Consultation on the proposed new fees for cadastral survey and land title products and services.
About the consultation
We maintain the land ownership and transfer register and cadastral survey records that the property market and land development use.
We charge a fee for using these services. Our main customers are solicitors, conveyancers and surveyors, who pass these costs on to their clients.
We are planning online sessions to present the fee proposals during the week starting 22 March 2021. Please email us at feesreview@linz.govt.nz by 17 March 2021 to express your interest in joining a session.
Proposed fee increases
The proposed fee increases will affect the legal and surveying costs of buying and selling houses and developing property. The proposed title fee increases will add about $10 to $40 to the conveyancing cost of buying or selling a house. The proposed survey fee increases will add about $500 to the cost of lodging survey data for a small subdivision (involving two primary parcels and three easements). The cost impact is higher for more complex survey projects.
Some example situations where fees are proposed to increase
Example situation | Typical interaction with LINZ | Current Fees | Proposed fees |
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Survey | |||
Subdividing a residential property |
Lodging survey data for a subdivision involving two primary parcels and three easements |
$764 | $1,230 |
A small residential development |
Subdivision with 10 primary parcels and 15 easements |
$1,852 | $2,750 |
A larger residential development |
Subdivision with 100 primary parcels and 50 easements |
$10,492 | $13,850 |
Title | |||
Buying an existing house |
Fees for electronically lodging a title instrument (e.g., a mortgage) and registering, noting, or depositing that instrument |
$80 | $90 |
Buying a new build with no previous owner |
Creating Record of Title |
$135 | $145 |
Changing some property boundaries |
Depositing a survey plan in the Land Register |
$101 | $150 |
Searches | |||
Checking the ownership of a property |
Copy of a title, instrument, or survey plan (electronic) |
$5 | $6 |
Searching for older property information not in digital register |
Copy of a title, instrument, or survey plan (manual) |
$15 | $25 |
This consultation closed on Friday 9 April 2021
You can see the decisions made in the information release below.