Transfer Duty Guide

Alterations & Errors in Transfer Duty Receipts – Conveyancing News

No Amendments / Changes on Transfer Duty Receipts SARS no longer allows for any manual amendments/changes to Transfer Duty Receipts and thus one will have...
Electronic Deeds Registration System

Response from Chief Registrar of Deeds to Questions about eDRS (Electronic Deeds Registration System)

1. When the roll-out date?The Electronic Deeds Registration System is intended to go live on 1 April 2025 to controlled user base as part...
Sectional Title Amendment of Regulations

SECTIONAL TITLES ACT, 1986 (ACT NO. 95 OF 1986) AMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS

CHIEF REGISTRAR'S CIRCULAR NO. 4 OF 2025 1 .    COMMENCEMENT OF AMENDED REGULATIONS The amended regulations to the Sectional Titles Act, 1986 (Act 95 of 1986) ('the...
Deeds Registries Act 47 of 1937 Amendment

DEEDS REGISTRIES ACT, 1937 (ACT NO. 47 OF 1937) AMENDMENT OF REGULATIONS

CHIEF REGISTRAR'S CIRCULAR NO. 3 OF 2025 1 - COMMENCEMENT OF AMENDED REGULATIONS The amended regulations to the Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act 47 of 1937)...
Allen West Conveyancing News

Rule 63 of The High Court Rules and Documents Executed in Namibia – Conveyancing...

A question with which conveyancers and examiners are confronted fairly regularly is whether a document executed in Namibia for use in South Africa can...
Allen West Conveyancing News

Requirement to Deregister a Trust? – Conveyancing News

Introduction Trusts must be registered with the Master in whose area of jurisdiction the greatest portion of the trust assets are situated. If more than...
Electronic Deeds Registration System Proclamation

Proclamation – Electronic Deeds Registration System

PROCLAMATION NOTICE 250 OF 2025 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA ELECTRONIC DEEDS REGISTRATION SYSTEMS ACT, 2019 (ACT NO. 19 OF 2019) In terms of...
unethical conduct in conveyancing practice

Unethical Conduct in Conveyancing Practice

From:LEGAL PRACTICE COUNCIL 11 March 2025 TO ALL LEGAL PRACTITIONERS - UNETHICAL CONDUCT IN CONVEYANCING PRACTICE The Legal Practice Council (LPC) has received numerous complaints regarding practitioners...
Sectional Title Amendment Act 2025

Sectional Title Amendment Act 2025

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3 MAART 2025, No. 52208 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT No. 5941 3 March 2025 SECTIONAL TITLES ACT, 1986 (ACT NO. 95...
Allen West Conveyancing News

Compliance with Suspensive Conditions in terms of Section 92 of The National Credit Act...

More often than not deeds of sale are made subject to a suspensive condition providing that the approval in writing must be obtained from...
Electronic Deeds Registration System Regulations

Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Act 19 of 2019 Regulations

GOVERNMENT NOTICES - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, LAND REFORM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT - NO. 5942 4 March 2025 ELECTRONIC DEEDS REGISTRATION SYSTEMS ACT, 2019 (ACT NO. 19...
Fees Update

Amended Schedule of Deeds Office Fees – CRC 2 of 2025

CHIEF REGISTRAR'S CIRCULAR NO. 2 OF 2025 AMENDED SCHEDULE OF FEES OF OFFICE - PRESCRIBED BY REGULATION 84 OF THE DEEDS REGISTRIES ACT, 1937 (ACT...