Certificate of Title
A certificate of title is the paper record and legal document of who owns a particular property and if there are any legal interests in the property. Ownership can be by an individual, a multiple number of people or a company. The interests noted on a title vary but include:
- mortgage information,
- easement information,
- covenant information,
- transfer information,
- consent notices.
Other information shown on the certificate of title are:
- if a title is limited as to parcels,
- all relevant parcels of land that relate to the title.
- the area of land involved
Each Certificate of Title has a unique identification number. On recent certificates the certificate of title reference is numerical, such as 12345 or 765432.
On the older certificate of titles, generally prior to 2000, a certificate of title would have the land district identified prior to the certificate number. Examples are SL2/123 (SL = Southland) or NA2/123 (NA = North Auckland).
