Land Registry Compulsory Registration

Recent legislation has provided that as and from 1st June 2011 all counties and cities in Ireland, are subject to compulsory registration of ownership arising from a conveyance, lease or assignment of land.

In practical terms this means that any sale, lease or assignment of property in any city or county  completed on or after 1st June 2011, must be registered in the Land Registry which is controlled by the Property Registration Authority.

This legislation is part of the Government’s move towards developing a modern and efficient registry of land ownership in Ireland. .