Keeper-induced registration (KIR) transfers the title to a property from the sasine register to the land register.
If you’re transacting in an area where KIR has taken place, you should undertake the usual searches before you submit:
- advance notices
- plans reports
- legal reports
- applications for first registration
A note disclosing the newly created land register title number will appear on the relevant search sheet in the same way as a note would be placed during the processing of a first registration application.
Querying errors in a KIR registration
If you think we’ve made a mistake about the extent of a property, you can submit a title inaccuracy enquiry to request rectification of the register. We don’t charge a fee for this type of request.
Legal professionals can access our Title Inaccuracy Service (TIE) via your online services account. If you don't have an account you can request access to online services.
Off-register events
A land register title created by KIR will reflect information on the sasine register. We can’t take account of any off-register events.
However, we’ll rectify the land register where:
- there are multiple proprietors in the title sheet with a survivorship destination, and one has died, and
- that survivorship destination has not been evacuated, and
- we have satisfactory evidence to this effect
Read further guidance on rectification.
Requesting a plans report on a KIR-registered title
If you request a plans report over an unregistered plot that has been registered under KIR powers, we will supply a level 3 plans report over the registered KIR title instead.
First registration applications on a KIR-registered title
A legal report submitted over an unregistered subject will disclose the KIR title number, allowing any new application to be presented as dealing or transfer of part.
If you submit a first registration application on a plot where KIR has operated, we’ll convert the first registration application to a dealing, provided that it passes the intake stage. Those checks will include consideration of our current policy regarding title numbers in writs.
Contact
For more information please contact our customer services team.