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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
How to work out the VAT on building work and materials if you're a contractor, subcontractor or developer.
Application form ID2: certificate of identity for a corporate body.
Forms AP1, FR1 and DS2: guidance on when evidence of identity must be lodged in support of an application for registration.
Find out about changes to the deemed domicile rules for Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax from 6 April 2017.
What British nationals need to do to get married in Japan, including what documents you need.
How to refer or buy land that belonged to a dissolved company and now belongs to the Crown.
Guidance for completing forms ID1: Certificate of identity for a private individual, and ID2: Certificate of identity for a body corporate.
How someone in Poland can get documents prepared, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
This guidance provides stakeholders with a plain-English explanation of the implications of the latest leaseholder protections amendments in the Building Safety Act 2022.
How someone in Austria can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath, affirmation or affidavit and obtain informative notes on UK naming law
How someone in Sweden can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
What happens when you opt to tax (charge VAT on) land and buildings, when you need permission and when to notify HMRC about your decision.
How someone in Denmark can get a certified copy of a British passport, obtain documents for marriage purposes and view informative notes.
Revoke an option to tax land or buildings for VAT purposes after 20 years have passed using form VAT1614J.
Use our verification services to improve the accuracy of property ownership data.
Guidance for completing form ID3: certificate of identity for a private individual.
‘Bona Vacantia’ means vacant goods and is the name given to ownerless property, which by law passes to the Crown. The Treasury Solicitor acts for the Crown to administer the estates of people who die intestate (without a Will) and...
HM Land Registry's business and mortgage services.
Notify the Treasury Solicitor of a sale by a mortgagee of bona vacantia land.
We register the ownership of land and property in England and Wales. HM Land Registry is a non-ministerial department.
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