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| The Registers |
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Registers of Scotland Executive Agency registers
information about Land and Property sales on 2
main registers. There are also a further 13 registers
which contain more personal information. A description
of these registers and the procedures involved
in maintaining them are available below |
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| Land Register |
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plans-based system established in 1979 as a register
of Title rather than of deeds. Progressively superseding
the Sasines Register, the Land Register process
involves a once-and-for-all examination of pertinent
deeds, with all relevant information being transferred
to a Title Sheet. The contents of the title sheet
are guaranteed by the state with indemnity payable
for loss suffered from error or inaccuracy. The
Title Sheet defines the property extent on an Ordnance
Survey map and gives details of price, current
owners, mortgage details, and all conditions on
the property. |
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| Sasine Register |
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This is a register of title deeds which has been
the mainstay of Scottish Law and land ownership
from the 17th century. It is still operational
in parts of Scotland. Enacted in 1617, it has undergone
subtle changes throughout its lifetime. Minute
books were introduced in 1672. These contain abbreviated
information taken from title deeds which are registered.
The Search Sheet was introduced in the late 1870s.
This set out in chronological order the abbreviated
information from title deeds for each individual
property. The Search Sheet was held in paper form
until 1993 when the Register was computerised.
To complete the picture, the Search Sheet records
dating back to 1875 have been digitally imaged
to provide comprehensive access to the information |
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| Chancery and Judicial Registers |
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This is a collective name
for the more "personal"
registers held and maintained by the Agency.
Information pertaining to leases, wills, court
actions of debt or sequestrian, and judgments
against an individual resident in Scotland
are contained in this group. |
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| Other Registers |
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There are 10 other registers
including protests, service of heirs, great seal,
hornings, cachet seal, prince's seal, quarter
seal, crown grants, sheriff's commissions and
the register of entails.
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