LPS Practice Directions & Notes to Practitioners | Department of Finance

Please use the links below to see some of the Land & Property Services (LPS) Registration publications.

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The Land Registration Practice Directions include information on, for example, lost deeds, Stamp Duty Land Tax and Freehold titles.

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Covid19 - Land Registers Emergency Note to Practitioners 30 March 2020 (as updated 6 April 2020; 10 April 2020; 24 April 2020; 28 April 2020 & 21 May 2020)
PDF (395 KB)

Frequently Asked Questions with Responses in relation to Covid19 - Land Registers Emergency Note to Practitioners 30 March 2020 (as updated 6 April 2020; 10 April 2020; 24 April 2020, 28 April 2020 & 21 May 2020)
PDF (131 KB)

Practice Direction 4/2019 - Registered owners address
PDF (590 KB)

Practice Direction 3/2019 - Name anomaly
PDF (678 KB)

Note to Practitioners 3/2019 - Mapping queries
PDF (285 KB)

Practice Direction 2/2019 - Amendment to Practice Direction 2/2015
PDF (12 KB)

Note to Practitioners 2/2019 - Abandonment
PDF (393 KB)

Practice Direction 1/2019 - Registration of rights within new building housing developments
PDF (290 KB)

Practice Direction 1/2018 - General Data Protection Regulations
PDF (224 KB)

Practice Direction 2/2017 - Article 50 Property (Northern Ireland) Order 1997
PDF (83 KB)

Practice Direction 1/2017 - Release of NIHE charges
PDF (86 KB)

Practice Direction 3/2015 - First registration - Lost deeds
PDF (35 KB)

Practice Direction 2/2015 - Mortgage lenders (updated 18 April 2019)
PDF (196 KB)

Practice Direction 1/2015 - Execution by companies
PDF (29 KB)

Practice Direction 1/2013 - Applications regarding a bankrupt registered owner
PDF (51 KB)

Practice Direction 2/2011 - Freehold titles acquired under the Ground Rents Act (Northern Ireland) 2001
PDF (44 KB)

Practice Direction 8/2003 - Stamp Duty Land tax
PDF (69 KB)

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