Did You Know? – Fourth Edition – Conveyancing News
● An incorrect erf number contained in a title deed may be amended in terms of section 4(1)(b) of the Deeds Registries Act 47...
Whether a Ruling by Cape Town Deeds Registry will be Accepted in All Deeds...
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF REGISTRAR OF DEEDS
Private Bag X918, PRETORIA, 0001; TEL: (012) 338 7350, WEB: www.drdlr.gov.za
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Did you know? – Third Edition – Conveyancing News
● Section 4(1)(b)(iii) of the Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937 (DRA) confers an inherent right on a Registrar to insist on the rectification...
Latest Deeds Office News & Notices
Johannesburg Deeds OfficeDated 1st April 2022
REGISTRAR’S NOTICE 2 OF 2022ATTENTION: ALL EXAMINERS
INTERDICT 1-1158/2022CINTERDICT 1-1158/2022C has been noted against properties registered in the name of...
Did you know? Second Edition – Conveyancing News
● Monetary Figures
When monetary amounts are set out in figures in deeds the comma must be used as the decimal sign. Large monetary amounts...
Did you know? – Conveyancing News
● A registrar of deeds has the power, in terms of section 4(1)(a) of the Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937 (DRA), to require...
Interesting Facts Pertaining to Conveyancing – Conveyancing News
Did you know that section 80 of Act 66 of 1965 does not find application where a minor consents to the cancellation of a...
Encroachments of Buildings on Real Right Areas – Conveyancing News
Encroachment of Building on Other Real Rights of Extension
Where there are adjacent real rights of extension registered, and where the scheme to be registered...
Appointments in Foreign Estates – Conveyancing News
What is a “foreign estate?”
Where a deceased left assets in the Republic, whether or not he or she was ordinarily resident in the Republic,...
Beware of Oral Agreements in Conveyancing
The case attached is an opposed application by the applicant for interdictory relief against the first and second respondents in relation to his alleged...
When is a Body Corporate of a Sectional Title Scheme Established? – Conveyancing News
Introduction
Section 2 of the Sectional Titles Schemes Management Act, 8 of 2011 (the Act) provides that with effect from the date on which any...
Community Schemes Ombud Services Mandatory Dispute Resolution
The question whether a party in the position of the Applicant has the liberty to choose a forum for the purpose of obtaining relief...
