Stay up to date with everything happening at Registers of Scotland (RoS) with our monthly update.

Key messages:

• Platinum Jubilee – record closure
• Legal Report and Combined Legal Report Service
• Geography in Government award winners
• Geovation Scotland update
• Policy and Practice Workshop
• Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land (RCI)
• Register Land & Property

Registers of Scotland continues to provide the majority of our services digitally or remotely. RoS is establishing hybrid working for colleagues and visitors can attend our offices by invitation.

Platinum Jubilee – record closure

The application record will close for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee on Friday 03 June.

Legal Report and Combined Legal Report Service

The Legal Report and Combined Legal Report Service will be withdrawn at 8am on 1 July 2022.

As a non-statutory service and with a healthy market of alternative suppliers, RoS has taken the decision to withdraw from the Legal Reports market. This will allow RoS to focus on delivering the best possible statutory service for our customers.

For more information read our update.

Geography in Government award winners

RoS are the 2022 winners of a Geography in Government award for Operational Delivery.

Mapping underpins everything we do at RoS, so we are delighted to be recognised for our work to transform our mapping systems and make them more accessible, sustainable and resilient.

Self-serve copy deeds on ScotLIS Business

We are pleased to announce that Sasine plain copy deeds are now available via ScotLIS Business on a self-serve basis to purchase and download.

Visit our information page to find out more.

Geovation Scotland update

The latest cohort of Geovation entrepreneurs has been announced.

Find out who they are and how they are using RoS and Ordnance Survey data to deliver economic and social benefits and help tackle the climate emergency.

Policy and Practice Workshop

Join us on 08 June for our next Policy and Practice Workshop

Hear the latest about our strategic plans and receive practical help and advice from our registration experts

Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land (RCI) – open for submissions

RoS launched (RCI) on 1 April 2022. It will increase public transparency over decision making concerning land and ensure there can no longer be categories of owner or tenant where, intentionally, or otherwise, control of decision making is obscured.

It is free to submit and free to search.

If you require to register, there is a 1-year grace period to 1 April 2023 to do so before offence provisions for non-compliance come into force.

Links to essential guidance to understand if you need to register, how to create an account and further information can be found on ros.gov.uk/rci.

Register Land & Property (RLP)

Available on the Online Services home page to all firms who submit land register applications, RLP is a more efficient way to draft, submit and track advance notices and applications.

What our customers are saying:

• This new introduction of creating a case has been fantastic. It’s really streamlined the process…for me, it’s almost halved the time it’s taking me to do registrations.
• Absolutely fantastic! What a difference!
• I am finding the system so helpful and much quicker, so much so that I am disappointed when having to use the original system for other registrations.

Coming soon – add a discharge to your case.

Contact us

For general enquiries or specific questions about an application contact:

Email: customerservices@ros.gov.uk Phone: 0800 169 9391

If there is anything else you would like to bring to my attention, please email FAO Jennifer Henderson: rossecretariat@ros.gov.uk