Guidance

HM Land Registry Information Services guidance

Information and guidance for our Information Services.

• From: HM Land Registry
• Published: 9 March 2023

Applies to England and Wales

Webinars

Register to watch the following recordings:

• Searches of Part (27 minutes)
• Search of the Index Map (SIM) (30 minutes)
• Understanding MapSearch Gaps (18 minutes)

Videos

• Searching for Local Land Charges on the portal (4 minutes)
• Creating a national Local Land Charges Register (1 minute)
• Creating a national Local Land Charges Register - Welsh version (1 minute)
• Maintain Local Land Charges Register (6 minutes)
• HM Land Registry’s MapSearch - user guide (3 minutes)

Practice guides

• Practice Guide 10 – Official search of the index map
• Practice Guide 11 – Inspection and application for official copies
• Practice Guide 12 – Official searches
• Practice Guide 13 – Index of relating franchises and manors: official searches
• Practice Guide 20 – Home rights and applications under the Family Law Act 1996
• Practice Guide 63 – Land charges: registration, official search, office copy and cancellation
• Practice Guide 74 – Searches of the index of proprietors’ names
• Practice Guide 79 – Local Land Charges

Guidance

• MapSearch
• Portal - request a search of the index map
• Portal - make an enquiry by property description
• Portal - request historical copies
• Portal - how to request official copies
• Portal - official search of whole with priority
• Portal - official search of part with priority
• Portal - withdraw an official search with priority
• Portal - make an application enquiry
• Guidance - Local Land Charges Programme
• Search for land and property information

Published 9 March 2023