Guidance
HM Land Registry Information Services guidance
Information and guidance for our Information Services.
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