Property Related Articles
Broadly there are four forms of property ownership in South Africa. In the light of land expropriation without compensation, property owners need to be informed about the various ways to access, own and attain property in South Africa. Freehold Freehold is the legal right to own a piece of property without any limitations on its use (except for what is contained...
Read moreHave you ever driven past a property and wanted to know who owns it and possibly contact this owner to make an offer on the property? Getting property and owner details is quite easy as this can be done on our website. This will give you all the information on the property including the owner, price paid, bond registered, endorsements as well as the property history (if recorded at the Deeds Of...
Read moreWith Covid-19 sweeping through the world and tightening it's grip on South Africa the Deeds Office has also grinded to a halt. Since the lockdown of 26 April 2020, the Deeds Office has also been closed. This means that no property registrations can take place during this time. No property can be transferred any any new bonds registered. Luckily the electronic services of the Deeds Office...
Read moreTo restore or re-instate a deregistered company you need proof that the entity was holding property, or was active during the time of deregistration. Once a company or close corporation has been “final deregistered”, the company or close corporation or any other person may apply for re-instatement upon filing of a Form CoR40.5 and supporting documents. Upon the processing of...
Read moreThe registered address or office of a company is very important, as it is the address at which any legal documents will be served on the company. Companies are required by law to ensure that this information is up to date, and maybe liable for a...
Read moreThe CIPC (Companies and Intellectual Property Right) is responsible for the following functions: Registration of Companies, Co-operatives and Intellectual Property Rights (trademarks, patents, designs and copyright) and maintenance of it; To disclose Information on its business registers; Monitor compliance with, and contraventions of fi...
Read moreAfter months of planning and development we are ready to launch our new website. We have tried to make accessing Deeds Office information as easy as possible by utilising the latest trends in UI Design to create a user-friendly easy to navigate website. We hope you like enjoy our website as much as we have enjoyed developing it....
Read moreA lot of information is available at the Deeds Office including property information. As the Deeds Office is the custodian of all property transfers in South Africa, it also contains all the information about a specific property. There are providers and systems out there that try to "mimick" the Deeds Office system by providing "offline" searches or searches from their own database. In the...
Read moreThe Transfers Report is a flexible, query driven report which details transactional and bond registration information. Transfer reports are usually generated on Township / Suburb but can be as specific as erf or sectional scheme. Search criteria parameters include: Property Type - freehold, sectional title, estate, farm or all Specifi...
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