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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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