Office copies may not be issued until registration is completed and the title sheet available. Thus a request for an office copy of a deed or document lodged with a pending application, for example a standard  security,  will  be  rejected.  Until  the  application  has  been  completed  the  deed  cannot  be described as being referred to in the title sheet. If  the  interest  under  the  title  sheet  has  been  returned  to  the  Sasine  Register  consequent  upon  a disposition  ad  remanentiam  or,  say,  the  termination  of  a  lease,  an  office  copy  cannot  be  issued because  after  de-registration  the  title  sheet  no  longer  exists.  That  said,  a  copy  of  the  information contained in the title sheet immediately prior to de-registration is available. For the level of fee payable in respect of an office copy see the relevant fee order. Application for office copy 5.89 In terms of rule 24 application for an office copy should be made on Form 15. To complete Form 15 it is necessary to know the title number of the relevant interest. If this information is not known it can be ascertained  by  making  application  on  a  Form  14  to  determine  whether  or  not  the  interest  has  been registered. Office copies and the register of inhibitions and adjudications 5.90 An office copy of the title sheet or of the proprietorship section of the title sheet will disclose any subsisting  adverse  entries  from  the  Register  of  Inhibitions  and  Adjudications.  However,  it  must  be stressed that, because of the effect of section 12(3)(k), the indemnity in respect of information from that Register only covers information relating to those persons who appear to the Keeper from the title sheet to have an interest. There may well be parties of whom the Keeper is unaware. Accordingly, instructions for a search in the Register of Inhibitions and Adjudications, against such parties, may be given on Form 15. Quick copies Factors governing issue of quick copies 5.91 Whereas an office copy can be provided only where the application has been completed and the title sheet made up, quick copies of deeds can be issued while the application is still in the process of registration. The Keeper will issue quick copies of deeds still in the process of registration upon request by any party, provided only that the deed can be regarded as public, i.e. that no question of confidentiality attends it. A deed will be considered public if, upon completion of the application, it is referred to in the title sheet or if it has already appeared in a public register or has been issued by a public authority. Requests for copies of Sasine recorded deeds which have been submitted with an application can be made to the Keeper. For the level of fee payable in respect of a quick copy and a certified office copy see the relevant fee order.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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