Unregistered Land

mountainyman

Could someone please explain to me what this means?

MM

Saruman

Would it not mean that its not owned by a private party? In which case its Government land?
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grumpytrousers

mountainyman wrote:

Could someone please explain to me what this means?

MM

there's two systems of land ownership in Ireland.

a) Land Registry
b) Registry of Deeds

The former is predominant (but not exclusively) outside dublin, and the ownership of land is basically divided into Folios. You own folio 1234 for Wicklow, it means that there's a record with the Land Registry in Dublin that for 1234 in Wicklow, Mountainyman owns a plot of land. And the record will have a map on it. The history of the previous owners won't necessarily be shown.

the 'deeds' as such for such a property will not, necessarily, exist; the system is State Guaranteed, and you can get, for isntance, a printout of the record from the Land Registry that will prove your ownership.

Land on this system is known as registered land.

The other system - the Registry of Deeds - is the 'old skool' system where the ownership of land is tied to a series of documents that will all be as old as the hills. The system isn't 'state guaranteed' in the same way and, to be honest, the easiest way of explaining it is to say that stuff that ain't on the Land Registry system is in the Registry of Deeds..and it's known as 'unregistered land'

more info here

http://www.registryofdeeds.ie/index.asp?locID=6&docID=284

Pman

If a piece of land is unregistered on Land direct and no information in Land Registration office and your solicitor cant find anything on it , what is the next possible stage. Its a small piece of land with a ruin in the middle of a field that i own. Is there such a thing as putting a sign up and a notice in the paper to say that I intend to put it in my name after a defined period of time?

NUTLEY BOY

NOT legal advice.

AFAIK it is possible to lodge an application with the Property Registration Authority for a first registration.

However, there are intricacies involved. The services of a solicitor would be imperative to navigate safely through the maze and reach the ultimate goal of a good title.

P.S. see this Adverse Possession – First Registration | (prai.ie)

Marcusm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120158650#Comment_120158650

Do a registry of deeds search before anything else. Thereafter you would have to look for adverse possession - you’ll be lucky waiting that long.