (Post 1995)
- S6.7 Notarial Execution (Post 1995)
- S6.8 Alterations to Attested Writings (Post 1995)
- S6.9 Testing Clause
- S6.10 Execution by Means of Adhesive Labels
- S6.11 Legal Writings (Counterparts and Delivery) (Scotland) Act 2015
S7 Warrants of Registration/SAF
- S7.4 Information from the SAF
- S7.3 Warrants: Historical Information
- S7.2 Preservation/Execution
- S7.1 Sasine Application Form (Form S)
S8 Dispositions and Other Titles to Property
- S8.3 Discharge of an ex-facie absolute conveyance
- S8.2 Ex Facie Absolute Disposition
- S8.1 Dispositions
- S8.5 Notices of Title over Standard Securities
- S8.4 Notices of Title
S9 Deductions of Title
- S9.1 Background
- S9.3 Statutory Midcouples
- S9.5 Series of Links
- S9.7 Confirmations
- S9.4 Links
- S9.10 Writs by Statutory Successors
- S9.6 Coding in a Deduction of Title
- S9.8 Testamentary Deeds and Codicils
- S9.9 Survivorship Destinations
- S9.2 Minuting
- S9.11 Acts of Parliament
S10 Dispositions A Non Domino
S11 Standard Securities
- S11.14 Assignation of Standard Security
- S11.5 Discount Standard Security
- S11.1 Introduction
- S11.15 Multiple (or Block) Assignations
- S11.8 Minuting of Ranking Clauses
- S11.4 Undertakings
- S11.16 Standard Security Over A Standard Security
- S11.3 Form B
- S11.2 Form A
- S11.7 Ranking of Standard Securities
- S11.11 Discharges
- S11.9 Ranking Agreements
- S11.10 Deed of Postponement
- S11.12 Deed of Restriction
- S11.13 Deed of Variation
- S11.6 Deferred Financial Commitment Standard Security
S12 Common Links in Title
- S12.1 Companies beginning with "A"
- S12.7 Companies beginning with "P" to "S"
- S12.5 Companies beginning with "H" to "L"
- S12.6 Companies beginning with "M" to "O"
- S12.2 Companies beginning with "B"
- S12.4 Companies beginning with "D" to "G"
- S12.3 Companies beginning with "C"
- S12.8 Companies beginning with "T" to "Z" and numbers
S13 Leases
- S13.2 Leases Definition
- S13.7 Assignations and Sub-Leases
- S13.1 Introduction
- S13.8 Other Minutes Affecting Leases
- S13.6 Types of Lease Tenure
- S13.4 Long Leases (Scotland) Act 2012
- S13.3 Leases: Criteria for Registration
- S13.5 Renunciation of Lease
S14 Real Burdens
- S14.16 Local Authority and Housing Association Dispositions Decision tree (where application submitted for Dual Registration)
- S14.15 Entries in Land Register Title Sheets
- S14.9 Rights of pre-emption & pro indiviso shares
- S14.21 New Registration Events - Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003
- S14.21.5 Notice of Nomination of New Dominant Tenement (S18)
- S14.21.1 Notice of Termination (S20)
- S14.21.6 Notice of Conversion Into Economic Development Burden (S18B)
- S14.21.8 Notice of Conversion of Sporting Rights (S65A)
- S14.21.7 Notice Reserving Right to Compensation (S33)
- S14.21.2 Notice of Preservation (S50)
- S14.21.4 Undertaking Not To Exercise Right of Pre-Emption
- S14.21.9 Notice Preserving Right to Enforce Conservation Burden (S27)
- S14.21.3 Notice of Converted Servitude (S80)
- S14.19 Nameable types of praedial real burdens
- S14.18 Types of personal real burdens
- S14.2 Creation of real burdens
- S14.3 Rule 1: The deed must set out the terms of the real burden
- S14.7 Rule 5: The deed must be dual registered
- S14.4 Rule 2: Real burdens can only be created by the owner of the land to be burdened
- S14.6 Rule 4: The deed must nominate and identify the land to be burdened and the land to be benefited or, in the case of community burdens, must nominate and identify the community
- S14.5 Rule 3: The deed must use the term "real burden" or one of the nameable real burdens
- S14.8 Section 53 - Exception to the dual registration rule
- S14.20 Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003: recording Discharges and Variations of real burdens and servitudes in the Sasine Register
- S14.1 Dual Registration in the Sasine Register
- S14.14 Dual registration - practical procedures/points to consider
- S14.12 Deeds of Conditions
- S14.22 Constitutive Deeds
- S14.13 The recording process
- S14.10 Creation of servitudes
- S14.11 Local Authority and Housing Association Dispositions creating servitudes
- S14.17 Examples of deeds unaffected by the new legislation
S15 Double County Recordings
S16 Dual/Joint Recording/Registration
S17 Misc and Less Common Deeds
- S17.1 Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO)
- S17.2 General Vesting Declaration (GVD)
- S17.3 Deeds Of Assumption, Deeds Of Conveyance, Minute Of Resignation
- S17.4 Extract Order By Lands Tribunal For Scotland
- S17.5 Intervention And Guardianship Orders
- S17.6 Death Certificates
- S17.7 Limited Liability Partnerships
- S17.8 Minute Of Agreement
- S17.9 Notarial Instrument
- S17.10 Re-Recording (under Section 143 of the Title to Land Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1868)
- S17.11 Tenements
- S17.12 Repairing Standard Enforcement Order
- S17.13 Tree Preservation Order (TPO)
- S17.14 Charging Orders
- S17.15 Notices - Croft House Grant (Scotland) Regulations
- S17.16 Entry In Schedule Of Monuments
- S17.17 Udal Tenure
- S17.18 Revocation
- S17.19 Evacuation of Survivorship Destination
- S17.20 Accountant In Bankruptcy
- S17.21 Bona Vacantia and Gifts
- S17.22 Certificate By A Solicitor
- S17.23 Conservation Burdens
- S17.24 Public Path Deeds
- S17.25 Notice of Payment of Grant or Loan
- S17.26 Contracts of Excambion
- S17.27 Stopping Up Of Road Order
- S17.28 Forestry Dedication Agreement
- S17.29 Conservation Order
- S17.30 Deed of Liferent
- S17.31 Deed of Pre-Emption
- S17.32 Deed of Variation and Restriction
- S17.33 Extract Decree For Declarator
- S17.34 Irritancy of Lease
- S17.35 Judicial Factor (superseded)
- S17.36 Extract Decree and Extract Order
- S17.37 Notice of Payment of Compensation - 1973 Act
- S17.38 Servitudes
- S17.39 Back Letter
- S17.40 Repayment Charge (Registered Social Landlords)
- S17.41 Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018
S18 Stamp Duty Land Tax
- S18.15 Appendix 2
- S18.14 Appendix 1
- S18.8 Self-Certificate
- S18.19 Appendix 6
- S18.19.4 Transfers for Certain Good and Onerous Causes
- S18.19.2 Transfers Where Consideration is Under £60K
- S18.19.6 Deed of Conditions
- S18.19.5 Notice of Title and Links in Title
- S18.19.8 Sub-Sales
- S18.19.7 Transfers to Government Departments
- S18.19.10 Completion of Self-Certificate
- S18.19.9 Disadvantaged Area Relief and Other Relief
- S18.19.1 Deeds that Contain Erroneous References to Finance Act Certificate or Exempt Instrument Regulations Certificate
- S18.19.11 Photocopy Certificates
- S18.19.3 Transfers Where no Consideration Passes
- S18.10 Sasine Drafter Responsibilities
- S18.9 Examination of Certificates
- S18.3 The Keeper's Role
- S18.7 Revenue Certificate
- S18.4 What is a Land Transaction?
- S18.5 The Certification Regime
- S18.6 Office Procedure
- S18.17 Appendix 4
- S18.13 Land Transactions Involving Multiple Properties
- S18.1 Introduction
- S18.2 SDLT and Stamp Duty Compared
- S18.12 Deeds Remaining Liable to Stamp Duty
- S18.11 Transitional Arrangements
- S18.18 Appendix 5
- S18.16 Appendix 3
S19 Office Procedures
- S19.6 Execution
- S19.2 Designations
- S19.7 Standard Securities
- S19.11 Withdrawals
- S19.5 Tenement Property
- S19.10 General
- S19.8 Minuting
- S19.3 Operative Clause
- S19.1 Unacceptable Errors In Deeds
- S19.9 Duplicate Plans
- S19.4 Descriptions
S20 Electronic A Non Domino Files
S21 Sasine Withdrawal Letters
S22 Sasine Withdrawal Process
S23 Quality Checklist - Register of Sasines
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The Manual is an internal document intended for RoS staff only. The information in the Manual does not constitute legal or professional advice and RoS cannot accept any liability for actions arising from its use.
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