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HM Land Registry definition

What does HM Land Registry mean? HM Land Registry (HMLR) is the public body that maintains the digital register of title to land and property in England and Wales under the Land Registration Act 2002. In practice, conveyancers and lenders use HMLR to verify and register ownership, mortgages/charges, leases, easements, restrictions and notices; to obtain official copies of the title register and title plan; to lodge applications for first registration and for the registration of transfers, leases and legal charges (including via e-AP1); and to protect priority through OS1/OS2 searches. The register benefits from a state-backed guarantee of title and an indemnity scheme. HMLR also administers...

Land security priorities in England and Wales: effect of HM Land Registry and Land Charges registration, tacking of further advances, and comparison with Companies House registration

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Practice notes

Registration can have an important effect on the priority of competing security interests.

In general terms, there are two broadly distinct methods for recording security interests:

registration in relation to the asset that is charged, and
registration against the person granting the security

This Practice Note addresses specifically the first approach, where the charged property is land situated in England or Wales.

For guidance on how registration over other types of asset influences the priority of security interests, see the following Practice Notes:

Effect of registration on the UK Ship Register on priority of security interests
Effect of registration on the UK Register of Aircraft Mortgages on priority of security interests, and
Effect of registration at IP registries on priority of security interests

Making an entry at an asset registry will, in most cases, have a direct bearing on the order of priority of the security, but will not affect its validity.

Conversely, where the party giving the security is a company incorporated and registered under the Companies Act 2006, all security must be registered at companies house (subject to a few exceptions) for it to be valid as against certain third parties...

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