What does Land Registry mean?

In England and Wales, the Land Registry is the one which has under its jurisdiction the registering of the properties by issuing title registers. For example, such a register extract would include a unique title number, the address of the property, price paid/value stated of the property, the registered owners and the lender’s name as well. In order to have evidence of ownership from the land register, an individual has to usually pay a fee for that.

Its main headquarters can be found in London at the following address: 32 Lincoln Inns Fields, WC2A 3PH, and it can also be contacted by phone at the following number: 0207 917 8888. Besides the London based headquarters one can find no less than 24 offices throughout England and Wales. The land registry can be further accessed by Internet at the http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/ website.