Land Victoria Customer Information Bulletin
Land Victoria’s Customer Information Bulletin advises new procedures and addresses current issues that are relevant to its customers – title searchers, solicitors, conveyancers, financial institutions, surveyors and other lodging parties.
2009
Customer Information Bulletin 121/2009 (PDF - 67 KB)- Lodging online using EC
- Reminder of changes to payment methods for lodgement fees
Customer Information Bulletin 120/2009 (PDF - 69 KB)Land Registration Services
- Limit to over-the-counter lodgements
- Changes to payment methods for Land Victoria lodgement fees
- Electronic caveats online
- Alerts on unregistered plans
- Catchment and Land Protection (CaLP) Section 90 certificates
Victorian Water Register
- Unconfirmed ownership of water shares in the Southern Declared Water Systems
- End of 'no recording fee' on Discharge of Mortgage on a water share
Customer Information Bulletin 119/2009 (PDF - 60 KB)- New Land Victoria search fees and user charges from 1 July 2009
Customer Information Bulletin 118/2009 (PDF - 92 KB)- New Land Victoria fees - changes to lodgement fees from 1 July 2009
Customer Information Bulletin 117/2009 (PDF - 214 KB)Land Registration Services
- Caveats online
- Interactive forms
- Plan lodgement checklists
- Land Victoria plan requirements reminder
- Checking for street addresses
Victorian Water Register
- Changing your name in the Water Register
- Unconfirmed ownership of water shares in southern and northern declared water systems
- Lodging documents for recording in the Water Register
Customer Information Bulletin 116/2009 (PDF - 117 KB)- Plan requirements reminder
- Plan lodgement checklists
- General reminders when preparing caveats
- Changes to Search Register Statement
2008
Customer Information Bulletin 115/2008 (PDF - 62 KB)- Changes to lodgement requirements for plans of subdivision and consolidation
- Changes to 'made available' process
- Return of old style paper or parchment certificates of title
- Document signing
- Adelaide Bank merger
- T2 Transfer of Land form
Customer Information Bulletin 114/2008 (PDF - 67 KB)- Planning Certificate fee increase
Customer Information Bulletin 113/2008 (PDF - 128 KB) Victorian Water Register
- Further extension of waiver for recording fee on a discharge of mortgage of water share
- Unconfirmed ownership of water shares in Northern Victorian declared water systems
- Lodging documents for recording in the Water Register
Land Registration Services
- Dealings on folios affected by various notices
- Refused dealings
- New LANDATA product - Verify Title Search
- LANDATA Planning Certificate delivers on authority, price and service
Customer Information Bulletin 112/2008 (PDF - 62 KB)- Land Victoria fees - Search fees and user charges from 1 July 2008
- Landata service charges from 1 July 2008
- Electronic Conveyancing fees and user charges from 1 October 2008
Customer Information Bulletin 111/2008 (PDF - 91 KB)- Land Victoria fees - Changes to lodgement fees from 1 July 2008
Customer Information Bulletin 110/2008 (PDF - 59 KB)- Unbundling of water entitlements in southern Victoria
Customer Information Bulletin 109/2008 (PDF - 68 KB)Victorian Water Register
- Confirmation of ownership of Water Shares, Transfer of Water Shares and Forms
Land Registration Services
- Name used by registered proprietors
- Abbreviated names of companies/incorporated associations
2007
Customer Information Bulletin 108/2007 (PDF - 59 KB)- Electronic Conveyancing Release 2.0 commences
Customer Information Bulletin 107/2007 (PDF - 1.3 MB)- Owners Corporation Act 2006
Customer Information Bulletin 106/2007 (PDF - 64 KB)- Revised Transfer of Land Act Lodgement Fees from 5 November 2007
- electronic/paper transactions
Customer Information Bulletin 105/2007 (PDF - 60 KB) - Register Search Statement improvements
- Enhancements to Crown Land Status Report
Customer Information Bulletin 104/2007 (PDF - 62 KB) - Land Victoria Water Share Transaction Fees
Customer Information Bulletin 103/2007 (PDF - 46 KB)- Victorian Water Register
Customer Information Bulletin 102/2007 (PDF - 62 KB) - Land Victoria Fees
- Changes to Search Fees from July 2007
Customer Information Bulletin 101/2007 (PDF - 60 KB) - Land Victoria fees
- Changes to Lodgement Fees from 1 July 2007
Customer Information Bulletin 100/2007 (PDF - 44 KB)- New fees as at 1 July 2007
Customer Information Bulletin 99/2007 (PDF - 48 KB)- Property Transaction Alert Service
- Section 173 Planning and Environment Act Agreements
Customer Information Bulletin 98/2007 (PDF - 249 KB) - Generic Mortgage forms
- Considerations in transfers and duty assessed
- Evidence requirements in Section 22(1B) applications
Customer Information Bulletin 97/2007 (PDF - 124 KB) - SPEAR Project
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2006
Customer Information Bulletin 96/2006 (PDF - 41 KB)- Lodging Book
Customer Information Bulletin 95/2006 (PDF - 61 KB) - Body Corporate Information
Customer Information Bulletin 94/2006 ( - 240 KB) - Victorian electronic conveyancing commences
Customer Information Bulletin 93/2006 (PDF - 55 KB) - New search and lodgement fees as at 1 July 2006
- Folios affected by a body corporate
Customer Information Bulletin 92/2006 (PDF - 36 KB) - T2 transfers affecting a covenant or easement
Customer Information Bulletin 91/2005 (PDF - 42 KB) - Certification of Company Searches - an update
- Notices to Caveators
- Statutory Declarations and statements of Witness Qualification
- Confirmations
- Dealings by Insolvent Companies
- Legal Profession Act 2004
- Annexure Pages in dealings lodged
- Tenancy in common in unequal shares
- Considerations in Transfers
- Registration Notification Report
Customer Information Bulletin 90/2005 (PDF - 42 KB) - Caveats affecting multiple dwelling folios
- Certification of company searches
- New lodgement fees from 1 July 2005
- Guidelines for the preparation of agreements under Section 173 of the Planning and Environment Act 1987
- Section 173 Agreements
- GST and consideration in a transfer
- Change to VOTS search output
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2004
Customer Information Bulletin 89/2004 (PDF - 3.7 MB) - Planning Certificates
- Crown Land Status Reports Online
- Government Gazettes Online
- Bank Integration Act 1992
- Notices of Acquisition
- State Revenue Office - opening hours
Customer Information Bulletin 88/2004 (PDF - 115 KB) - SPEAR Streamlined Planning through Electronic Applications and Referrals
- Changes to registration processes in Land Registry
Customer Information Bulletin 87/2004 (PDF - 163 KB) - New search and lodgement fees 2004
- The Land Registry Lodging Book
Customer Information Bulletin 86/2004 (PDF - 72 KB) - Change in practice where a company is a mortgagor
- Dating of All Mortgages
- No duplicate or triplicate instruments to be lodged
- Transfer of Land (General) Regulations 2004 - Superfluous markings on documents
- Important Notice To Users Of The Combined Form [T1 Transfer and Notice Of Acquisition]
- Adverse possession applications
- Section 60 of the Transfer of Land Act 1958 (TLA)
- Important change to Land Registry practice - New approved forms
Customer Information Bulletin 85/2004 (PDF - 28 KB) - Review of fees regulations
Customer Information Bulletin 84/2003 (PDF - 32 KB) - Practice relating to powers of attorney
- Plans and diagrams in dealings
- Signing of Land Registry documents by current practitioners
- Lodgement of duplicate mortgages with discharges
Customer Information Bulletin 83/2003 (PDF - 186 KB) - Notices of acquisition
- Amendment of dealings by agents
- Patent errors
- Caveats claiming an interest under a deceased estate
- Things to consider when drafting leases and restrictive covenants
- New location for Planning Certificates
- Consents by mortgagees to leases, easements or restrictive covenants
- “Withdrawal” of unrecorded caveats
Customer Information Bulletin 82/2003 (PDF - 47 KB) - Title Plans
- Y Dealing Numbers
- Use of Post Office as Address for Body Corporate
- Stratum Title Service Company Shares
- Change of Customer Names in VOTS
- Government Gazettes
- Land Registry Customer Service Committees
- Certification of a Probate or Letters of Administration
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2002
Customer Information Bulletin 81/2002 (PDF - 474 KB) - Changes to return of duplicate titles process
- Transmission applications - new endorsement practice
- Preparation of caveats
- Titles made available
- failure to endorse orders to register
- VOTS folio search - new land description
- Subdivision Act plan lodgement checklist
- Improvement to the issuing of document process
- Your guide to lost / New Title Applications
- Archiving Of Title Records
Customer Information Bulletin 80/2001 (PDF - 66 KB) - Caveators Consent
- VOTS Folio Search
- New Land Descriptions
- Regulation 57 Of The Subdvision (Procedures) 2000
Customer Information Bulletin 79/2001 (PDF - 61 KB) - Folio Search
- New Features
- General Law Conversion Subsidy Finishing
- Change of Lodgement Practice
- Approved Forms and the Illegal use of Photocopies
- Identity of Private Caveators
- Subdivision (Body Corporate) Regulations 2001
- Combined Transfer (TI) and Notice of Acquisition Form
- Self Service Search
Customer Information Bulletin 78/2001 (PDF - 45 KB)- Consideration for 'Off the Plan' Purchases
- Combination of (T1) Transfer and Notice of Acquisition Forms
- Lost Titles
- New Practice for Section 31
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2000
Customer Information Bulletin 77/2000 (PDF - 57 KB) - Conversion Plans Pursuant to Section 98CA(1) Transfer of Land Act 1958 (TLA)
- Lease Pursuant to Section 66 TLA
- Application by Legal Personal Representative Section 49 TLA
- Recording the Transferee as a Legal Personal Representative of a Deceased Person
- Caveat Notices
- The Subdivision (Body Corporate) (Interim) Regulations 2000
- Return of Paper (Parchment) Duplicate Titles- Subdivision (Procedures) Regulations 2000
Customer Information Bulletin 75/2000 (PDF - 260 KB) - Change in Office Practice – Caveat Notices
- Landata Brokers – Expression of Interest
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Customer Information Bulletin 74/1999 (PDF - 34 KB) - Execution Of Dealings By A Municipality
- General Law Land Conversion
- Landata
- Appointment Of Data Resellers
- Imaged Plan And Instrument Viewing
Customer Information Bulletin 73/1999 (PDF - 32 KB) - General Law Land Conversion
- Projects And Changes
- Search Subsidy And General Law Search Library
- Title Plans
1998
Customer Information Bulletin 72/1998 (PDF - 612 KB) - Practice Note - execution by corporations
- Expiry date of covenants
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